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Israel Adesanya, Yoel Romero Lead UFC 248 Paydays
March 10, 2020 | Posted by
The headliners of UFC 248, Israel Adesanya and Yoel Romero, took home the top paydays at UFC 248. MMA Weekly reports that the two were the top earners with $500,000 to Adesanya for his unanimous-decision victory over Romero, who pocketed $350,000.
The site notes that co-main eventer Zhang Weili took hom $200,000 for her win over Joanna Jedrzejczyk, while Jedrzejczyk earned $106,000. Both fighters won an additional $50,000 bonus for Fight of the Night which is not included in those totals.
The show took place last weekend in Las Vegas and aired on PPV.