UFC 249 salaries and purses revealed, Tony Ferguson tops the list despite crushing loss

massive success of UFC 249 has seen UFC take spotlight after a halt of close to three months due to COVID-19 pandemic. After UFC 249, Dana White is set to host two more events i.e. ‘UFC Fight Night - Smith vs Texeira’ and ‘UFC Fight Night - Overeem vs Harris’ on May 13 and May 16 respectively. se events will be held in an empty arena but UFC fans can still access event via various live brocasting platforms. Though UFC 249 earned did t earn profits from gate sales and attendance, y still mand to earn revenue from live streaming platforms. According to reports, UFC 249 did well in terms of revenue, as evident by salaries pocketed by stars who fought in Florida last weekend. 

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UFC 249 salaries: Tony Ferguson tops UFC 249 salaries list

Tony Ferguson faced a crushing defeat against Justin Gaethje for first time in eight years and lost opportunity to face Khabib Nurmagomedov for lightweight title. However, Tony Ferguson was lucky eugh to bag highest purse from UFC 249 fight card. According to reports, ‘El Cucuy’ received a cheque of $500,000 for stepping inside c and amount excludes sponsorship deals and bonuses. 

New interim lightweight champion Justin Gaethje and bantamweight champion Henry Cejudo are on second on  UFC 249 salaries list as y both received cheques worth a reported $350,000 each for participating in UFC 249. Here’s a look at list of UFC 249 salaries according to MMA Uncensored.

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UFC 249 salaries: UFC 249 salaries official report (Excluding bonuses and sponsorships)

1. Tony Ferguson: $500,000
2. Justin Gaethje: $350,000
3. Henry Cejudo: $350,000
4. Anthony Pettis: $310,000
5. Dominick Cruz: $300,000
6. Francis Nganu: $260,000
7. Donald Cerrone: $200,000
8. Greg Hardy:  $180,000
9. Calvin Kattar: $116,100
10. Jairzinho Rozenstruik: $80,000
11. Jeremy Stephens: $46,000
12. Yorgan De Castro: $12,000

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