CM Punk gets huge amount for his UFC 203 fight
THE DEBUT OF CM Punk was probably the biggest talking point of UFC 203. The former WWE champion had a tough time against Mickey Gall inside the octagon, but the pay cheque he got said a completely different story altogether.
CM Punk pocketed a whopping amount of $500,000 for his debut fight where as his opponent Mickey Gall walked away with just $30,000 which was split into a $15,000 for the show and another $15,000 for the win.
CM Punk’s pay is expected to increase with respect to the total pay-per-view sales of UFC 203 as well. Just to get a context of things, CM Punk earned $3731 dollars per second for that fight.
Here is the complete list of salaries from UFC 203:
- Stipe Miocic — $600,000 (no win bonus) plus $50,000 for ‘Fight of the Night’
- Alistair Overeem — $800,000 plus $50,000 for ‘Fight of the Night’
- Fabricio Werdum — $375,000 ($250,000 to show, $125,000 to win)
- Travis Browne — $120,000
- CM Punk — $500,000 (no win bonus)
- Mickey Gall — $30,000 ($15,000 to show, $15,000 to win)
- Urijah Faber — $160,000
- Jimmie Rivera — $48,000 ($24,000 to show, $24,000 to win)
- Joanne Calderwood — $25,000
- Bethe Correia — $50,000 ($25,000 to show, $25,000 to win)
- Jessica Eye — $25,000
- Brad Tavares — $56,000 ($28,000 to show, $28,000 to win)
- Caio Magalhaes — $20,000
- Nik Lentz — $76,000 ($38,000 to show, $38,000 to win)
- Michael McBride — $12,000
- Yancy Medeiros — $48,000 ($24,000 to show, $24,000 to win) plus $50,000 for ‘Performance of the Night’
- Sean Spencer — $17,000
- Drew Dober — $38,000 ($19,000 to show, $19,000 to win)
- Jason Gonzalez — $10,000