Stipe Miocic's rate remains the same, but at least he's making more than his challenger this time.
The reigning heavyweight king pocketed $600,000 for his record-breaking third title defense against Francis Ngannou at UFC 220 in Boston earlier this month, according to records MMAjunkie obtained from the Massachusetts State Athletic Commission on Tuesday. The challenger took a cool half-million, easily the biggest payday of his still-budding career.
Light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier also made $500K for his second-round TKO of Volkan Oezdemir, who pocketed $350K in his first bid for UFC gold.
The full list of the event's payouts is as follows:
- Stipe Miocic, $600,000 (no win bonus) def. Franciso Ngannou, $500,000
- Daniel Cormier, $500,000 (no win bonus) def. Volkan Oezdemir, $350,000
- Calvin Kattar, $28,000 (includes $14,000 win bonus) def. Shane Burgos, $22,000
- Gian Villante, $100,000 (includes $50,000 win bonus) def. Francimar Barrosso, $27,000
- Rob Font, $60,000 (includes $30,000 win bonus) def. Thomas Almeida, $36,000
- Kyle Bochniak, $24,000 (includes $12,000 win bonus) def. Brandon Davis, $10,000
- Abdul Razak Alhassan, $40,000 (includes $20,000 win bonus) def. Sabah Homasi, $12,000
- Dustin Ortiz, $60,000 (includes $30,000 win bonus) def. Alexandre Pantoja, $14,000
- Julio Arce, $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus) def. Dan Ige, $10,000
- Enrique Barzola, $42,000 (includes $21,000 win bonus) def. Matt Bessette, $12,000
- Islam Makhachev, $32,000 (includes $16,000 win bonus) def. Gleison Tibau, $50,000
