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As per reports, Gable Steveson still managed to earn a decent payday despite his knockout defeat at UFC 331 last night.

At UFC 331, Gable Steveson’s progression in the world of mixed martial arts took a seriously bad hit. He was knocked out cold by Sean Sharaf in the first few seconds of their collision, with all of the previous criticisms of Gable coming back to bite him in a big way.

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Gable Steveson was already facing a tough crowd as a result of his ‘bad guy’ status in the MMA community, but the popular opinion was still that he would be able to overcome the adversity and secure yet another victory.

Alas, it didn’t quite happen. Despite that, though, Gable Steveson did wind up with a nice payout for his efforts.

Gable Steveson walks away with a nice payday

• Joshua Van: $500,000
• Alexandre Pantoja: $650,000
• Arman Tsarukyan: $350,000
• Mauricio Ruffy: $110,000
• Patricio Freire: $400,000 ($200,000 to show + $200,000 win)
• Doo Ho Choi: $85,000
• Sean Sharaf: $60,000 ($30,000 to show + $30,000 win)
• Gable Steveson: $160,000
• Alonzo Menifield: $310,000 ($155,000 to show + $155,000 win)
• Iwo Baraniewski: $50,000
• Marlon Vera: $400,000 ($200,000 to show + $200,000 win)
• Charles Jourdain: $108,000
• Robelis Despaigne: $200,000 ($100,000 to show + $100,000 win)
• Tai Tuivasa: $350,000
• Michael Aswell: $60,000 ($30,000 to show + $30,000 win)
• JooSang Yoo: $12,000
• Ryan Gandra: $28,000 ($14,000 to show + $14,000 win)
• Ozzy Diaz: $25,000
• Edmen Shahbazyan: $250,000 ($125,000 to show + $125,000 win)
• Brunno Ferreira: $95,000
• Casey O’Neill: $132,000 ($66,000 to show + $66,000 win)
• Eduarda Moura: $33,000
• Joanderson Brito: $158,000 ($79,000 to show + $79,000 win)
• Giga Chikadze: $93,000

Quotes via MMA Junkie

The good news for Sharaf, though, is that the bonuses are going to help him out in a big way, as announced by Dana White after the show.

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