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It’s Payday Over At The EliteXC
The California State Athletic Commission (CSAC) has released the fighters salaries for the recent CBS event, “Unfinished Business” which was held this past Saturday night (July 26th) in Stockton California.
The highest paid fighter on the card was the new, first ever EliteXC heavyweight champion Antonio Silva who took in $200,000.
Here are all the other payouts:
Winner Loser
Robbie Lawler — $90,000 ($45,000 to show, $45,000 to win)
Scott Smith — $14,000
(T)KO (Strikes) round two
Jake Shields — $45,000 ($35,000 to show, $10,000 to win)
Nick “The Goat” Thompson — $25,000
Submission (Guillotine) round one
Nick Diaz — $60,000
Thomas “Wildman” Denny — $8,500
(T)KO (Strikes) round two
Cristiane “Cris” Cyborg — $6,000 ($3,000 to show, $3,000 to win)
Shayna Baszler — $8,000
(T)KO (Strikes) round two
Antonio Silva — $200,000 ($100,000 to show, $100,000 to win)
Justin Eilers — $20,000
(T)KO (Strikes) round two
Wilson Reis — $5,000 ($2,500 to show, $2,500 to win)
Brian Caraway — $2,000
Unanimous Decision
Rafael Feijao — $20,000 ($10,000 to show, $10,000 to win)
Travis Galbraith — $5,000
(T)KO (Strikes) round one
David Douglas — $4,000 ($3,500 to show, $1,500 to win)
Marlon Mathias — $2,500
(T)KO (Strikes) round one
Anthony Ruiz — $5,001 ($2,001 to show, $3,000 to win)
Jeremy Freitag — $2,500
Unanimous decision
Carl Seumantafa — $4,000 ($2,000 to show, $2,000 to win)
Mike Cook — $2,000
(T)KO (Strikes) round one
Drew Montgomery — $3,000 ($1,500 to show, $1,500 to win)
Brandon Tarn — $2,000
(T)KO (Cut) round three
UFC Fight Night 14: Fighter Salaries
The Nevada State Athletic Commission has released the fighter salaries for the recent UFC Fight Night 14. The total amount of salary paid which includes fight bonuses comes to $723,000. Tim Sylvia of Affliction earned more in his 36 second fight than every UFC fighter combined.
Here are the salaries paid by the UFC for Fight Night 14
- Anderson Silva ($200,000) d. James Irvin ($20,000)
- Brandon Vera ($200,000) d. Reese Andy ($15,000)
- Frankie Edgar ($51,000) d. Hermes Franca ($42,000)
- Cain Velasquez ($14,000) d. Jake O’Brien ($11,000)
- Kevin Burns ($10,000) d. Anthony Johnson ($9,000)
- CB Dollaway ($45,000) d. Jesse Taylor ($8,000)
- Tim Credeur ($16,000) d. Cale Yarbrough ($8,000)
- Rory Markham ($37,000) d. Brodie Farber ($3,00O)
- Nate Loughran ($8,000) d. Johnny Rees ($4,000)
- Brad Blackburn ($10,000) d. James Gaboo ($3,000)
- Shannon Gugerty ($6,000) d. Dale Hartt ($3,000)
Affliction ‘Banned’: Official Salaries
The Affliction salaries have been released. The total payments top $3.3 Million which I believe makes it the most expensive fight card in history.
Top earners from the event are Tim Sylvia who got $800,000 for his 36 second loss against Fedor Emelianenko and Andrei Arlovski who got $750,000 for his win over Ben Rothwell.
The total fighter payout for the event totaled $3,332,100
Here is the full list of fighter payouts:
Fedor Emelianenko: $300,000 (no win bonus)
def. Tim Sylvia: $800,000
Andrei Arlovski: $750,000 (includes $250,000 win bonus)
def. Ben Rothell: $250,000
Josh Barnett: $300,000 (no win bonus)
def. Pedro Rizzo: $70,000
Mark Hominick: $10,000 (includes $5,000 win bonus)
def. Savant Young: $7,000
Renato “Babalu” Sobral: $90,000 (includes $30,000 win bonus)
def: Mike Whitehead: $50,000
Matt Lindland: $300,000 (includes $75,000 win bonus)
def. Fabio Nascimento: $20,00O
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira: $50,000 (no win bonus)
def. Edwin Dewees: $15,000
Mike Pyle: $20,000 (includes $5,000 win bonus)
JJ Ambrose: $5,000
Vitor Belfort: $140,000 (includes $70,000 win bonus)
Terry Martin: $30,000
Paul Buentello: $80,000 (includes $20,000 win bonus)
vs. Gary Goodridge: $25,000
The fight between Ray Lizama ($3,000) and Justin Levens ($6000) was postponed so both fighters got paid a negotiated salary.
The Ultimate Fighter 7: Fighter Payouts
Here are the figures that the fighters at TUF the past weekend. The figures do not include all deductions such as insurance and such other fees alike. The figures below also do not include fight bonuses but they can be found lower down in the post.
Kendall Grove ($32,000 winner)
Evan Tanner ($25,000)
Amir Sadollah ($16,000 winner)
C.B. Dollaway ($8,000)
Diego Sanchez ($70,000 winner)
Luigi Fioravanti ($10,000)
Spencer Fisher ($36,000 winner)
Jeremy Stephens ($16,000)
Matthew Riddle ($16,000 winner)
Dante Rivera ($8,000)
Dustin Hazelett ($24,000 winner)
Josh Burkman ($10,000)
Drew McFedries ($26,000 winner)
Marvin Eastman ($9000)
Matt Brown ($16,000 winner)
Matt Arroyo ($8,000)
Dean Lister ($28,000 winner)
Jeremy Horn ($25,000)
Tim Credeur ($8,000, Did not fight)
Cale Yarbrough ($8,000, Did not fight)
Rob Kimmons ($6,000 winner)
Rob Yundt ($5,000)
Total Payout: $410,000
All fighters were paid a base salary and winners got double base salary.
The winners of fight bonuses are:
Dustin Hazelett ($20,000 for “Fight of the Night”, $20,000 for “Submission of the Night”)
Josh Burkman ($20,000 for “Fight of the Night”)
Drew McFedries ($20,000 for “Knockout of the Night”)
Faber Vs. Pulver: An All Out WAR!
Photo courtesy of Combatlifestyle.com
Well what a fight it was. Both guys gave it their all in this fight and showed some awesome respect for each other throughout. Faber showed fans that he can stand and give some good punches. Pulver also showed he can wrestle on the ground. All though Faber won every round Pulver continued to give it his all. The fight was a constant back and forth between the two Pulver would give some and take some back only minutes later. The only place this fight came close to really finishing was when Faber was smashing the side of Pulver’s head, personally I’m surprised he got up but it’s good to see he was committed. This fight was an all out WAR!! It showed amazing stand up from both fighters and some solid ground work from the two too.
The fighters salaries have also been announced Urijah Faber was paid $44,000 ($22,000 win bonus) and Jens Pulver was paid $33,000.
Now, the usual disclaimer: the figures do not include deductions for items such as insurance, licenses and taxes. Additionally, the figures do not include money paid by sponsors, which can oftentimes be a substantial portion of a fighter’s income. They also do not include any un-reported “locker room” bonuses that organizations sometime pay. In other words, these are simply base salaries reported to the CSAC and do not represent the total amounts earned by each fighter. MMA JUNKIE