UFC Vegas 48 featured some amazing fights. From Jim Miller being the most wins record with his 23rd win to Jamahal Hill sending Johnny Walker to sleep the whole card was a banger.
Hence, for such an amazing event, let us discuss the fight purses of the fighters, Performance of the Night and Fight of the Night bonus awards, etc.
Before jumping to the earnings, it is to be informed that the earnings mentioned here are expected purses and are according to sports daily‘s data.
UFC Vegas 48 earnings:
Jim Miller bags the highest purse
The UFC veteran got his 23rd win at the event. Miller tied his record with the “Cowboy” Cerrone for the most wins inside the octagon. Miller got a total of $261,000. It included $120,000 to show, a $120,000 win bonus, and $21,000 as fight week incentive pay for defeating Nikolas Motta via TKO in the second round. However, his opponent only managed to bag $14,000.
Joaquin Buckley was the second-highest earner at the event as he got a total of $142,000 to defeat Abdul Razak Alhassan. Nevertheless, Razak got $56,000 after a disappointing loss at the event.
UFC Vegas 48, Performance of the night:
For the illustrious first-round KO win against Johnny Walker, Jamahal Hill got the performance of the night bonus. Including the bonus amount of $50,000, his total purse is expected to be $136,000. On the other hand, Walker went home with only $66,000 for the main event of the night.
Kyle Daukas also won the performance bonus for the first-round submission win against Jim Pickett in the co-main event fight. This made his earnings $94,500 for the night. This included $20,000 to show, $20,000 win bonus, $50,000 Performance of the Night, and $4,500 as fight week incentive pay. On the contrary, his opponent Pickett got only $24,000 for his disappointing night.
Similar to the main card, the winners of main and co-main event fights of UFC Vegas 48 prelims also got awarded with the performance bonus. Both David Onama and Stephanie Egger earned an extra $50k for performing brilliantly. While Onama earned a sum of $93,000, the latter made $84k for a brilliant first-round submission victory against Jessy Jess.
Also, it is to be informed that UFC decided not to declare any fight as the fight of the night.