UFC on ESPN 9 fighter salaries: Tyron Woodley tops the list with $200,000 payday in loss

Despite suffering a crushing loss to Gilbert Burns, Tyron Woodley managed to outpace the rest of the UFC on ESPN 9 card with a $200,000 payday.  

Woodley was dominated for every minute of the five-round fight with Burns and suffered his second consecutive defeat after dropping his UFC welterweight title to Kamaru Usman last March. 

Burns has been rolling as of late with his sixth consecutive win. He earned the second-highest payout with $168,000 that was a combination of a $84,000 win bonus to go along with a check for $84,000 to show. Burns also added $50,000 for his "Performance of the Night" bonus that he earned against Woodley. 

Katlyn Chookagian may have been left off the main card, but the No. 2 ranked women's flyweight still brought in the third-highest payday with $120,000 ($60,000 show plus $60,000 win) as she earned a unanimous decision victory over Antonina Shevchenko ($35,000). Mackenzie Dern made UFC history as the first women's fighter to win a fight with a leglock and took home $66,000 for her kneebar submission of Hannah Cifers ($25,000). Dern also took home an additional $50,000 for winning a "Performance of the Night" bonus for the submission. 

Here are the full UFC on ESPN 9 fighter payouts. The figures do not include deductions such as insurances, licenses or taxes, nor do they include any PPV cuts, sponsorship payouts or Promotional Guidelines pay. These are simply base salaries. Discretionary bonuses are not included but are noted by an asterisk.  

UFC on ESPN 9 salaries

• Gilbert Burns: $168,000 ($84,000 show + $84,000 win) *
• Tyron Woodley: $200,000
• Augusto Sakai: $100,000 ($50,000 show + $50,000 win)
• Blagoy Ivanov: $60,000
• Billy Quarantillo: $24,000 ($12,000 show + $12,000 win)
• Spike Carlyle: $12,000
• Roosevelt Roberts: $46,400 ($22,000 show + $22,000 win + 20% of Weaver's purse)
• Brok Weaver: $9,600 (lost 20% of purse due to missing weight)
• Mackenzie Dern: $66,000 ($33,000 + $33,000 win) *
• Hannah Cifers: $25,000
• Katlyn Chookagian: $120,000 ($60,000 show +$60,000 win)
• Antonina Shevchenko: $35,000
• Daniel Rodriguez: $24,000 ($12,000 show + $12,000 win)
• Gabriel Green: $12,000
• Jamahall Hill: $24,000 ($12,000 show + $12,000 win)
• Klidson Abreu: $18,000
• Brandon Royval: $24,000 ($12,000 show + $12,000 win) **
• Tim Elliott: $31,000 **
• Casey Kenney: $54,000 ($27,000 show + $27,000 win)
• Louis Smolka: $48,000
• Chris Gutierrez: $40,000 ($20,000 show + $20,000 win)
• Vince Morales: $20,000 

* Does not include $50,000 "Performance of the Night" bonus

** Does not include $50,000 "Fight of the Night" bonus