UFC 213 salaries: Robert Whittaker cashes $350,000 for interim title win

Newly crowned UFC interim middleweight champion Robert Whittaker cashed the biggest payday of his career at UFC 213, earning a flat $350,000 purse for his successful title win over Yoel Romero in Saturday night’s main event. The Nevada Athletic Commission on Monday released the event’s finalized salary information.
Whittaker rallied back from injury and early adversity to defeat Romero via unanimous decision in a back-and-forth contest to capture the interim strap at UFC 213. Like Wh