How Much Money Do MMA and UFC Fighters Make A Year?

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For anyone looking to get into the professional world of MMA, there always seems to be an overriding question about the industry. How much money do MMA fighters make? Unfortunately, the answer to that question is a little bit more complicated than most sports. Despite its recent explosion in popularity, MMA is still a very niche sport, with very little coverage from media outlets.

However, thanks to fighters like Conor McGregor, the pay for top tier fighters has substantially risen. Unfortunately, there is still an incredibly large pay gap between the top of the mountain to ground floor fighters, especially in the UFC. This large wage gap has been known to stop a fighter’s rise to stardom due to not being able to afford things like fight camp and a roof over their head.

Unfortunately, because MMA isn’t entirely regulated, there are still numerous financial problems, which many casual fans have no idea about. A big problem starts on the ground floor, where newer fighters aren’t able to secure big agents that rookie NFL and NBA players are able to get. Also due to a lack of a “Fighters Union” that many other sports have, they have nobody to have their back when it comes to negotiating a pay that they can happily live on.

How Much Money Was Earned By UFC Fighters in 2018?

So how much money do MMA fighters get paid? Well, figures show that 187 MMA fighters signed to the UFC earned a six-figure salary in 2018. However, 37% of MMA fighters in the UFC’s roster list made less than $45,000 in a year, which is below the average U.S.A household income.

The UFC has stated that the average income of their fighters was around $138,250, however, that also includes outlier earners such as Conor McGregor and Jon Jones. Overall though, the median income for a fighter on the UFC’s roster is $68,500, depending on how many fights they have in a year.

How much money a fighter makes in the UFC depends on a few things:

How many professional fights they have already had.
How their record stands at the time of signing
Their popularity in the sport.
How they negotiate their initial contract.

Unfortunately, this does mean that many fighters are paid below what they should be paid, but the notoriety and the prestige of the UFC does mean they are able to play with the numbers more than most organisations.

How Do MMA Fighters Make Money?

Thankfully, thanks to today’s modern age of advertising fighters are able to make money outside of their organisations. There are a few things that fighters can do to make them money outside of the octagon. Things such as Instagram endorsements, sponsorships, product development, private training & seminars all bring in extra cash to keep them afloat.

However, in 2018, 33% of the fighters signed to the UFC were able to earn a 6-figure paycheck from the organisation. However, if you put this into perspective and realise that the average US household income is around $45,000 a year, over a third of UFC fighters are below that threshold. Thankfully, there is good news, due to the recent popularity in the sport and new organisations growing these figures are rising.

But like we said before, there are numerous ways fighters can make money in the UFC and we will go into a few of the main money makers in the sport.

Fighting

Thankfully, fighting is actually a day job for most of these people. Otherwise, why would they go into this sport? Fighting, for most fighters, is their number one source of income. But let’s break this down further and talk about the average fighting salary, from best until worse.

In 2018, the average fighters in the UFC made $138,250, which is actually up from average earnings of $132,109 in 2017. These figures are unfortunately skewed by high-paid fighters such as McGregor and Jon Jones who usually take home millions of dollars, especially after their PPV cut and Reebok sponsorship. These figures also make their minute to minute earnings in the cage interesting to discuss.

McGregor was also an incredible outlier in the UFC because his whiskey brand Proper Twelve had a lucrative deal where he would get cage sponsorship during his fighters.

A third of the UFC’s current roster (213 fighters) made less than the average American household in 2018
Only 197 fighters in the UFC are currently earning a six-figure salary. When you compare this to an NFL rookie’s salary of $450,00 a year, this is very poor.
15 men and women who wore the UFC championship belt (including interim) earned an average of $783,400, which is up from $666,643, however this could also be due to the increase of interim champions in 2018.
The highest earning non-champion in the UFC was Conor McGregor in 2018. He pulled in an eye watering $3,030,000, which was only his base salary. This did not include any fight of the night bonuses, PPV shares, or reebok sponsorship money.

It is worth nothing that these salaries do no include things such as bonuses such as Fight of the Night, Knockout of the Night, Submission of the Night, or Reebok payouts. All of which have become public since UFC 189.

Fight Sponsorship

When reebok became the prime sponsor of the UFC, an incredible amount of fighters lost out on fighter sponsorships. Before this came into effect fighters were able to roll out a banner of all the companies and brands that had sponsored them coming up to their fight. These sponsorships would significantly improve a fighters income. This was scrapped by the UFC, when they announced that all fighters were required to wear reebok issued fightwear.

