Newly crowned UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones was one of 10 fighters to clear the six-figure mark in earnings on Saturday night, having done so for his dominant victory over Alexander Gustafsson at UFC 232.
The California State Athletic Commission released the event’s finalized salary information on Monday to MMA Fighting.
Jones defeated Gustafsson via third-round TKO in the night’s main event to win the long-anticipated rematch against the Swede and recapture the light heavyweight title he held for a historic four-year stretch from 2011 to 2015. Both Jones and Gustafsson pocketed flat $500,000 purses with no win bonuses for their performances, as did Cris Cyborg, who suffered a 51-second knockout loss to Amanda Nunes in UFC 232’s champion vs.