{"id":192713,"date":"2016-04-25T12:42:56","date_gmt":"2016-04-25T19:42:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=192713"},"modified":"2016-04-25T12:42:56","modified_gmt":"2016-04-25T19:42:56","slug":"ufc-197-salary-report-jon-jones-remains-one-ufcs-highest-paid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc-197\/ufc-197-salary-report-jon-jones-remains-one-ufcs-highest-paid\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC 197 salary report – Jon Jones remains one of UFC’s highest paid"},"content":{"rendered":"

UFC 197<\/a> took place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday night.<\/p>\n

The card was headlined with a UFC interim light heavyweight title fight<\/a> between former champion Jon Jones and number six UFC ranked contender Ovince Saint Preux. Jones took the win in a five-round unanimous decision and ranked at the top of the pay scale of the card at $500,000 with no win bonus.<\/p>\n

Demetrious Johnson took the second biggest paycheck of $195,000, which included a $60,000 win bonus after defeating Henry Cejudo in a flyweight title fight. Johnson put Cejudo away<\/a> in the first round by TKO.<\/p>\n

The full UFC 197 payouts via MMA Junkie<\/a> included:<\/p>\n

Jon Jones: $500,000 (no win bonus)
\ndef. Ovince Saint Preux: $55,000<\/p>\n

Demetrious Johnson: $195,000 (includes $60,000 win bonus)
\ndef. Henry Cejudo: $60,000<\/p>\n

Edson Barboza: $88,000 (includes $44,000 win bonus)
\ndef. Anthony Pettis: $80,000<\/p>\n

Robert Whittaker: $60,000 (includes $30,000 win bonus)
\ndef. Rafael Natal: $41,000<\/p>\n

Yair Rodriguez: $42,000 (includes $21,000 win bonus)
\ndef. Andre Fili: $18,000<\/p>\n

Sergio Pettis: $48,000 (includes $24,000 win bonus)
\ndef. Chris Kelades: $12,000<\/p>\n

Danny Roberts: $24,000 (includes $12,000 win bonus)
\ndef. Dominique Steele: $12,000<\/p>\n

Carla Esparza: $60,000 (includes $30,000 win bonus)
\ndef. Juliana Lima: $14,000<\/p>\n

James Vick: $30,000 (includes $15,000 win bonus)
\ndef. Glaico Franca: $17,000<\/p>\n

Walt Harris: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
\ndef. Cody East: $10,000<\/p>\n

Marcos Rogerio de Lima: $24,000 (includes $12,000 win bonus)
\ndef. Clint Hester: $12,000<\/p>\n

Kevin Lee: $48,000 (includes $24,000 win bonus)
\ndef. Efrain Escudero: $18,000\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The disclosed payroll for UFC 197 was $1,470,000.<\/p>\n

These figures do not include deductions for items such as licenses, insurance, and taxes. In addition, the figures do not include sponsor pay, such as the official UFC-Reebok sponsorship program. They also do not include any other \u201clocker room\u201d or special discretionary bonuses the UFC oftentimes pays to their fighters.<\/p>\n

Demetrious Johnson and Yair Rodriguez took an additional $50,000 \u201cPerformance of the Night\u201d bonus home while Danny Roberts and Dominique Steele each took home a $50,000 \u201cFight of the Night\u201d bonus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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