UFC Fight Night 123 salaries: Ex-WSOF champ Marlon Moraes leads $866k payroll

Former WSOF bantamweight champ Marlon Moraes took home a big win at UFC Fight Night 123, and he also notched the biggest pay day of the event.

Moraes (20-5-1 MMA, 2-1 UFC) took home a disclosed payout of $146,000 for his knockout of Aljamain Sterling (14-3 MMA, 6-3 UFC).

MMAjunkie today requested and received the list of official disclosed paydays from the California State Athletic Commission.

UFC Fight Night 123 took place Saturday at Save Mart Center in Fresno, Calif., and it aired on FS1 following early prelims on UFC Fight Pass.

In the main event, Brian Ortega (13-0 MMA, 5-0 UFC) upset veteran Cub Swanson (25-8 MMA, 10-4 UFC) with a second-round guillotine choke.

The total disclosed payout for the event was $866,000.

The full list of UFC Fight Night 123 payouts included:

Brian Ortega: $58,000 (includes $29,000 win bonus)
def. Cub Swanson: $76,000

Gabriel Benitez: $28,000 (includes $14,000 win bonus)
def. Jason Knight: $31,000

Marlon Moraes : $146,000 (includes $ win bonus)
def. Aljamain Sterling: $36,000

Scott Holtzman: $40,000 (includes $ win bonus)
def. Darrell Horcher: $15,000

Eryk Anders: $28,000 (includes $14,000 win bonus)
def. Markus Perez: $12,000

Benito Lopez: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
def. Albert Morales: $15,000

Alexis Davis: $64,000 (includes $32,000 win bonus)
def. Liz Carmouche: $30,000

Andre Soukhamthath: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
def. Luke Sanders: $12,000

Alex Perez: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
def. Carls John de Tomas: $10,000

Frankie Saenz: $40,000 (includes $20,000 win bonus)
def. Merab Dvalishvili: $10,000

Alejandro Perez: $46,000 (includes $23,000 win bonus)
def. Iuri Alcantara: $39,000

Davi Ramos: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
def. Chris Gruetzemacher: $12,000

Trevin Giles: $28,000 (includes $14,000 win bonus)
def. Antonio Braga Neto: $10,000

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.

For example, as previously reported, UFC officials handed out additional $50,000 UFC Fight Night 123 fight-night bonuses to Ortega and Swanson for “Fight of the Night” and Ortega and Moraes for “Performance of the Night.” By doubling up, Ortega earned $100,000 total in fight-night bonuses.

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 more on UFC Fight Night 123, check out the UFC Events section of the site.