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UFC 227 purses: Demetrious Johnson, TJ Dillashaw each guaranteed $380,000

Want to know what the athletes in the UFC 227 main and co-main events are guaranteed to walk away with at the end of the night? The defending 125-pound champion, Demetrious Johnson, is promised to leave the main event $380,000 richer. The flyweight title challenger Henry Cejudo is set to earn $100,000, no matter what the outcome of the rematch might be.

In the co-main event, the UFC’s bantamweight king T.J. Dillashaw is also promised a cool $380,000 by the end of the night for defending his crown. The former champ Cody Garbrandt is guaranteed to earn $200,000, win or lose, to challenge once again for the 135 pound belt.