UFC Fight Night 59 in Boston is in the books, and what a successful night for Irish MMA it was, as we can now look forward to a title fight between Conor McGregor and Jose Also in May. Cathal Pendred and Paddy Holohan also picked up wins as the tricolour flew proudly around Boston's TD Garden.
While all the Irish fighters will be delighted to add another win to their UFC records, they will also be pretty damn happy with the pay-day, especially McGregor, as the salaries for the event have been made available to the public, and it makes for some interesting reading.
Main Card (FOX Sports 1)
Conor McGregor ($85,000 + $85,000 = $170,000) def. Dennis Siver ($39,000)
Donald Cerrone ($73,000 + $73,000 = $146,000) def. Benson Henderson ($48,000)
Uriah Hall ($14,000 + $14,000 = $28,000) def. Ron Stallings ($10,000)
Gleison Tibau ($45,000 + $45,000 = $90,000) def. Norman Parke ($20,000)
Preliminary Card (Fox Sports 1)
Cathal Pendred ($8,000 + $8,000 = $16,000) def. Sean Spencer ($14,000)
Lorenz Larkin ($28,000 + $28,000 = $56,000) def. John Howard ($21,000)
Chris Wade ($10,000 + $10,000 = $20,000) def. Zhang Lipeng ($15,000)
Patrick Holohan ($10,000 + $10,000 = $20,000) def. Shane Howell ($8,000)
Johnny Case ($10,000 + $10,000 = $20,000) def. Frankie Perez ($8,000)
Charles Rosa ($10,000 + $10,000 = $20,000) def. Sean Soriano ($8,000)
Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass)
Sean O'Connell ($10,000 + $10,000 = $20,000) def. Matt Van Buren ($10,000)
Joby Sanchez ($8,000 + $8,000 = $16,000) def. Tateki Matsuda ($8,000)
A cool $170,000 for Conor. Not bad for a night's work!
Update:
It has since emerged that Sean Spencer received both his appearance fee and win bonus despite losing to Cathal Pendred. He made $28,000 in total.
via MMAFighting.com