Reebok Payment Structure

Under the new Reebok structure, fighters are paid on a tiered system depending on different requirements, how many fighters they’ve had under the new Reebok system if they were a number one contender, or if they are a champion. This Reebok payment structure has since come under major scrutiny when UFC fighters announced they were losing considerable amounts of money because they were not allowed to advertise third-party sponsors in the octagon.

Outside of the UFC

However, outside of the UFC, the act of 3rd party fighter sponsors is still very much welcomed and encouraged by big organisation such as Bellator, Cage Warriors and XFC. This gives fighters on a smaller fighting organisation the chance to earn a living by advertising their sponsors before they fight.

Out-of-Camp Endorsements

Thanks to modern technologies and social media, fighters have been able to promote products on their accounts to promote companies products. An example of this is Modelo, or Body Armor, who sponsor fighters such as Cody Garbrant to do promoted posts and have their training pictures taken while wearing their products. Fighters are able to become social media influencers and sell themselves and their accounts to make more money.

However, there are some more lucrative deals out there for the top-tier fighters. if you’re a world champion, you are able to sell yourself for a lot more money and features in international brand campaigns.

A great example of this is Conor McGregor’s endorsements with Burger King. His television ads were on during major sporting events and these deals also used McGregor’s social media account, which as millions of followers.

We talked about endorsements earlier, however, these type of lucrative deals are only for the “best of the best” when it comes to mixed martial arts. Companies such as BodyArmor have a few special athletes from the UFC that they endorse. These athletes are either already World Champions, or they’re up and coming MMA fighters that are seen to have massive potential in the sport.

Another great example of this is Modelo, who signed former UFC heavyweight champion and fire fighter Stipe Miocic for an advertising deal. His commercials were seen on prime time television and just showed how far this sport has already come.

Product Development

These days more and more UFC fighters are looking into the long-term and are forming companies that will help them earn money once their fighting days are over. A prime example of this is Conor McGregor’s Proper Twelve whiskey. In fact Conor’s whiskey is doing so well for him, he recently retired from the UFC to concentrate on this more.

Other fighters such as TJ Dillashaw are headed towards to food products. TJ has promoted his seasoning brand Flavour Republic for a number of years.

Seminars, Personal Training and Teaching

A lot of MMA stars give up their time to teach and train their own students. A prime example of this is Bellator fighter and number one contender Raphael Lovato Jr, who regularly teachings Jiu-Jitsu seminars outside of his training camp. A lot of fighters make a number in their own sport, such as Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Muay Thai, where they can charge obscene amounts of money for a seminar.

Fighters have also been known to charge $1000s for private one-to-one sessions, where they share their knowledge and allows up-and-comers or hobbyists with money the chance to train with their heroes.

How Are UFC Fighters Paid?

Fighters in the UFC are paid a base salary after fight night, no matter if they win or lose. However, there is a “win bonus” as an incentive to win the fight and earn more money, The win bonus is usually the same as the base salary, meaning that if a fighter wins their fight, they get double the money, a nice incentive. However, this isn’t the only bonus fighters can get during fighter night, put on a great scrap and you’ll be rewarded with a nice Fight of The Night Bonus or Performance of the Night Bonus. These bonuses can earn a fighter an extra $50,000, so you know they’re going to be swinging for the fences or looking to tear some limbs off.

Base Salary

UFC fighters are paid a set fee which is negotiated when they sign their contract. This is irrespective of a win or loss. When a contract is drawn up, a fighter is able to leverage their popularity and fight record to gain a better base salary, however, outliers such as CM Punk can demand a greater base salary due to their previous celebrity status.

Win Bonus

We touched upon this bonus earlier, and many people including UFC commentator Joe Rogan are strongly against the UFC’s win bonus structure. Insisting that they should pay fighters a high base salary instead. However, for fighters on a winning streak, this is a significant boost in income where they can double their base salary.

Fight of The Night and Performance Bonuses

Bonuses are something all UFC fighters strive for to help increase their earnings. The UFC will award a Fight of the Night and a Performance of the Night every event.

The Fight of the Night bonus is fairly self-explanatory, the best fight on the main card or prelims will receive this bonus, and both fighters will get an equal share. Performance of the night bonus goes to the fighter who performed the best, this includes the best submission, best knockout, or dominating performance. These bonuses are worth $50,000 for a fighter, so it’s not surprising you see fighters call out Dana for the bonus after a dominating performance.

Reebok Sponsorship

As of 2014, Reebok announced a multi-year deal with the Ultimate Fighting Championship. because of this they also announced that they would sponsor each fighter via a tiered payment structure.

