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By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief
Despite losing to Daniel Cormier in the UFC 187 main event on Saturday night, Anthony "Rumble" Johnson still equaled Middleweight Champ Chris Weidman with a $500,000 payday to top the night's disclosed earnings.
The Nevada Athletic Commission emailed the officially disclosed payroll figures to MMATorch on Tuesday afternoon.
Johnson's $500,000 payout was his flat fee for the bout, while Weidman earned a $250,000 win bonus on top of his $250,000 show money. Cormier, meanwhile, earned $90,000 to show and $90,000 to win on short notice as the replacement for Jon Jones.
In the other major payout from the event, Vitor Belfort earned $300,000 in his losing effort against Weidman. Had he won, he'd have earned another $200,000 in a win bonus.
The full list of payouts is below:
Daniel Cormier: $180,000 (includes $90,000 win bonus)
Anthony Johnson: $500,000
Chris Weidman: $500,000 (includes $250,000 win bonus)
Vitor Belfort: $300,000
Donald Cerrone: $152,000 (includes $76,000 win bonus)
John Makdessi: $30,000
Andrei Arlovski: $84,000 (includes $42,000 win bonus)
Travis Browne: $60,000
Joseph Benavidez: $106,000 (includes $53,000 win bonus)
John Moraga: $28,000
John Dodson: $40,000 (includes $20,000 win bonus)
Zach Makovsky: $19,000
Rafael Natal: $70,000 (includes $35,000 win bonus)
Uriah Hall: $14,000
Rose Namajunas: $52,000 (paid show and win money despite fight cancellation, plus $2,000 from Ansaroff's purse)
Nina Ansaroff: $8,000 (fined 20% of purse for failure to make weight)
Colby Covington: $24,000 (includes $12,000 win bonus)
Mike Pyle: $51,000
Islam Makhachev: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
Leo Kuntz: $10,000
Jamie Penick, editor-in-chief
(mmatorcheditor@gmail.com)
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