UFC 250 Payouts – Salaries, Bonuses & Facts

UFC 250 gave fight fans all they could ask for on Saturday night. The event was live from inside UFC APEX facility in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. Amanda Nunes defeated Felicia Spencer by Decision (Unanimous) Saturday, and in the co-main event, Cody Garbrandt defeated Raphael Assuncao in round 2 by KO (Punch).

This was 517th event in Ultimate Fighting Championship history, including pay-per-views, UFC Fight Nights, and TUF finales. The pay-per-view card streamed on ESPN+ PPV following prelims on ESPN. In this post, we’ll go in detail on UFC 250 payouts, fighter bonuses and event facts, including the attendance, total gate and PPV buys.

UFC 250 Attendance, Gate, Viewership

There were no audience fans in attendance. The gate for the event came out to $0. The viewership data is still pending. We’ll continue to update this post as soon as the information is available.

UFC 250 Bonuses

UFC 250 had 12 bouts scheduled. no one was awarded Fight of the Night bonus. The Performance of the Night bonuses went to Cody Garbrandt, Aljamain Sterling, Sean O’Malley and Alex Perez. The fighters took home an extra $50,000.

There are four types of awards:

• Fight of the Night is awarded to two fighters who star in the exciting fight of the night.
• KO of the Night is awarded to the fighter who achieves the most spectacular Knockout.
• Submission of the Night is granted to the protagonist of the most striking submission.
• Performance of the Night is awarded the most impressive individual performance of the night.

UFC 250 Salaries

The total disclosed payroll for the event is PENDING. The figures below are base salaries reported to the commission and do not reflect entire compensation packages for the event. Here the full list of fighter payouts from UFC 250:

Amanda Nunes ($350,000 + $100,000 win bonus = $450,000) def. Felicia Spencer ($125,000)
Cody Garbrandt ($130,000 + $130,000 win bonus = $260,000) def. Raphael Assuncao ($79,000)
Aljamain Sterling ($76,000 + $76,000 win bonus = $152,000) def. Cory Sandhagen ($80,000)
Neil Magny ($79,000 + $79,000 win bonus = $158,000) def. Rocco Martin ($48,000)
Sean O’Malley ($40,000 + $40,000 win bonus = $80,000) def. Eddie Wineland ($46,000)
Alex Caceres ($58,000 + $58,000 win bonus = $116,000) def. Chase Hooper ($27,000)
Ian Heinisch ($40,000 + $40,000 win bonus = $80,000) def. Gerald Meerschaert ($33,000)
Cody Stamann ($36,000 + $36,000 win bonus = $72,000) def. Brian Kelleher ($33,000)
Maki Pitolo ($10,000 + $10,000 win bonus = $20,000) def. Charles Byrd ($12,000)
Alex Perez ($40,000 + $40,000 win bonus = $80,000) def. Jussier Formiga ($49,000)
Devin Clark ($48,000 + $48,000 win bonus = $96,000) def. Alonzo Menifield ($14,000)
Herbert Burns ($12,000 + $12,000 win bonus = $24,000) def. Evan Dunham ($60,000)

You can view all the UFC 250 results.

The UFC 250 payouts don’t include deductions for items such as insurance, licenses, and taxes. Additionally, these do not include pay-per-view cuts that some top-level fighters receive. They also do not include money paid by sponsors, Reebok pay, any other “locker room” or special discretionary bonuses the UFC often pays.

Did you know: The average UFC fighter made $138,000 in 2018, up from average earnings of $132,000 in 2017.

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