2 days Ago By Damon Martin
Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC Song Yadong scored the biggest win of his career with a technical decision over former two-division champion Henry Cejudo at UFC Seattle, and he also went home with the biggest payday of anybody competing on the card.The Washington State Department of Licensing released the salaries from the UFC Seattle card to MMA Fighting via a public records request. Song and bantamweight veteran Rob Font earned the highest paydays of anyone competing at the event.
For his win in the main event, Song took home $320,000, $160,000 for his show money, and another $160,000 for winning. He earned the victory after Cejudo was unable to continue following an eye poke that left his vision impaired. Referee Jason Herzog ultimately deemed the foul was accidental and refrained from deducting any points.
Because the fight made it to the end of the third round in a five-round contest, the scorecards were tallied with Song winning a technical decision.As for Cejudo, he went home with $150,000 but missed out on the extra $150,000 he would have earned with a victory.The other biggest payday at UFC Seattle was for Font, who also took home $320,000 for his split decision win over Jean Matsumoto on the main card, earning $160,000 to show and another $160,000 to win.
Here are the full paydays for UFC SeattleSong Yadong: $320,000 — $160,000 to show, $160,000 to winHenry Cejudo: $150,000Anthony Hernandez: $144,000 — $72,000 to show, $72,000 to winBrendan Allen: $210,000Rob Font: $320,000 — $160,000 to show, $160,000 to winJean Matsumoto: $26,000Jean Silva: $90,000 — $45,000 to show, $45,000 to winMelsik Baghdasaryan: $35,000Alonzo Menifield: $240,000 — $120,000 to show, $120,000 to winJulius Walker: $12,000Ion Cutelaba: $190,000 — $95,000 to show, $95,000 to winIbo Aslan: $35,000Melquizael Costa: $48,000 — $24,000 to show, $24,000 to winAndre Fili: $110,000Mansur Abdul-Malik: $24,000 — $12,000 to show, $12,000 to winNick Klein: $10,000Ricky Simon: $160,000 — $80,000 to show, $80,000 to winJavid Basharat: $30,000Austin Vanderford: $30,000 — $15,000 to show, $15,000 to winNikolay Veretennikov: $12,000Nursulton Ruziboev: $74,000 — $37,000 to show, $37,000 to winEric McConico: $12,000Modestas Bukauskas: $96,000 — $48,000 to show, $48,000 to winRaffael Cerqueira: $10,000.
