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The purses paid out to the fighters on the card for the final UFC event of the year have been released by the promoters. Neither Luis Beição and Matt Riddle—a match-up dropped from the card due to Riddle falling ill—were left without their keep, although their purses were not mentioned in the report. The biggest earner was Brock Lesnar, who entered retirement after falling at the hands of Alistair Overeem. Taking home extra money for putting in the best performances of the event: Nate Diaz and Donald Cerrrone earned an extra 75 K each for the “Fight of the Night”, Johny Hendricks earned the same sum for “Knockout of the Night”, while nobody got the prize for best submission because none surfaced.
Check out the purse list:
Alistair Overeem: $385,714.28
Brock Lesnar: $400,000
Nate Diaz: $74,000 + $75,000 (Fight of the Night bonus)
Donald Cerrone: $30,000 + $75,000 (Fight of the Night bonus)
Johny Hendricks: $52,000 + $75,000 (Knockout of the Night bonus)
Jon Fitch: $60,000
Alexander Gustafsson: $32,000
Vladimir Matyushenko: $40,000
Jim Hettes: $16,000
Nam Phan: $8,000
Ross Pearson: $40,000
Junior Assunção: $8,000
Danny Castillo: $38,000
Anthony Njokuani: $12,000
Dong Hyun Kim: $82,000
Sean Pierson: $8,000
Jacob Volkmann: $32,000
Efrain Escudero: $10,000
Diego Nunes: $24,000
Manny Gamburyan: $18,000