The Reebok payouts for 2018 are as follows:

1-3 Fights – $3,500
4-10 Fights – $5,000
11-15 Fights – $10,000
16-20 Fights – $15,000
21+ Fights – $20,000
Title Contender – $30,000
Champion – $40,000

2018 UFC Fighter Salaries

So we’ve talked about earnings in MMA, inside and outside of the UFC. But who actually makes bank when it comes to this sport? It’s important to remember that these earnings are not just base earnings, but sponsorships, bonuses and products can also make up their own salary. Fighters with some estimated purses are marked with a * in the list. This should still be considered very close to accurate, as most fighters’ purses remain rather steady from fight to fight (unless they organise a new contract in the meantime).

1	Conor McGregor	$ 3,030,000
2	Khabib Nurmagomedov*	$ 2,570,000
3	Mark Hunt*	$ 2,295,000
4	Daniel Comier*	$ 1,820,000
5	Alistair Overeem*	$ 1,720,000
6	Derrick Lewis*	$ 1,440,000
7	Stipe Miocic	$ 1,430,000
8	Andrei Arlovski*	$ 1,255,000
9	Cris Cyborg	$ 1,080,000
10	Donald Cerrone*	$ 900,000
11	Francis Ngannou*	$ 890,000
12	Ronaldo ‘Jacare’ Souza*	$ 840,000
13	Junior dos Santos*	$ 830,000
14	Amanda Nunes*	$ 700,000
15	Anthony Pettis*	$ 696,500
16	Thiago Santos*	$ 648,000
17	Frankie Edgar*	$ 635,000
18	Robert Whittaker*	$ 610,000
19	Israel Adesanya*	$ 600,500
20	Tyron Woodley*	$ 590,000
21	Charles Oliveira*	$ 589,000
22	Brian Ortega*	$ 585,000
23	Yoel Romero*	$ 545,000
24	Mauricio ‘Shogun’ Rua*	$ 540,000
25	Alexander Gustafsson	$ 530,000
25	Jon Jones	$ 530,000
27	Rafael dos Anjos*	$ 510,000
28	CM Punk*	$ 503,500
29	Dustin Poirier*	$ 490,000
29	Lyoto Machida*	$ 490,000
29	Max Holloway*	$ 490,000
32	Luke Rockhold*	$ 485,000
33	Demetrious Johnson	$ 470,000
34	Volkan Oezdemir*	$ 469,000
35	Jeremy Stephens*	$ 453,000
36	T.J. Dillashaw	$ 440,000
37	Justin Gaethje*	$ 437,500
38	Ovince Saint Preux*	$ 425,000
39	Chad Mendes*	$ 381,000
40	Colby Covington*	$ 380,000
41	Al Iaquinta*	$ 378,000
42	Joanna Jedrzejczyk*	$ 370,000
43	Chris Weidman*	$ 360,000
44	Anthony Smith*	$ 354,000
45	Fabricio Werdum*	$ 340,000
46	Alex Oliveira*	$ 338,000
47	Jim Miller*	$ 336,000
48	Alexander Volkanovski*	$ 335,000
49	Corey Anderson*	$ 332,000
50	Darren Elkins*	$ 329,000
51	Kamaru Usman*	$ 315,000
51	Vitor Belfort*	$ 315,000
53	Sage Northcutt*	$ 310,000
54	Joseph Benavidez*	$ 309,000
55	Gian Villante*	$ 307,000
56	Jimi Manuwa*	$ 305,000
57	Michael Johnson*	$ 284,000
58	Ben Saunders*	$ 271,000
59	Sam Alvey*	$ 268,000
60	Jessica Andrade*	$ 266,000
61	Carlos Condit	$ 265,000
62	Antonio Rogerio Nogueira*	$ 257,000
63	Jose Aldo*	$ 255,000
64	Ross Pearson*	$ 254,000
65	Neil Magny*	$ 248,000
66	Rose Namajunas*	$ 240,000
67	Kevin Lee*	$ 239,000
68	Aleksei Oleinik*	$ 236,000
69	Jan Blachowicz*	$ 234,000
70	Cody Garbrandt	$ 230,000
70	David Branch*	$ 230,000
72	Pedro Munhoz	$ 228,000
