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UFC 216 salaries: Five fighters break $100,000 in 2.2 million dollar payroll

UFC 216 is in the books and while it wasn’t a huge card in terms of viewership (presumably), guys on the top of the card did make some decent money. Five fighters made over $100,000, with Tony Ferguson leading the way at a cool half million for his UFC interim lightweight title win over Kevin Lee.

Flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson, who pulled off one of the most insane submissions in the history of the sport, pulled in 370k for his win. That was actually topped by former heavyweight champ Fabricio Werdum, who made 400k for 65 seconds of work.