Poirier, 4 others pocket 6 figures at UFC Glendale
The lion's share of UFC on FOX 29's payouts belongs to its main card.
Lightweights Dustin Poirier and Justin Gaethje both pocketed paydays north of six figures for their Fight of the Year candidate in Saturday's main event in Glendale, Ariz., earning $170,000 and $110,000, respectively, per documentation MMAjunkie obtained from the Arizona Boxing & MMA Commission on Monday.
The pair also took an extra $50,000 each in Fight of the Night bonuses moments after Poirier got his hand raised by fourth-round TKO.
Also eclipsing the $100,000 mark were welterweight co-main eventers Alex Oliveira and ex-interim champ Carlos Condit - with the former submitting the latter in the second round - and middleweight Israel Adesanya, who took a split verdict over Marvin Vettori. Oliveira's payout does not include the Performance of the Night bonus he earned in the victory.
The full list of Saturday's payouts is as follows:
- Dustin Poirier: $170,000 (includes $85,000 win bonus) def. Justin Gaethje: $110,000
- Alex Oliveira: $100,000 (includes $50,000 win bonus) def. Carlos Condit $115,000
- Israel Adesanya: $106,000 (includes $53,000 win bonus) def. Marvin Vettori $20,000
- Michelle Waterson: $80,000 (includes $40,000 win bonus) def. Cortney Casey $33,000
- Antonio Carlos Junior: $80,000 (includes $40,000 win bonus) def. Tim Boetsch $72,000
- Muslim Salikhov: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus) def. Ricky Rainey $14,000
- John Moraga: $74,000 (includes $37,000 win bonus) def. Wilson Reis $31,000
- Brad Tavares: $80,000 (includes $40,000 win bonus) def. Krzysztof Jotko $36,000
- Gilbert Burns: $56,000 (includes $28,000 win bonus) def. Dan Moret $12,000
- Lauren Mueller: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus) def. Shana Dobson $12,000
- Yushin Okami: $70,000 (includes $35,000 win bonus) def. Dhiego Lima $15,000
- Adam Wieczorek: $24,000 (includes $12,000 win bonus) def. Arjan Bhullar $12,000
- Alejandro Perez: $50,000 (includes $25,000 win bonus) def. Matthew Lopez $33,000
- Luke Sanders: $24,000 (includes $12,000 win bonus) def. Patrick Williams $12,000