UFC Fight Night 80 Fighter Salaries: Red-Hot Sage Northcutt Tops Payroll

Rose Namajunas continued her climb back into title contention at UFC Fight Night 80, but didn’t top the disclosed fighter payroll.

Top honors went to red-hot prospect Sage Northcutt, who earned $80,000 for his second-round submission victory over Cody Pfister.

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Michael Chiesa, who submitted Jim Miller in the night’s co-main event, was next on the list, earning $60,000 for his efforts. Even Miller bested Namajunas in the payroll department, earning $56,000 in the loss to Namajunas’ $54,000 for the main event win.

Namajunas submitted Paige VanZant in the fifth round of their main event bout.

UFC Fight Night 80: Namajunas vs. VanZant took place on Thursday, Dec. 10, at the Chelsea at the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas.

UFC Fight Night 80: Namajunas vs. VanZant Fighter Salaries

Rose Namajunas: $54,000 (includes $27,000 win bonus)
def. Paige VanZant: $40,000

Michael Chiesa: $60,000 (includes $30,000 win bonus)
def. Jim Miller: $56,000

Sage Northcutt: $80,000 (includes $40,000 win bonus)
def. Cody Pfister: $12,000

Thiago “Marreta” Santos: $38,000 (includes $19,000 win bonus)
def. Elias Theodorou: $20,000

Tim Means: $54,000 (includes $27,000 win bonus)
def. John Howard: $27,000

Sergio Moraes: $28,000 (includes $14,000 win bonus)
def. Omari Akhmedov: $14,000

Kevin Casey: $12,000 vs. Antonio Carlos Junior: $19,000
(Fight ended in a no contest due to accidental eye poke)

Aljamain Sterling: $28,000 (includes $14,000 win bonus)
def. Johnny Eduardo: $14,000

Santiago Ponzinibbio: $26,000 (includes $13,000 win bonus)
def. Andreas Stahl: $10,000

Danny Roberts: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
def. Nathan Coy: $10,000

Zubaira Tukhugov: $24,000 (includes $12,000 win bonus)
def. Phillipe Nover: $14,000

Kailin Curran: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
def. Emily Kagan: $10,000

UFC Fight Night 80 Disclosed Fighter Payroll: $690,000