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UFC 203 salaries: CM Punk banks $500,000 in MMA debut
- Updated: September 12, 2016
CM Punk may not have had the performance of a lifetime at UFC 203, but he still got paid like a star. The former WWE superstar cashed a flat $500,000 purse for his mixed martial arts debut, which he lost via first-round rear-naked choke to Mickey Gall at UFC 203, according to figures released by the Ohio Athletic Commission to MMA Fighting on Monday.
Punk, 37, signed with the UFC with no martial arts background in Dec. 2014 following an enormously successful run as a professional wrestler with WWE. He trained for nearly two years at Roufusport to prepare for his UFC debut, but ultimately lost a lopsided match to the 24-year-old Gall, who earned $30,000 in victory. It is also worth noting that Punk’s salary was a flat $500,000 fee, meaning he wouldn’t have received a win bonus had he defeated Gall.
UFC 203 took place Sept. 10 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, …
