By means of a FOIA (Freedom of Info Act) request from Forbes, disclosed battle purses for final month’s UFC Seattle card have been disclosed, with occasion headliner, Music Yadong touchdown the most important payday on all the card, to the tune of $320,000.
As reported by veteran journalist, Trent Reinsmith, each Yadong and his fellow bantamweight contender, Rob Font each scored a card-best payout of $320,000 for his or her successful efforts in opposition to Henry Cejudo, and Jean Matsumoto, respectively.
Headlining the promotion’s return to Washington, perennial challenger, Yadong managed to land an eventual third spherical choice win over former two-weight champion and Olympic gold medal winner, Cejudo.
Nonetheless, in quite controversial circumstances, Yadong got here below fireplace after an inadvertent eye poke left Los Angeles grappling ace, Cejudo unable to proceed past the third spherical, forcing a stoppage within the motion, and using scorecards from the rounds accomplished.
Henry Cejudo, Rob Font lead fighter payouts from UFC Seattle card
And under, following a FOIA request, disclosed battle pursues for UFC Seattle will be revealed.
Music Yadong: $320,000
Henry Cejudo: $150,000
Anthony Hernandez: $144,000
Brendan Allen: $210,000
Rob Font: $320,000
Jean Matsumoto: $26,000
Jean Silva: $90,000
Melsik Baghdasaryan: $35,000
Melquizael Costa: $48,000
Andre Fili: $110,000
Mansur Abdul-Malik: $24,000
Nick Klein: $10,000
Ricky Simon: $160,000
Javid Basharat : $30,000
Austin Vanderford: $30,000
Nikolay Veretennikov: $12,000
Nursulton Ruziboev: $74,000
Eric McConico: $12,000
Modestas Bukauskas: $96,000
Raffael Cerqueira: $10,000
Of word on the cardboard, the above-mentioned headlining expertise, Cejudo made only a disclosed purse of $150,000 — which is bound to show some heads, given the veteran’s prolonged Octagon tenure and duel-championship reign.
