He also climbed to 11th place in the UFC bantamweight division rankings.
For his spectacular front-kick knockout victory over Frankie Edgar on the UFC 268 undercard, which took place last Saturday at MSG Madison Square Garden in New York, Marlon Chito Vera took home a purse of $ 216,000, and also climbed to eleventh place on the ranking of the UFC bantamweight division.
The MMA Salaries website reveals that the Ecuadorian received a base payment of $ 750,000, $ 75,000 for beating Edgar, $ 16,000 for Venum brand sponsorship and $ 50,000 for the performance bonus of the night at UFC 268, for a total of $ 216,000.
The values are estimates, since the exact figures are not public because the fighters have a confidentiality clause with the company regarding the payments they receive.
Vera, new number 11 of the top 15 bantamweight, had anticipated that he would finish Edgar, former lightweight champion of the company, in pursuit of starting his climb in the ranking and position yourself close to the belt.
Edgar, for his part, received $ 250,000 in fixed payment and $ 21,000 in sponsorship from Venum, for a total of $ 271,000. After the defeat, however, the American veteran dropped from eighth to twelfth.
The protagonist of the main event and current welterweight champion, Kamaru Usman, after beating Colby Covington, obtained a purse of $ 1,042,000, according to MMA Salaries.
Chito Vera (20-7-1 MMA, 12-6 UFC) now aims to get a match against Cory Sandhagen or Merab Dvalishvili, third and sixth ranked, respectively. However, he affirmed that he is willing to take the place of José Aldo (fifth) or Rob Font (fourth) in the event that one of them is injured in the fight that both have already agreed on on December 4 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. at the UFC Fight Night feature. (D)
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