72	Rani Yahya*	$ 228,000
74	Li Jingliang*	$ 224,000
75	Ilir Latifi	$ 221,000
75	Valentina Shevchenko*	$ 221,000
77	Edson Barboza*	$ 220,000
78	Iuri Alcantara*	$ 219,000
79	Jared Cannonier*	$ 216,000
80	Tony Ferguson	$ 215,000
81	Alexander Volkov*	$ 213,000
82	Diego Sanchez*	$ 210,000
83	Yair Rodriguez*	$ 209,000
84	Dan Hooker*	$ 207,000
85	Cub Swanson*	$ 206,000
85	Marlon Moraes*	$ 206,000
85	Thales Leites*	$ 206,000
88	Eryk Anders*	$ 200,500
88	Petr Yan*	$ 200,500
90	Rob Font	$ 200,000
91	Jake Matthews*	$ 198,000
91	Jussier Formiga*	$ 198,000
93	Ricardo Lamas*	$ 194,000
94	Michael Chiesa*	$ 192,600
95	Alex Caceres*	$ 191,000
95	Jake Ellenberger*	$ 191,000
97	Michelle Waterson	$ 189,000
97	Stefan Struve*	$ 189,000
99	Curtis Blaydes*	$ 188,000
100	Sergio Pettis*	$ 187,000
101	Nik Lentz*	$ 185,000
102	Thiago Alves*	$ 184,000
103	Yana Kunitskaya	$ 183,500
104	Anthony Rocco Martin*	$ 183,000
105	Stephen Thompson*	$ 182,400
106	Jessica Eye*	$ 182,000
107	Henry Cejudo	$ 180,000
108	Marlon Vera*	$ 179,000
109	Uriah Hall	$ 178,000
110	Mike Perry*	$ 177,000
111	C.B. Dolloway*	$ 176,000
111	John Dodson*	$ 176,000
113	Darren Till*	$ 175,600
114	B.J. Penn	$ 170,000
114	Rashad Evans*	$ 170,000
116	Cat Zingano*	$ 169,000
117	Gunnar Nelson*	$ 168,000
118	Tim Means*	$ 167,000
119	Drew Dober*	$ 165,000
120	Beneil Dariush*	$ 164,000
120	Gilbert Burns*	$ 164,000
120	Paulo Costa	$ 164,000
123	Aljamain Sterling*	$ 163,000
124	Brad Tavares	$ 161,000
124	Cezar Ferreira*	$ 161,000
124	Darren Stewart*	$ 161,000
127	Elias Theodorou*	$ 158,000
128	Raquel Pennington*	$ 157,400
129	Renato Moicano*	$ 157,000
130	Alex Morono*	$ 155,000
131	Olivier Aubin-Mercier*	$ 154,000
132	Siyar Bahadurzada*	$ 151,000
133	Francisco Trinaldo*	$ 150,000
133	Kelvin Gastelum*	$ 150,000
135	Dustin Ortiz*	$ 148,000
135	Mirsad Bektic*	$ 148,000
137	Michel Prazeres*	$ 147,500
138	Walt Harris*	$ 147,000
139	Curtis Millender*	$ 146,500
140	Raphael Assuncao	$ 145,000
141	Hector Lombard*	$ 144,000
142	Abdul Razak Alhassan*	$ 142,000
142	Yushin Okami*	$ 142,000
144	Niko Price*	$ 141,000
145	Alan Jouban	$ 140,000
145	Gleison Tibau*	$ 140,000
147	Calvin Kattar*	$ 137,000
148	John Moraga*	$ 134,000
149	Marcin Tybura*	$ 130,000
150	Dominick Reyes*	$ 129,500
151	Danny Roberts*	$ 128,000
151	John Makdessi*	$ 128,000
153	Gregor Gillespie*	$ 126,000
153	Vicente Luque*	$ 126,000
155	Brandon Davis*	$ 124,500
156	Drakkar Klose	$ 124,000
156	Shane Burgos*	$ 124,000
158	James Krause*	$ 123,000
159	Renan Barao*	$ 120,100
160	Alejandro Perez*	$ 119,000
160	Khalil Rountree Jr*	$ 119,000
162	Zabit Magomedsharipov*	$ 117,500
163	Kyle Bochniak*	$ 115,000
164	Alexander Hernandez*	$ 113,000
164	Wilson Reis*	$ 113,000
166	Sean Strickland*	$ 112,000
167	Tatiana Suarez*	$ 111,500
168	Brian Kelleher*	$ 111,000
168	Nasrat Haqparast*	$ 111,000
170	Evan Dunham*	$ 110,000
