UFC 245 salaries: Usman and Covington get 500K, Aldo at 400K
Get the Full StoryPhoto by Jeff Bottari Zuffa LLC via Getty ImagesCheck out the purse information for UFC 245. The guaranteed UFC 245 purses have been released by the Nevada Athletic Commission, including the figures for the three title fights that are topping the card. The headliners in Kamaru Usman and Colby Covington will earn the most and both get a flat fee of 500,000 for their welterweight title clash.
The next highest earner on the card is from a non-title bout, with long time champion Jose Aldo having a 400,000 base salary and an additional 50,000 win bonus.
The two other champions on the card in Max Holloway and Amanda Nunes are earning less than the ones listed above, with the featherweight champion earning a flat 350,000, and the female double-champ getting 350,000 plus a 100,000 win bonus.
Others on the card making six digits include title challengers Alexander Volkanovski 250,000 and Germaine de Randamie 100,000 , UFC hall-of-famer Urijah Faber 250,000 , and Marlon Moraes 110,000 110,000 .
The lowest earner on the card is Puna Soriano 10,000 10,000 , who was signed off Dana White s contender series.
Check out the full list of purses below:
Kamaru Usman: 500,000Colby Covington: 500,000
Max Holloway: 350,000Alexander Volkanovski: 250,000
Amanda Nunes: 350,000 to show, 100,000 to winGermaine de Randamie: 100,000
Marlon Moraes: 110,000 to show, 110,000 to winJose Aldo: 400,000 to show, 50,000 to win
Petr Yan: 66,000 to show, 66,000 to winUrijah Faber: 250,000
Mike Perry: 90,000 to show, 90,000 to winGeoff Neal: 31,000 to show, 31,000 to win
Ketlen Vieira: 33,000 to show, 33,000 to winIrene Aldana: 40,000 to show, 40,000 to win
Ian Heinisch: 25,000 to show, 25,000 to winOmari Akhemedov: 55,000 to show, 55,000 to win
Matt Brown: 80,000 to show, 80,000 to winBen Saunders: 35,000 to show, 35,000 to win
Chase Hooper: 24,000 to show, 24,000 to winDaniel Teymur: 18,000 to show, 18,000 to win
Brandon Moreno: 31,000 to show, 31,000 to winKai-Kara France: 25,000 to show, 25,000 to win
Jessica Eye: 48,000 to show, 48,000 to win Eye will pay 14,400 of her show money for missing weight Viviane Araujo: 45,000 to show, 45,000 to win
Puna Soriano: 10,000 to show, 10,000 to winOskar Piechota: 20,000 to show, 20,000 to win
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