LAS VEGAS – Four fighters on the UFC 209 main card have the potential to make more than $500,000. UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley (16-3-1 MMA, 6-2-1 UFC) will be paid $400,000 to step in the octagon for tonight’s title-fight headliner at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. He stands to receive another $100,000 if he can defend his belt for the second time. His opponent, Stephen Thompson (13-1-1 MMA, 8-1-1 UFC) will make $380,000 to show with another $180,000 to win the 170-pound belt. The largest paydays on the pay-per-view main card will go to the largest men. Heavyweights Alistair Overeem (41-15 MMA, 6-4 UFC) and Mark Hunt (12-11-1 MMA, 7-5-1 UFC) will be paid identical $750,000 fight purses with no contracted win bonus for their matchup

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UFC 209 salaries: Stephen Thompson holds potential to make more than Tyron Woodley – MMA Junkie

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