UFC on Fox salaries: Five fighters including break six figures

Israel Adesanya is making a decent salary despite this just being his second UFC fight.

UFC on Fox 29 provided some decent action for fans, particularly on the main card. But it didn’t exactly break the bank for the UFC in regards to salaries, that’s for sure. Only five of the 28 fighters on the card broke six figures and only one of them was above 115k. That was main event winner Dustin Poirier, who made 170k for his efforts.

Justin Gaethje, Alex Oliveira and Carlos Condit also broke 100k, along with Israel Adesanya. That’s a bit of a surprise considering this was only his second UFC fight, but he came in with some major hype. I guess that earned him a pretty decent check right out of the gate, so good for him.

Here’s a look at the full salaries from the event, via the Arizona Boxing and MMA Commission:

Dustin Poirier ($85,000 + $85,000 = $170,000) defeated Justin Gaethje ($110,000)

Alex Oliveira ($50,000 + $50,000 = $100,000) defeated Carlos Condit ($115,000)

Israel Adesanya ($53,000 + $53,000 = $106,000) defeated Marvin Vettori ($20,000)

Michelle Waterson ($40,000 + $40,000 = $80,000) defeated Cortney Casey ($33,000)

Antonio Carlos Junior ($40,000 + $40,000 = $80,000) defeated Tim Boetsch ($72,000)

Muslim Salikhov ($10,000 + $10,000 = $20,000) defeated Ricky Rainey ($14,000)

John Moraga ($37,000 + $37,000 = $74,000) defeated Wilson Reis ($31,000)

Brad Tavares ($40,000 + $40,000 = $80,000) defeated Krzysztof Jotko ($36,000)

Gilbert Burns ($28,000 + $28,000 = $56,000) defeated Dan Moret $12,000

Lauren Mueller ($10,000 + $10,000 = $20,000) defeated Shana Dobson $12,000

Yushin Okami ($35,000 + $35,000 = $70,000) defeated Dhiego Lima $15,000

Adam Wieczorek ($12,000 + $12,000 = $24,000) defeated Arjan Bhullar $12,000

Alejandro Perez ($25,000 + $25,000 = $50,000) defeated Matthew Lopez $33,000

Luke Sanders ($12,000 + $12,000 = $24,000) defeated Patrick Williams $12,000