UFC 213 salaries: Yoel Romero, Robert Whittaker each get flat $350,000 purse

LAS VEGAS – Yoel Romero and Robert Whittaker each will make $350,000 for their UFC interim middleweight title fight at UFC 213, per disclosed purses released by the Nevada State Athletic Commission.

MMAjunkie today requested and received the show and win purses for the pay-per-view event at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, which is regulated by the NSAC.

Romero (12-1 MMA, 8-0 UFC) and Whittaker (18-4 MMA, 9-2 UFC) are not scheduled to receive a win bonus, indicating they are likely to receive a cut of pay-per-view profits for the interim title bout.

The top disclosed purse for the event belongs to onetime heavyweight title challenger Alistair Overeem (42-15 MMA, 7-4 UFC), who will receive a flat $800,000 for his trilogy bout with Fabricio Werdum (21-6-1 MMA, 9-3 UFC). The Brazilian ex-champ will receive $275,000 to show and $125,000 to win.

UFC 213 was set to be headlined by a women’s bantamweight title fight between champion Amanda Nunes (14-4 MMA, 7-1 UFC) and Valentina Shevchenko (14-2 MMA, 3-1 UFC). But Nunes pulled herself from the fight due to illness just hours before the fight bout was set to begin. Nunes was set to make $105,000 to show and another $105,000 if she successfully defended her belt. Shevchenko was scheduled to get a flat $100,000 payday, win or lose. It is not yet known if either fighter will receive their show money.

The potential disclosed purses for the UFC 213 main card fights include:

• Yoel Romero: $350,000 (no win bonus)
  vs. Robert Whittaker: $350,000 (no win bonus)
• Alistair Overeem: $800,000 (no win bonus)
  vs. Fabricio Werdum: $400,000 ($125,000 win bonus)
• Daniel Omielanczuk: $60,000 ($30,000 win bonus)
  vs. Curtis Blaydes: $38,000 ($19,000 win bonus)
• Anthony Pettis: $180,000 ($90,000 win bonus)
  vs. Jim Miller: $142,000 ($71,000 win bonus)
• Rob Font: $39,000 ($19,500 win bonus)
  vs. Douglas Silva de Andrade: $36,000 ($18,000 win bonus)

Now, the usual disclaimer: The figures do not include deductions for items such as insurance, licenses and taxes. Additionally, the figures do not include money paid by sponsors, including the official UFC Athlete Outfitting sponsorship program pay. They also do not include any other “locker room” or special discretionary bonuses the UFC oftentimes pays. They also do not include pay-per-view cuts that some top-level fighters receive.

In other words, the above figures are simply base salaries reported to the commission and do not reflect entire compensation packages for the event.

For complete coverage of UFC 213, check out the UFC Events section of the site.