UFC Vegas 27 featured a bantamweight bout between the former champion, Cody Garbrandt, and the rising contender of the division, Rob Font.
Rob Font put on the best performance of his career by dominating Cody Garbrandt throughout the 5 rounds. Though Cody Grabrandt showed incredible toughness in the end Rob Font’s boxing was just too much for the former champion.
Though Rob Font arguably secured the biggest win on the card he was not the highest-paid fighter on UFC Vegas 27. UFC heavyweight veteran, Ben Rothwell topped the earning list for UFC Vegas 27 for his win over Chris Barnett.
Apart from that, Jack Hermansson bounced back from his loss to Marvin Vettori with a win over Edmen Shahbazyan at UFC Vegas 27. Though it was a close fight in the early rounds, Hermansson was able to put on a beating in the final round to secure a comfortable win.
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Former strawweight champion, Carla Esparza also defied the odds yet again and beat a tough contender in the division in Yan Xiaonana.
Ben Rothwell’s fight purse for UFC Vegas 27 $286,000 including $50,000 performance of the night bonus. Former UFC strawweight champion, Carla Esparza secured a fight purse of $201,000 including $50,000 performance of the night bonus.
How much Rob Font made for his main event fight against Cody Garbrandt?
Rob Font made $191,000 for his win over the former bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt. On the other hand, Garbrandt made $161,000 for his fight at UFC Vegas 27.
UFC middleweight title contender, Jack Hermansson beat Edmen Shahbazyan at UFC Vegas 27. Hermansson earned a fight purse of $161,000 while Shahbazyan earned a fight purse of $36,000.
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Former UFC featherweight title contender, Felicia Spencer’s fight purse was $34,500 for his fight against Norma Dumont.
It is to be noted that these figures are not released by Nevada State Athletic Commission and are strictly based on their past fight purses in UFC.