Daniel Cormier earned about $2,000 per second of cage time on Saturday night. | Dave Mandel/Sherdog.com
UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey earned $110,000 for her technical knockout triumph over Sara McMann ($16,000) 1:06 into the opening round of the evening’s main event, while Daniel Cormier banked $160,000 for his 79-second drubbing of Pat Cummins ($8,000) in the co-headliner. The Nevada Athletic Commission released salary figures to Sherdog.com on Monday.
UFC 170 took place at Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas and also saw Tristar Gym standout Rory MacDonald ($100,000) take a unanimous decision over Demian Maia ($64,000) in a featured welterweight tilt. Other top earners included Mike Pyle, who took home $96,000 for his third-round stoppage of T.J. Waldburger ($18,000), and bantamweight contender Raphael Assuncao, who collected $56,000 for outpointing Pedro Munhoz ($8,000).
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 170 Salaries
Ronda
Rousey: $110,000 (includes $55,000 win bonus)
Sara
McMann: $16,000
Daniel
Cormier: $160,000 (includes $80,000 win bonus)
Patrick
Cummins: $8,000
Rory
MacDonald: $100,000 (includes $50,000 win bonus)
Demian
Maia: $64,000
Mike
Pyle: $96,000 (includes $48,000 win bonus)
T.J.
Waldburger: $18,000
Stephen
Thompson: $28,000 (includes $14,000 win bonus)
Robert
Whittaker: $15,000
Alexis
Davis: $30,000 (includes $15,000 win bonus)
Jessica
Eye: $8,000
Raphael
Assuncao: $56,000 (includes $28,000 win bonus)
Pedro
Munhoz: $8,000
Aljamain
Sterling: $16,000 (includes $8,000 win bonus)
Cody
Gibson: $8,000
Zach
Makovsky: $24,000 (includes $12,000 win bonus)
Josh
Sampo: $10,000
Erik
Koch: $30,000 (includes $15,000 win bonus)
Rafaello
Oliveira: $14,000
Ernest
Chavez: $16,000 (includes $8,000 win bonus)
Yosdenis
Cedeno: $8,000