UFC 246 set for the upcoming year 2020 January. Conor Mcgrgor making a comeback to UFC ring after a year long wait. His fight schedule with Donald Cerrone aka (Cowboy). According to MMA sources and news reports this UFC 246 payouts salaries for fighters might break records of all previous events.
Dana White choose T-Mobile Arena where seating capacity is upto 20,000 people at one time. The purse money for the top fighters based on the sale of ppv and gateway receipts. ESPN signed massive coverage deal of $750 million with UFC. The coverage fight telecast on ESPN but no share tv rights money for fighters.
UFC 246 PAYOUTS & SALARIES
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FIGHT CARD
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PURSE PAYOUTS
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MAIN CARD
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Conor Mcgregor ($3
million) & Cowboy Cerrone ($200,000)
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MAIN CARD
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Holly Holm ($350,000)
& Raquel Pennington ($63,000)
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MAIN CARD
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Aleksei Oleinik ($150,000) &
Maurice Greene ($30,000)
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MAIN CARD
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Cláudia Gadelha vs
Alexa Grasso (Canceled)
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MAIN CARD
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Anthony Pettis Carlos ($205,000)
& Diego Ferreira ($100,000)
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PRELIMNERY CARD
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Roxanne Modafferi
($62,000) & Maycee Barber ($29,000)
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PRELIMNERY CARD
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Andre Fili ($55,000) & Sodiq
Yusuff ($54,000)
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PRELIMNERY CARD
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Drew Dober ($110,000)
& Nasrat Haqparast ($25,000)
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PRELIMNERY CARD
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Chas Skelly vs Grant Dawson (Cancelled)
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PRELIMNERY CARD
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Sabina Mazo ($24,000)
& JJ Aldrich ($33,000)
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PRELIMNERY CARD
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Tim Elliott ($31,000)
& Askar Askarov ($20,000)
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EARLY PRELIMNERY CARD
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Brian Kelleher
($46,000) & Ode Osbourne ($10,000)
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EARLY PRELIMNERY CARD
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Justin Ledet ($20,000) Aleksa
Camur ($5,000)
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In the given table all salaries based on the reported salaries for UFC 246. Highest earning at UFC 246 is Conor Mcgregor with ($3 million) and Holly Holm joined him in the list with estimated earnings of $350,000 which include winning bonus. The salaries information based on the reports from Sherdog, MMA Mania, Yahoo Sports on UFC 246.
Fighters who face defeat in the extra pre-preliminary round, preliminary round and main card received only (showing bonus and guaranteed purse). The winner of the fight received almost equal money to guaranteed purse as of winning bonus. Such as Aleksei Oleinik earn ($150k) which include ($75,000 showing and $75,000 winning bonus).
Fight of the night and knockout of the night ($50,000) extra bonus money paid to the fighters who later received the nomination for these two categories. There is a sponsorship earnings for fighters which is not adjusted so far.
References : Fox Sports, The Sports Daily, MMA Mania, MMA Weekly, Forbes Magazine