The Ultimate Fighting Championship made the trip to Fort Lauderdale, Florida on Saturday, April 27 for UFC on ESPN+8 featuring Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza vs. Jack Hermansson. The event ended with a stunned crowd as Hermansson pulled off the upset over Jacare in the main event of the night.
Other big winners on the night were co-main event participant Greg Hardy, Mike Perry, and former light heavyweight title challenger Glover Teixeira.
Following the event, the fighter salaries were announced with a total disclosed payroll of $1,942,000.
Leading the way, despite competing on the preliminary card, was former heavyweight champion Andrei Arlovski who raked in a whopping $300,000 for a split decision loss to Augusto Sakai, who earned just $24,000.
Jacare and Teixeira were second on the payroll with $210,000 apiece, while Greg Hardy earned $150,000 for his dominant win over Dmitry Smolyakov, who picked up just $10,000.
The only other fighter to top six-figures was Mike Perry with $110,000, while Jack Hermansson earned $82,000 for his upset victory.
The figures released do not include any money from outside sponsors. UFC Fort Lauderdale purses also exclude any locker room bonuses and required Reebok outfitting pay, but do figure in the $50,000 for Fight of the Night and Performance of the night bonuses.
A full look at the UFC Fort Lauderdale fighter salaries can be seen below.
UFC Fort Lauderdale Fighter Salaries
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- Jack Hermansson: $82,000 — $41,000 to show, $41,000 to win
- Ronaldo ‘Jacare’ Souza: $210,000
- Greg Hardy: $150,000 — $75,000 to show, $75,000 to win
- Dmitri Smoliakov: $10,000
- Mike Perry: $160,000 — $55,000 to show, $55,000 to win plus $50,000 for ‘Fight of the Night’
- Alex Oliveira: $114,000 — $64,000 to show plus $50,000 for ‘Fight of the Night’
- Glover Teixeira: $260,000 — $105,000 to show, $105,000 to win plus $50,000 for ‘Performance of the Night’
- Ion Cutelaba; $22,000
- Cory Sandhagen: $66,000 — $33,000 to show, $33,000 to win
- John Lineker: $49,000
- Roosevelt Roberts: $24,000 — $12,000 to show, $12,000 to win
- Thomas Gifford: $10,000
- Takashi Sato: $24,000 — $12,000 to show, $12,000 to win
- Ben Saunders: $35,000
- Carla Esparza: $90,000 — $45,000 to show, $45,000 to win
- Virna Jandiroba: $12,000
- Andrei Arlovski: $300,000 flat fee
- Augusto Sakai: $24,000 — $12,000 to show, $12,000 to win
- Gilbert Burns: $88,000 — $44,000 to show, $44,000 to win
- Mike Davis: $12,000
- Jim Miller: $230,000 — $90,000 to show, $90,000 to win plus $50,000 for ‘Performance of the Night’
- Jason Gonzalez: $12,000
- Angela Hill: $48,000 — $24,000 to show, $24,000 to win
- Jodie Esquibel: $10,000
- Dhiego Lima: $34,000 — $17,000 to show, $17,000 to win
- Court McGee: $48,000