Middleweight champion Israel Adesanya will take home a cool half-million, win or lose, at UFC 248. Adesanya (18-0 MMA, 7-0 UFC) is scheduled to make $500,000 with no potential win bonus for his main event title fight against challenger Yoel Romero (13-4 MMA, 9-3 UFC) on Saturday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Romero is set to make $350,000 with no win bonus. In the co-main event, former women’s strawweight champion and now title challenger Joanna Jedrzejczyk (16-3 MMA, 10-3 UFC) actually will make more than defending champion Zhang Weili (20-1 MMA, 4-0 UFC) with a win. Jedrzejczyk is set to make $106,000 to show and another $106,000 to win. Weili is scheduled to make $100,000 to show and another $100,000 to win
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Israel Adesanya ($500k), Yoel Romero ($350k) lead UFC 248 disclosed salaries – MMA Junkie