UFC on Fox 28 Salaries: Jeremy Stephens Leads All Earners with $126K Payday
Controversial or not, Jeremy Stephens’ latest win has got him paid.
The power-punching featherweight veteran was the highest earner coming out of UFC on Fox 28, pulling down $126,000 according to the disclosed payroll numbers released on Friday by the Florida State Boxing Commission. The event took place last Saturday night at the Amway Center in Orlando.
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Stephens, the only fighter to crack the six-figure mark on the card, was also awarded a $50,000 performance bonus on fight night on top of his purse. Emmett pulled down a $45,000 purse in defeat.
Other notable earners on the event include former UFC title
challenger Jessica
Andrade, who cleared $96,000 for her unanimous decision win
over Tecia Torress and all-action fighter Alan Jouban
netted $80,000 on top of a $50,000 “Fight of the Night” bonus for
his second-round knockout of Ben
Saunders. Victorious under carders Sam Alvey and
Rani
Yahya both took home $92,000 for their respective stoppage wins
over Marcin
Prachnio and Russell
Doane.
Note: The disclosed purses reported by state athletic commissions do not include any performance-based or discretionary bonuses that may be awarded to a fighter by the promotion. Additionally, the reported figures do not reflect any deductions made by the commission for taxes, insurance, etc., and do not include any sponsorship money that a fighter may acquire for their performance.
UFC on Fox 28 Salaries:
Jeremy Stephens: $126,000 (includes $63,000 win bonus)
Josh Emmett: $45,000
Jessica Andrade: $96,000 (includes $48,000 win bonus)
Tecia Torres: $36,0000
Ilir Latifi: $66,000 (includes $33,000 win bonus)
Ovince St. Preux: $83,000
Max Griffin: $24,000 (includes $12,000 win bonus)
Mike Perry: $40,000
Brian Kelleher: $40,000 (includes $20,000 win bonus)
Renan Barao: $53,000
Marion Reneau: $56,000 (includes $28,000 win bonus) Sara McMann: $38,000
Angela Hill: $42,000 (includes $21,000 win bonus)
Maryna Moroz: $23,000
Alan Jouban: $80,000 (includes $40,000 win bonus)
Ben Saunders: $23,000
Sam Alvey: $92,000 (includes $46,000 win bonus)
Marcin Prachnio: $25,000
Rani Yahya: $92,000 (includes $46,000 win bonus)
Russell Doane: $22,000
Alex Perez: $21,600 (includes $12,000 win bonus)*
Eric Shelton: $14,400
Manny Bermudez: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
Albert Morales: $15,000
* Perez missed weight and forfeited 20 percent of his purse’s show money to Shelton.
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