Ronda Rousey may have Watch Where Sleeping Dogs Lie Onlinelost UFC 207 in under a minute, but she still walked away with a pretty incredible payday, earning $62,500 per second.
In her first fight since November 2015, Rousey was no match for reigning bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes, who, by comparison, notched $5,208 per second.
Rousey's total $3 million ties Conor McGregor for the highest disclosed purse in UFC history, according to MMA Fighting.
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Nunes, whose flurry of ferocious punches took care of Rousey in 48 seconds, earned a total $250,000 for the knockout victory — $100,000 to show, $100,000 to win plus $50,000 for Performance of the Night.
You can see why she earned that extra cash.
Ronda Rousey gets TKO'd 😳👊🏼 pic.twitter.com/AssWDOJPOL
— Billionaires (@BiIlionaires) December 31, 2016
And as long as we're talking about big name fighters making big bucks, boxing legend Floyd Mayweather made $14,800 per second at a fight in 2014. Granted, that fight lasted 12 rounds and 36 minutes, Mayweather's total purse was a whopping $32 million and he won the bout by unanimous decision.
But Rousey's cash-per-second value is still absurd, especially considering the fact that she lost.
Can one confidently assume she'd give that money back for another shot at Nunes?