171	Yadong Song*	$ 109,000
172	Derek Brunson*	$ 108,000
173	Cortney Casey*	$ 107,500
174	Santiago Ponzinibbio*	$ 107,000
175	Demian Maia*	$ 106,000
175	Leon Edwards*	$ 106,000
177	Eddie Alvarez*	$ 105,000
178	John Lineker*	$ 102,000
178	Nordine Taleb*	$ 102,000
180	Mackenzie Dern*	$ 101,950
181	Andre Soukhamthath*	$ 101,000
181	Joaquim Silva*	$ 101,000
181	Manny Bermudez*	$ 101,000
181	Nathaniel Wood*	$ 101,000
181	Raoni Barcelos*	$ 101,000
181	Ricky Simon*	$ 101,000
187	Cory Sandhagen*	$ 100,000
188	Irene Aldana*	$ 99,500
189	Claudia Gadelha*	$ 99,000
189	James Vick*	$ 99,000
189	Ryan LaFlare*	$ 99,000
189	Sergio Moraes*	$ 99,000
193	Sean O’Malley	$ 97,500
194	Megan Anderson*	$ 97,000
194	Paul Felder*	$ 97,000
194	Zak Cummings*	$ 97,000
197	Alan Patrick*	$ 96,000
197	Marion Reneau*	$ 96,000
197	Paul Craig*	$ 96,000
200	Lucie Pudilova*	$ 95,500
201	Adam Wieczorek*	$ 95,000
201	Andre Fili*	$ 95,000
201	Kenan Song*	$ 95,000
204	Jimmie Rivera*	$ 94,000
205	Jared Gordon*	$ 93,500
206	Bobby Green*	$ 93,000
206	Enrique Barzola*	$ 93,000
208	Nina Ansaroff*	$ 92,000
208	Tim Boetsch	$ 92,000
208	Tom Breese*	$ 92,000
211	Ryan Hall	$ 91,500
212	Katlyn Chookagian*	$ 91,000
213	Claudia Puelles*	$ 90,000
213	Felice Herrig*	$ 90,000
213	Jack Hermansson*	$ 90,000
213	Zak Ottow*	$ 90,000
217	Roxanne Modafferi*	$ 89,900
218	Luis Pena*	$ 89,000
219	Gokhan Saki	$ 88,500
220	Carla Esparza*	$ 88,000
221	Brad Katona*	$ 87,000
221	Gabriel Benitez*	$ 87,000
221	Magomed Ankalaev*	$ 87,000
221	Merab Dvalishvili*	$ 87,000
221	Mike Trizano*	$ 87,000
221	Steven Peterson*	$ 87,000
221	Warlley Alves*	$ 87,000
228	Arnold Allen*	$ 86,000
228	Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos*	$ 86,000
228	Polo Reyes*	$ 86,000
231	Alexandre Pantoja*	$ 85,500
232	Antonio Carlos Junior	$ 85,000
232	Dennis Bermudez*	$ 85,000
232	Glover Teixeira*	$ 85,000
235	Juan Espino*	$ 83,500
236	Randa Markos*	$ 83,000
237	Alex Perez	$ 82,600
238	Joe Lauzon*	$ 82,000
238	Kajan Johnson*	$ 82,000
238	Tecia Torres*	$ 82,000
241	Frank Camacho*	$ 81,000
241	Karolina Kowalkiewicz*	$ 81,000
241	Teruto Ishihara*	$ 81,000
244	Carlos Diego Ferreira*	$ 80,500
245	Court McGee*	$ 80,000
245	Gerald Meerschaert	$ 80,000
247	Clay Guida*	$ 79,000
247	Tai Tuivasa*	$ 79,000
249	Martin Bravo	$ 78,500
250	Chan Sung Jung*	$ 78,000
250	Trevor Smith*	$ 78,000
252	Cynthia Calvillo*	$ 77,800
253	Aspen Ladd	$ 77,500
253	Claudio Silva*	$ 77,500
253	Desmond Green*	$ 77,500
256	David Zawada*	$ 77,000
256	Elias Garcia*	$ 77,000
256	Hector Aldana*	$ 77,000
256	Islam Makhachev*	$ 77,000
256	Kurt Holobaugh*	$ 77,000
261	Alex Garcia*	$ 76,000
262	Angela Hill*	$ 75,000
262	Holly Holm*	$ 75,000
262	Matthew Lopez*	$ 75,000
265	Ed Herman*	$ 74,000
265	Louis Smolka*	$ 74,000
267	Andrea Lee*	$ 73,500
267	Don Madge*	$ 73,500
267	Johnny Walker*	$ 73,500
267	Kai Kara-France*	$ 73,500
