UFC 282 bonuses and salaries: How much did fighters competing on the main card make?

UFC 282 marked the promotion's last pay-per-view event of the year. The controversial yet exciting main card saw each fighter with a finish taking home an extra $50k in performance bonuses.

According to a report by TOTAL, former light heavyweight champion Jan Blachowicz is the top earner of the night, bagging $1.29 million, including his base pay of $600k, sponsorship money of $47k, and pay-per-view share of $650k.

The other half of the main event, Magomed Ankalaev, netted a payday of $782k, including a show purse of $400k, sponsorship income of $32k, and pay-per-view shares worth $350k.

Although many were unconvinced by Paddy Pimblett's decision win against Jared Gordon, the Englishman earned a payday of $125k, including his win purse of $60k for the co-main event. Meanwhile, 'Flash' raked in a total of $90k for the fight.

In the lone catchweight fight on the main card, late replacement Alex Morono earned $160k as per TOTAL.

However, Morono's total fight purse could be significantly higher, as an impressed Dana White announced that he was planning to award the fighter his win bonus despite losing the fight.

Morono's opponent Santiago Ponzinibbio earned a total of $205k, including the $50k Performance of the Night bonus.

Both Darren Till and Dricus Du Plessis won an extra $50k for their Fight of the Night performance. Till took home a total of $135k while the South African raked in $102k.

Ilia Topuria, with his impressive submission victory over Bryce Mitchell, earned a total fight purse of $115k, while 'Thug Nasty' got a payday of $63k.

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How much did the fighters competing on the UFC 282 prelims card make?

As per the same report, the UFC's youngest signing Raul Rosas Jr. earned a total of $74k, including the bonuses, for his impressive promotional debut win at UFC 282, while his opponent Jay Perrin netted $14k.

UFC heavyweight Jairzinho Rozenstruik took home $375k for his impressive 23-second knockout against Chris Daukaus. Daukaus was paid $53k for his performance.

Edmen Shahbazyan took home a total of $190k, while his opponent Dalcha Lungiambula netted $35k.

In the opening fight of the prelims card, Chris Curtis earned a $146k payday, while Joaquin Buckley raked in $80k.

The payouts for the early prelims are as follows:

Billy Quarantillo - $146k

Alexander Hernandez - $95k

T.J. Brown - $115k

Erik Silva - $14k

Cameron Saaiman - $74k

Steven Koslow - $14k