For an example
Jon Jones: $450,000 ($400,000 to show, $50,000 Fight of the Night bonus)
Alexander Gustafsson: $80,000 ($30,000 to show, $50,000 Fight of the Night bonus)
Renan Barao: $72,000 ($11,000 to show, $11,000 win bonus, $50,000 Knockout of the Night bonus)
Mitch Gagnon: $62,000 ($6,000 to show, $6,000 win bonus, $50,000 Submission of the Night bonus)
Francis Carmont: $38,000 ($19,000 to show, $19,000 win bonus)
Brendan Schaub: $36,000 ($18,000 to show, $18,000 win bonus)
Khabib Nurmagomedov: $28,000 ($14,000 to show, $14,000 win bonus)
Pat Healy: $27,000
John Makdessi: $24,000 ($12,000 to show, $12,000 win bonus)
Alex Caceres: $20,000 ($10,000 to show, $10,000 win bonus)
Costa Philippou: $18,000
Ivan Menjivar: $17,000
Myles Jury: $16,000 ($8,000 to show, $18,000 win bonus)
Stephen Thompson: $16,000 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 win bonus)
Eddie Wineland: $15,000
Wilson Reis: $12,000 ($6,000 to show, $6,000 win bonus)
Matt Mitrione: $12,000
Michel Prazeres: $12,000 ($6,000 to show, $6,000 win bonus)
Nandor Guelmino: $12,000
Daniel Omielanczuk: $12,000 ($6,000 to show, $6,000 win bonus)
Mike Ricci: $8,000
Dustin Kimura: $8,000
Roland Delorme: $8,000
Chris Clements: $6,000
Renee Forte: $6,000
Jesse Ronsen: $6,000
Lol look at this for an example. Gus got a base pay of $30K to fight Jon Jones in 2013. His only fight that year.
The buy rate was 310K. Let’s just say Gus made a total of 200K for that PPV. Which is probably more than he did. 200K in one year, after taxes, fight camp, medical expenses… I’m guessing he made $90-$100K. Plus he has no health coverage, so he’s paying out of pocket for his health bills.