267	Laureano Staropoli*	$ 73,500
267	Roosevelt Roberts	$ 73,500
267	Shane Young*	$ 73,500
267	Sodiq Yusuff*	$ 73,500
275	Keita Nakamura*	$ 73,000
275	Rick Glenn*	$ 73,000
275	Tyson Pedro*	$ 73,000
275	Ulka Sasaki*	$ 73,000
279	Jason Knight*	$ 72,000
280	Stevie Ray*	$ 70,000
281	Cody Stamman*	$ 69,500
282	Gray Maynard	$ 69,000
282	Ji Yeon Kim*	$ 69,000
282	Joshua Burkman*	$ 69,000
285	Julio Arce*	$ 68,500
286	Doo Ho Choi*	$ 68,000
287	Deiveson Figueiredo*	$ 67,500
287	JJ Aldrich*	$ 67,500
287	Jordan Johnson*	$ 67,500
287	Justin Willis*	$ 67,500
291	Weili Zhang*	$ 67,000
292	Chad Laprise*	$ 66,000
292	Chase Sherman*	$ 66,000
292	Douglas Silva de Andrade*	$ 66,000
292	Rolando Dy*	$ 66,000
296	Liz Carmouche*	$ 65,000
296	Mike Pyle	$ 65,000
296	Scott Holtzman	$ 65,000
299	Hakeem Dawodu*	$ 64,500
300	Jordan Mein*	$ 64,000
300	Ketlen Vieira	$ 64,000
300	Rustam Khabilov*	$ 64,000
303	Veronica Macedo*	$ 63,500
304	Bryan Caraway	$ 62,000
304	Leslie Smith	$ 62,000
306	Guido Cannetti*	$ 61,500
307	Nad Narimani*	$ 61,000
308	Dan Ige*	$ 60,500
309	Amanda Cooper*	$ 60,060
310	Andrew Sanchez*	$ 60,000
310	Patrick Cummins*	$ 60,000
312	Davi Ramos*	$ 59,500
313	Mark De La Rosa*	$ 59,000
313	Ramazan Emeev*	$ 59,000
313	Xiaonan Yan*	$ 59,000
316	Aleksandar Rakic*	$ 55,000
316	Alexey Kunchenko*	$ 55,000
316	Dhiego Lima*	$ 55,000
316	Lando Vannata*	$ 55,000
316	Mickey Gall*	$ 55,000
321	Andre Ewell*	$ 54,900
322	Blagoy Ivanov*	$ 53,500
323	Poliana Botelho*	$ 53,200
324	Belal Muhammad*	$ 53,000
324	Devin Clark*	$ 53,000
324	Max Griffin	$ 53,000
324	Vinc Pichel*	$ 53,000
328	Chris Gruetzemacher*	$ 52,800
329	Brett Johns*	$ 52,000
329	Lina Lansberg*	$ 52,000
331	Bartosz Fabinksi*	$ 51,500
332	Geoff Neal*	$ 51,000
332	Pingyuan Liu*	$ 51,000
332	Sheymon Moraes*	$ 51,000
335	Austin Arnett*	$ 50,500
336	Josh Emmett	$ 50,000
337	Jarred Brooks*	$ 49,500
337	Tom Duquesnoy*	$ 49,500
339	Bryan Barberena*	$ 49,000
339	Frankie Saenz*	$ 49,000
339	Kyung Ho Kang*	$ 49,000
342	Sijara Eubanks*	$ 48,600
343	Danielle Taylor*	$ 48,000
343	Mizuto Hirota*	$ 48,000
343	Paige VanZant*	$ 48,000
346	Alexis Davis*	$ 47,000
346	Gillian Robertson*	$ 47,000
348	Eric Shelton*	$ 46,400
349	Ben Nguyen*	$ 46,000
349	Eddie Wineland*	$ 46,000
349	Kevin Holland*	$ 46,000
349	Luke Sanders*	$ 46,000
349	Myles Jury*	$ 46,000
349	Nick Hein*	$ 46,000
355	Jessica-Rose Clark*	$ 45,000
355	Jose Torres*	$ 45,000
355	Markus Perez*	$ 45,000
355	Oskar Piechota*	$ 45,000
359	Christo Giagos*	$ 44,000
359	George Sullivan*	$ 44,000
361	Alessio Di Chirico	$ 43,600
362	Ashley Yoder*	$ 43,500
362	Damir Hadzovic*	$ 43,500
362	Jordan Rinaldi*	$ 43,500
365	Arjan Bhullar*	$ 43,000
365	Karl Roberson*	$ 43,000
365	Mike Rodriguez*	$ 43,000
365	Montel Jackson*	$ 43,000
365	Sara McMann	$ 43,000
365	Yancy Medeiros*	$ 43,000
371	Alex White*	$ 42,000
