UFC 222 salaries: Cris Cyborg banks event-high $500k opposite Yana Kunitskaya

UFC featherweight champ Cris Cyborg is again the highest-paid fighter on a UFC pay-per-view card.

Cyborg (19-1 MMA, 4-0 UFC), who stepped in on short notice to face Invicta FC bantamweight champ Yana Kunitskaya (10-3 MMA, 0-0 UFC), will be paid $500,000 flat to step in the octagon for tonight’s UFC 222 headliner at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

MMAjunkie obtained the UFC 222 salaries from a Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) official prior to the event.

The second highest-paid fighter on Saturday’s card is ex-champ Andrei Arlovski (26-15 MMA, 15-9 UFC), who takes home a flat $275,000 for a bout with Stefan Struve (28-9 MMA, 12-7 UFC) on the pay-per-view main card, which follows prelims on FS1 and UFC Fight pass.

The full list of paydays from UFC 222 include:

• Cris Cyborg: $500,000 (no win bonus)
  vs. Yana Kunitskaya: $100,000 (no win bonus)
• Frankie Edgar: $195,000 (no win bonus)
  vs. Brian Ortega: $100,000 to show ($100,000 to win)
• Sean O’Malley: $22,000 ($22,000 to win)
  vs. Andre Soukhamthath: $19,000 ($19,000 to win)
• Stefan Struve: $77,000 ($77,000 to win)
  vs. Andrei Arlovski: $275,000 (no win bonus)
• Cat Zingano: $35,000 ($35,000 to win)
  vs. Ketlen Vieira: $30,000 ($30,000 to win)
• Ashley Yoder: $12,000 ($12,000 to win)
  vs. Mackenzie Dern: $25,000 ($25,000 to win)
• Beneil Dariush: $48,000 ($48,000 to win)
  vs. Alexander Hernandez: $13,000 ($13,000 to win)
• John Dodson: $41,000 (includes $41,000 win bonus)
  vs. Pedro Munhoz: $34,000 (includes $34,000 win bonus)
• C. B. Dollaway: $46,000 (includes $46,000 win bonus)
  vs. Hector Lombard: $62,000 (includes $62,000 win bonus)
• Mike Pyle: $55,000 (includes $55,000 win bonus)
  vs. Zak Ottow: $18,000 (includes $18,000 win bonus)
• Bryan Caraway: $21,000 (includes $21,000 win bonus)
  vs. Cody Stamann: $20,000 (includes $20,000 win bonus)
• Jordan Johnson: $14,000 (includes $14,000 win bonus)
  vs. Adam Milstead: $12,000 (includes $12,000 win bonus)

Now, the usual disclaimer: The figures do not include deductions for items such as insurance, licenses and taxes. Additionally, the figures do not include money paid by sponsors, including the official UFC Athlete Outfitting sponsorship program pay. They also do not include any other “locker room” or special discretionary bonuses the UFC often pays. They also do not include pay-per-view cuts that some top-level fighters receive.

In other words, the above figures are simply base salaries reported to the commission and do not reflect entire compensation packages for the event.

For complete coverage of UFC 222, check out the UFC Events section of the site.