UFC 292 Salaries: Strawweight Champ Weili Zhang Tops Disclosed Payroll

Strawweight champion Weili Zhang
was dominant at UFC
292
, and she was also the event’s top earner.

Zhang took home a disclosed $520,000 for her unanimous decision
over Amanda
Lemos
($250,000) in the co-main event at the TD Garden in
Boston on Aug. 19. Salary figures for the event were initially
released through the Massachusetts Division of Occupational
Licensure to
MMAFighting.com
.

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Sean O’Malley defeated Aljamain
Sterling
via first-round technical knockout to claim the
bantamweight crown in the evening’s headliner. Both O’Malley and
Sterling earned $500,000 apiece for the bout — second highest on
the card behind Zhang.

Note: The disclosed purses reported by state athletic
commissions do not include any performance-based or discretionary
bonuses that may be awarded to a fighter by the promotion.
Additionally, the reported figures do not reflect any deductions
made by the commission for taxes, insurance, etc., and do not
include any sponsorship money that a fighter may acquire for their
performance.

UFC 292 Salaries:

Sean
O’Malley
: $500,000
Aljamain
Sterling
: $500,000

Weili
Zhang
: $520,000
Amanda
Lemos
: $250,000

Ian
Garry
: $100,000 (includes $50,000 win bonus)
Neil
Magny
: $134,000

Mario
Bautista
: $86,000 (includes $43,000 win bonus)
Da’Mon
Blackshear
: $27,000

Marlon
Vera
: $310,000 (includes $155,000 win bonus)
Pedro
Munhoz
: $150,000

Brad
Tavares
: $200,000 (includes $100,000 win bonus)
Chris
Weidman
: $426,000

Gregory
Rodrigues
: $100,000 (includes $50,000 win bonus)
Denis
Tiuliulin
: $14,000

Kurt
Holobaugh
: $30,000 (includes $15,000 win bonus)
Austin
Hubbard
: $32,000

Brad
Katona
: $64,000 (includes $32,000 win bonus)
Cody
Gibson
: $15,000

Andre
Petroski
: $36,000 (includes $18,000 win bonus)
Gerald
Meerschaert
: $100,000

Natalia
Silva
: $80,000 (includes $40,000 win bonus)
Andrea
Lee
: $70,000

Karine
Silva
: $28,000 (includes $14,000 win bonus)
Maryna
Moroz
: $50,000

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