371	Marcin Prachnio*	$ 42,000
373	Krzysztof Jotko	$ 41,000
373	Misha Cirkunov*	$ 41,000
373	Shamil Abdurakhimov*	$ 41,000
373	Thomas Almeida	$ 41,000
377	Germaine de Randamie*	$ 40,600
378	John Gunther*	$ 40,500
379	David Teymur*	$ 40,000
380	Antonina Shevchenko	$ 39,500
380	Devin Powell*	$ 39,500
380	Jessica Aguilar*	$ 39,500
383	Carlo Pedersoli Jr.*	$ 39,000
383	Charles Byrd*	$ 39,000
383	Lauren Mueller*	$ 39,000
383	Polyana Viana*	$ 39,000
383	Roberto Sanchez*	$ 39,000
388	Chris De La Rocha*	$ 37,000
388	Joanne Calderwood*	$ 37,000
388	Mads Burnell*	$ 37,000
388	Mairbek Taisumov*	$ 37,000
388	Marcos Rogerio de Lima*	$ 37,000
388	Talita Bernardo*	$ 37,000
394	Brandon Moreno*	$ 36,000
394	Joe Soto*	$ 36,000
394	Makwan Amirkhani*	$ 36,000
397	Rashad Coulter*	$ 35,500
397	Timothy Johnson*	$ 35,500
399	Ricky Rainey	$ 35,000
400	Dan Kelly*	$ 34,000
400	Erik Koch*	$ 34,000
402	Mary Chiasson	$ 33,500
402	Tonya Evinger	$ 33,500
404	Ashlee-Evans Smith*	$ 33,000
404	Felipe Arantes*	$ 33,000
404	Thibault Gouti*	$ 33,000
407	Dong Hyun Kim (Maestro)*	$ 32,000
407	Francimar Barroso	$ 32,000
407	Ion Cutelaba*	$ 32,000
407	Matt Frevola*	$ 32,000
411	Ricardo Ramos	$ 31,500
411	Sarah Moras*	$ 31,500
413	Daichi Abe*	$ 31,000
413	Emil Meek*	$ 31,000
413	Humberto Bandenay*	$ 31,000
413	Joseph Morales*	$ 31,000
413	Marcelo Golm*	$ 31,000
413	Matt Bessette	$ 31,000
413	Nikita Krylov*	$ 31,000
413	Syuri Kondo*	$ 31,000
421	Chas Skelly*	$ 30,000
422	Adam Milstead	$ 29,500
423	Brad Scott*	$ 29,000
423	Joby Sanchez*	$ 29,000
423	Marc Diakiese*	$ 29,000
423	Mike Santiago*	$ 29,000
427	Kevin Aguilar	$ 28,500
428	Godofredo Pepey*	$ 28,000
428	Maryna Moroz	$ 28,000
428	Matt Schnell*	$ 28,000
431	Danny Henry*	$ 27,500
431	Juan Adams	$ 27,500
431	Luke Jumeau*	$ 27,500
431	Lyman Good*	$ 27,500
431	Montana De La Rosa	$ 27,500
436	Craig White*	$ 27,000
436	John Phillips*	$ 27,000
436	Kalindra Faria*	$ 27,000
436	Russell Doane	$ 27,000
436	Terrion Ware*	$ 27,000
436	Tim Williams*	$ 27,000
442	Dwight Grant	$ 24,500
443	Justin Scoggins*	$ 24,000
443	Marvin Vettori	$ 24,000
445	Abu Azaitar*	$ 23,500
445	Augusto Sakai*	$ 23,500
445	Bobby Moffett*	$ 23,500
445	Bryce Mitchell	$ 23,500
445	Damir Ismagulov*	$ 23,500
445	Darko Stosic*	$ 23,500
445	Devonte Smith*	$ 23,500
445	Dmitriy Sosnovskiy*	$ 23,500
445	Edmen Shahbazyan	$ 23,500
445	Emily Whitmire	$ 23,500
445	Ian Heinisch*	$ 23,500
445	Jesus Pinedo*	$ 23,500
445	Jim Crute*	$ 23,500
445	Khalid Murtazaliev*	$ 23,500
445	Leah Letson	$ 23,500
445	Livia Renata Souza*	$ 23,500
445	Maurice Greene	$ 23,500
445	Maycee Barber*	$ 23,500
445	Mayra Bueno Silva*	$ 23,500
445	Mike Jackson*	$ 23,500
445	Muslim Salikhov	$ 23,500
445	Ryan Spann*	$ 23,500
445	Said Nurmagomedov*	$ 23,500
445	Wu Yanan*	$ 23,500
469	Peter Sobotta*	$ 23,000
469	Randy Brown*	$ 23,000
469	Vitor Miranda*	$ 23,000
