UFC 203 Salaries: CM Punk Makes Bank, But Two Fighters Made More

The Ohio Athletic Commission released the UFC 203 salaries on Monday, and the UFC had to pay some of the top tier fighters who took part in the event some big money. CM Punk earned $500,000 for making his MMA debut. Stipe Miocic earned 0,000 for defending his UFC heavyweight title against Alistair Overeem, who earned 0,000.

UFC 203 took place on Saturday, September 10th, at The Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. The UFC Fight Pass prelims featured one bout at 7 p.m. ET while the FOX Sports 1 prelims featured four bouts at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT. The main card aired on traditional pay-per-view with five bouts at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT.

The full UFC 203 payouts include:

Main Card

Stipe Miocic ($600,000 + no win bonus = $600,000) def. Alistair Overeem ($800,000)

Fabricio Werdum ($250,000 + $125,000 = $375,000) def. Travis Browne ($120,000)

Mickey Gall ($15,000 + $15,000 = $30,000) def. CM Punk ($500,000)

Jimmie Rivera ($24,000 + $24,000 = $48,000) def. Urijah Faber ($160,000)

Jessica Andrade ($23,000 + $23,000 = $46,000) def. Joanne Calderwood ($25,000)

Preliminary Card

Bethe Correia ($25,000 + $25,000 = $50,000) def. Jessica Eye ($25,000)

Brad Tavares ($28,000 + $28,000 = $56,000) def. Caio Magalhaes ($20,000)

Nik Lentz ($38,000 + $38,000 = $76,000) def. Michael McBride ($12,000)

Yancy Medeiros ($24,000 + $24,000 = $48,000) def. Sean Spencer ($17,000)

Drew Dober ($19,000 + $19,000 = $38,000) def. Jason Gonzales ($10,000)