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UFC 91: Fighter Salaries, Brock Lesnar Top Earner
The fighters salary figures for UFC 91 have been released. As expected the main event fighters Brock Lesnar and Randy Couture took home a hefty sum for their two round fight. Unfortunately there are still fighters that will be needing a second job just to keep themselves alive. $3000 for 3 months of training is not nearly good enough.
The fighters salaries are below:
Brock Lesnar $450,000 ($250,000 to show, $200,000 to win)
Randy Couture $250,000
Kenny Florian $80,000 ($ 40,000 to show, $40,000 to win)
Joe Stevenson $35,000
Dustin Hazelett $28,000 ($14,000 to show, $14,000 to win)
Tamdan McCrory $10,000
Gabriel Gonzaga $110,000 ($55,000 to show, $55,000 to win)
Josh Hendricks $8,000
Demian Maia $40,000 ($20,000 to show, $20,000 to win)
Nate Quarry $25,000
Aaron Riley $8,000 ($4,000 to show, $4,000 to win)
Jorge Gurgel $10,000
Jeremy Stephens $16,000 ($8.000 to show, $8,000 to win)
Rafael dos Anjos $4,000
Mark Bocek $18,000 ($9,000 to show, $9,000 to win)
Alvin Robinson $7,000
Matt Brown $16,000 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 to win)
Ryan Thomas $3,000
**No sponsorships or other deals are included in these numbers, just payment for the fight**
Dana White: UFC 91 Video Blog ‘Fight Night’
Dana White: UFC 91 Video Blog Part 6
The Numbers Behind UFC 91
UFC President Dana White announced in a post fight press conference that UFC 91 brought in a $4.8 Million gate at the MGM Grand. There were 14,272 attendees each shelling out some of the highest prices ever for a UFC event. The event will not go down as the UFC’s bigest gate taking though.
As always a bunch of fighters got fight bonuses. Those fighters include Aaron Riley, Jorge Gurgel, Jeremy Stephens and Dustin Hazelett. Each one of them added another $60,000 onto their salary for the night which is $5000 dollars less than the fighters at UFC 90 got.
“Fight of the Night” went to Aaron Riley and Jorge Gurgel. The two fighters had an all out brawl which lasted the full 15 minutes and could of gone in either fighters favor. It was the only fight to make it to the end and get a decision but fans in the MGM Grand applauded both fighters for their efforts. Aaron Riley won the fight with a unanimous decision.
A huge uppercut from Jeremy Stephens earn’t him “Knockout of the Night” in his bout against Rafael dos Anjos. It took Stephens till the third round to land the shot he had been waiting for. In the end though the shot landed clean and Anjos was out before he even got close to the mat.
Demian Maia was not able to get a fourth consecutive “Submission of the Night“. Instead that honor went to Dustin Hazelett who got the second of his career. Hazelett was able to get opponent Tamdan McCrory into an omo plata. Despite many attempts to escape the fight ended with an armbar from Hazelett which got a quick tap from McCory.
UFC 91: Lesnar Vs. Couture Quick Results
UFC 91 took place live from the MGM Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada last night. The main event featured a UFC Heavyweight title shot for Brock Lesnar. He took on 45-year-old Randy Couture. The results from UFC 91 are below. A full recap of the event will be coming soon.
Main card:
Brock Lesnar def. Randy Couture - TKO (punch)
Kenny Florian def. Joe Stevenson - Submission (rear naked choke)
Dustin Hazelett def. Tamdan McCrory - Submission (armbar)
Gabriel Gonzaga def. Josh Hendricks - TKO (punch)
Demian Maia def. Nate Quarry - Submission (rear naked choke)
Preliminary bouts:
Aaron Riley def. Jorge Gurgel - Unanimous Decision
Jeremy Stephens def. Rafael dos Anjos - KO (punch)
Mark Bocek def. Alvin Robinson - Submission (rear naked choke)
Matt Brown def. Ryan Thomas - Submission (armbar)
Dana White: UFC 91 Video Blog Part Five
Here is part five of Dana White’s UFC 91 video blog.
MMA Live is the place to get all the UFC 91 news and results.
Dana White: UFC 91 Video Blog Part Four
Here is part four of Dana White’s UFC 91 video blog.
UFC 91: Weigh-in Results
265 lbs.: UFC Heavyweight Champion Randy Couture (220) vs. Brock Lesnar (265)
155 lbs.: Kenny Florian (156) vs. Joe Stevenson (156)
265 lbs.: Gabriel Gonzaga (256) vs. Josh Hendricks (238)
185 lbs.: Demian Maia (185) vs. Nate Quarry (185)
170 lbs.: Dustin Hazelett (170) vs. Tamdan McCrory (170)
155 lbs.: Jorge Gurgel (155) vs. Aaron Riley (156)
155 lbs.: Jeremy Stephens (155) vs. Rafael dos Anjos (155)
155 lbs.: Alvin Robinson (155) vs. Mark Bocek (155)
170 lbs.: Matt Brown (171) vs. Ryan Thomas (170)
Above are the weigh-in results for UFC 91 which takes place tomorrow night, November 15th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.
All fighters made weight for UFC 91. Just take a look at the staggering difference between Randy Couture and Brock Lesnar, 45 pounds.
**Image from of CombatLifestyle**
UFC 91 Preview: 50 Cent ‘Get Up’
The UFC are using rapper 50 Cent’s song for promotion of tomorrow nights event, UFC 91. Randy Couture will be defending his heavyweight championship against Brock Lesnar live from MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.