UFC Norfolk Salaries: Benavidez ($180K), Figueiredo ($120K), Tybura ($136K) Top Payroll

Despite suffering his third defeat in a flyweight title bout, Joseph Benavidez was the top earner from this past Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 169 card.

Benavidez took home $180,000 following his second-round technical knockout defeat at the hands of Deiveson Figueiredo in the evening’s headliner at Chartway Arena in Norfolk, Va. That figure included $30,000 of Figueiredo’s show money on account of the Brazilian missing weight last Friday. Figueiredo, meanwhile, earned $120,000 even with the deduction but did not capture the flyweight belt due to his transgression on the scale.

The Virginia Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation recently released salary figures from the event.

The only other six-figure earner from UFC Fight Night 169 came from the prelims. Ten-time Octagon veteran Marcin Tybura garnered $136,000 for a unanimous decision victory over Sergey Spivak ($14,000) in a heavyweight duel.

Note: The disclosed purses reported by state athletic commissions do not include any performance-based or discretionary bonuses that may be awarded to a fighter by the promotion. Additionally, the reported figures do not reflect any deductions made by the commission for taxes, insurance, etc., and do not include any sponsorship money that a fighter may acquire for their performance.

UFC Fight Night 169 Salaries:

*Deiveson Figueiredo: $120,000 (includes $50,000 win bonus)
*Joseph Benavidez: $180,000

Felicia Spencer: $34,000 (includes $17,000 win bonus)
Zarah Fairn dos Santos: $10,000

Magomed Ankalaev: $66,000 (includes $33,000 win bonus)
Ion Cutelaba: $33,000

Megan Anderson: $80,000 (includes $40,000 win bonus)
Norma Dumont Viana: $10,000

Grant Dawson: $28,000 (includes $14,000 win bonus)
Darrick Minner: $10,000

Kyler Phillips: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
Gabriel Silva: $10,000

Brendan Allen: $24,000 (includes $12,000 win bonus)
Tom Breese: $10,000

Marcin Tybura: $136,000 (includes $68,000 win bonus)
Sergey Spivac: $14,000

Luis Pena: $48,000 (includes $24,000 win bonus)
Steve Garcia: $12,000

Jordan Griffin: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
T.J. Brown: $10,000

Spike Carlyle: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
Aalon Cruz: $10,000

Sean Brady: $24,000 (includes $12,000 win bonus)
Ismail Naurdiev: $16,000

*Figueiredo paid $30,000 of his show money to Benavidez for missing weight.