Star power – and a belt in your history – helps when the checks get cut on fight night. Despite placement on the ESPN-televised prelims of UFC on ESPN+ 8’s prelims, ex-champ Andrei Arlovski collected the highest payout of this past Saturday’s event. Arlovski took home a flat $300,000 in a controversial decision loss to Augusto Sakai , more more than three times what headlines Jack Hermansson took home for a win over Ronaldo Souza , who notched the event’s second-highest payout with $210,000
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UFC on ESPN+ 8 salaries: Andrei Arlovski banks top payout ($300k) on ESPN prelims – MMA Junkie