UFC on ESPN 11 salaries: Jim Miller leads the pack with six-figure payday

Jim Miller walked away with a six-figure payday after UFC on EPSN 11.

After choking out rising lightweight fighter Roosevelt Roberts in the first round of their main card bout Saturday, Miller (32-14 MMA, 21-13 UFC) pocketed $208,0000.

MMA Junkie today acquired a list of fighter salaries from the Nevada Athletic Commission for Saturday’s UFC on ESPN 11 event, which took place at UFC Apex in Las Vegas, airing on ESPN and streaming on ESPN+.

Miller, 36, was not the only fighter to earn a six-figure paycheck at the event.

Headline victor Curtis Blaydes earned $180,000 for his unanimous decision victory over Alexander Volkov. Co-headliner participant Josh Emmett took home $152,000 as a result of his back-and-forth brawl win over Shane Burgos. Belal Muhammad earned $100,000 for his unanimous decision victory against Lyman Good. Former UFC women’s bantamweight title challenger Raquel Pennington collected $126,000 for her unanimous decision win against Marion Reneau.

The total disclosed pay for the 12-fight card was $1,655,000.

The full list of UFC on ESPN 10 salaries includes:

• Curtis Blaydes: $180,000 (includes $90,000 win bonus) def. Alexander Volkov: $80,000
• Josh Emmett: $152,000 (includes $76,000 win bonus) def. Shane Burgos: $75,000
• Raquel Pennington: $126,000 (includes $63,000 win bonus) def. Marion Reneau $38,000
• Belal Muhammad: $100,000 (includes $50,000 win bonus) def. Lyman Good: $28,000
• Jim Miller: $208,000 (includes $104,000 win bonus) def. Roosevelt Roberts: $25,000
• Bobby Green: $72,000 (includes $36,000 win bonus) def. Clay Guida: $73,000
• Tecia Torres: $96,000 (includes $48,000 win bonus) def. Brianna Van Buren: $14,000
• Marc-Andre Barriault: $28,000 (includes $14,000 win bonus) def. Oskar Piechota: $20,000
• Gillian Robertson: $50,000 (includes $25,000 win bonus) def. Cortney Casey: $53,000
• Justin Jaynes: $24,000 (includes $12,000 win bonus) def. Frank Camacho: $25,000
• Lauren Murphy: $76,000 (includes $38,000 win bonus) def. Roxanne Modafferi: $50,000
• Austin Hubbard: $50,000 (includes $25,000 win bonus) def. Max Rohskopf: $12,000

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 on ESPN 11 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay. They also do not include any other “locker room” or special discretionary bonuses the UFC sometimes pays. They also do not include pay-per-view cuts that some top-level fighters receive.

For example, UFC officials also handed out a “Fight of the Night” bonus to Emmett and Burgos – and two $50,000 “Performance of the Night” bonuses to Jaynes and Miller.

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