472	Artem Lobov*	$ 22,000
472	Juliana Lima*	$ 22,000
472	Ray Borg*	$ 22,000
475	Johnny Eduardo*	$ 21,000
475	Luis Henrique*	$ 21,000
477	Albert Morales	$ 20,000
477	Jose Alberto Quinonez*	$ 20,000
477	Justin Ledet*	$ 20,000
477	Mark Godbeer*	$ 20,000
477	Matheus Nicolau*	$ 20,000
482	Bec Rawlings*	$ 19,000
482	Damian Stasiak*	$ 19,000
482	Damien Brown*	$ 19,000
482	Darrell Horcher	$ 19,000
482	Eric Spicely*	$ 19,000
482	Jon Tuck*	$ 19,000
488	Jay Cucciniello	$ 18,500
488	Joe Giannetti	$ 18,500
488	Justin Frazer	$ 18,500
488	Pannie Kianzad	$ 18,500
492	Alberto Mina*	$ 18,000
492	Alexa Grasso*	$ 18,000
492	Cyril Asker*	$ 18,000
492	Jack Marshman*	$ 18,000
492	Jeremy Kennedy*	$ 18,000
492	Jeremy Kimball*	$ 18,000
492	Justine Kish*	$ 18,000
492	Shinsho Anzai*	$ 18,000
492	Viviane Pereira*	$ 18,000
501	Gadzhimurad Antigulov*	$ 17,500
501	Mara Romero Borella*	$ 17,500
503	Lauren Murphy*	$ 17,000
504	Alex Chambers*	$ 16,000
504	Alvaro Herrera*	$ 16,000
504	Davey Grant*	$ 16,000
504	Diego Rivas*	$ 16,000
504	Jenel Lausa*	$ 16,000
504	Luan Chagas*	$ 16,000
504	Patrick Williams	$ 16,000
511	Bevon Lewis	$ 15,500
511	Dan Moret	$ 15,500
511	Daniel Spitz*	$ 15,500
511	Felipe Silva*	$ 15,500
511	Gina Mazany*	$ 15,500
511	Hu Yaozong*	$ 15,500
511	James Bochniak*	$ 15,500
511	Jamie Moyle	$ 15,500
511	Jessin Ayari*	$ 15,500
511	Jordan Griffin	$ 15,500
511	Julian Erosa*	$ 15,500
511	Junior Albini*	$ 15,500
511	Naoki Inoue*	$ 15,500
511	Rachael Ostovich	$ 15,500
511	Sabah Homasi	$ 15,500
511	Shana Dobson	$ 15,500
511	Sultan Aliev*	$ 15,500
528	Henry Briones*	$ 14,000
529	Adam Yandiev*	$ 13,500
529	Alex Gorgees*	$ 13,500
529	Allan Zuniga	$ 13,500
529	Anderson dos Santos*	$ 13,500
529	Barb Honchak	$ 13,500
529	Brian Camozzi*	$ 13,500
529	Chance Rencountre*	$ 13,500
529	Chris Fishgold*	$ 13,500
529	Chris Gutierrez	$ 13,500
529	Daniel Teymur*	$ 13,500
529	Hannah Cifers*	$ 13,500
529	Jalin Turner	$ 13,500
529	Jennifer Maia*	$ 13,500
529	Jodie Esquibel*	$ 13,500
529	Jonathan Martinez*	$ 13,500
529	Julija Stoliarenko	$ 13,500
529	Khalid Taha*	$ 13,500
529	Kyle Nelson*	$ 13,500
529	Luigi Vendramini*	$ 13,500
529	Maia Stevenson*	$ 13,500
529	Marina Rodriguez*	$ 13,500
529	Martin Day*	$ 13,500
529	Matt Sayles	$ 13,500
529	Melinda Fabian*	$ 13,500
529	Michel Batista	$ 13,500
529	Oliver Enkamp*	$ 13,500
529	Priscila Cachoeira*	$ 13,500
529	Richie Smullen	$ 13,500
529	Rob Wilkinson*	$ 13,500
529	Salim Touahri*	$ 13,500
529	Saparbek Safarov*	$ 13,500
529	Sergey Pavlovich*	$ 13,500
529	Stefan Sekulic*	$ 13,500
529	Su Mudaerji*	$ 13,500
529	Suman Mokhtarian*	$ 13,500
529	Te Edwards*	$ 13,500
529	Thiago Moses*	$ 13,500
529	Tyler Diamond	$ 13,500
529	Vince Morales*	$ 13,500
529	Wuliji Buren	$ 13,500
569	Julian Marquez	$ 11,900
570	Jin Soo Son*	$ 11,500
570	Molly McCann*	$ 11,500

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