UFC 156 Salaries

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: Spud
Date: February 04, 2013 at 12:52 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/ufc-156-salaries.51521/

Jose Aldo - $240,000 ($120,000 purse/$120,000 win bonus)
Frankie Edgar - $120,000
Rashad Evans - $300,000
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira - $174,000 ($107,000/$67,000)
Antonio Silva
- $70,000 ($70,000 purse/$0 win bonus)
Alistair Overeem - $285,714.29
Demian Maia
- $120,000 ($60,000/$60,000)
Jon Fitch
- $66,000
Joseph Benavidez
- $60,000 ($30,000/$30,000)
Ian McCall
- $9,000
Evan Dunham
$46,000 ($23,000/$23,000)
Gleison Tibau
- $33,000
Tyron Woodley
- $87,000 ($43,500/$43,500)
Jay Hieron
- $12,000
Bobby Green
- $20,000 ($10,000/$10,000)
Jacob Volkmann
- $22,000
Isaac Vallie-Flagg
- $20,000 ($10,000/$10,000)
Yves Edwards
- $21,000
Dustin Kimura
- $16,000 ($8,000/$8,000)
Chico Camus
- $8,000
Francisco Rivera
- $16,000 ($8,000/$8,000)
Edwin Figueroa
- $10,000
Note: The above numbers only reflect guaranteed amounts, and do not include any bonuses including pay-per-view revenue earned by some of the promotion's biggest names. For example, Aldo and Edgar each earned another $50,000 apiece after their bout was pegged as the Fight of the Night. So did Silva and Green, who won Knockout of the Night and Submission of the Night, respectively.

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: C-Me-No-More
Date: February 04, 2013 at 12:54 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/ufc-156-salaries.51521/

Rashad got paid I wonder how any fighters are on PPV pay also

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: Spud
Date: February 04, 2013 at 12:56 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/ufc-156-salaries.51521/

C-Me-No-More said:
Rashad got paid I wonder how any fighters are on PPV pay also
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I'd guess Frankie, Aldo, Evans & Overeem.

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: JonnyRico
Date: February 04, 2013 at 12:58 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/ufc-156-salaries.51521/

Alistair Overeem - $285,714.29
Why doesn't Reem ever make a normal amount of money? Always some weird number

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: MMAFTM13
Date: February 04, 2013 at 12:58 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/ufc-156-salaries.51521/

How did Bigfoot not get a win or knockout bonus? Did I understand that wrong or something?

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: JonnyRico
Date: February 04, 2013 at 01:00 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/ufc-156-salaries.51521/

MMAFTM13 said:
How did Bigfoot not get a win or knockout bonus? Did I understand that wrong or something?
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Post-fight bonuses aren't counted. So Aldo took home 290k instead of 240k

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: Spud
Date: February 04, 2013 at 01:01 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/ufc-156-salaries.51521/

JonnyRico said:
Alistair Overeem - $285,714.29
Why doesn't Reem ever make a normal amount of money? Always some weird number
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I think it's because he had his contract agreed in Euros, so the exchange rate makes it seem weird when changed to dollars.
MMAFTM13 said:
How did Bigfoot not get a win or knockout bonus? Did I understand that wrong or something?
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I guess it's just not in his contract to get a win bonus.

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: NYR30
Date: February 04, 2013 at 01:06 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/ufc-156-salaries.51521/

So Rashad and Reem both individually got paid more to lose than the champion Aldo made to win and defend his title? Does that seem strange to anyone else?
And if you take away Aldo's win bonus, Rashad and Reems base salaries are both more than Aldo and Edgar's combined. I don't get it.

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: MMAFTM13
Date: February 04, 2013 at 01:10 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/ufc-156-salaries.51521/

It doesn't seem at all fair to me. A lot of blame should go Silvas management for negotiating the details of the contract,but Dana should overrule that by giving Bigfoot a win bonus,that was an impressive finish.
No wonder Dana was quick to rule out Woodley ko of the night(who I thought was a slight better ko) he knew he wouldn't have to pay a high bonus to Silva by awarding him it.

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: MMA-P6U6N6X
Date: February 04, 2013 at 01:12 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/ufc-156-salaries.51521/

Spud said:
I think it's because he had his contract agreed in Euros, so the exchange rate makes it seem weird when changed to dollars.
I guess it's just not in his contract to get a win bonus.
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Spud said:
Aldo and Edgar each earned another $50,000 apiece after their bout was pegged as the Fight of the Night.
So did Silva and Green, who won Knockout of the Night and Submission of the Night, respectively
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It seems Foot did, the info is in there.
#4,000

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: Spud
Date: February 04, 2013 at 01:14 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/ufc-156-salaries.51521/

NYR30 said:
So Rashad and Reem both individually got paid more to lose than the champion Aldo made to win and defend his title? Does that seem strange to anyone else?
And if you take away Aldo's win bonus, Rashad and Reems base salaries are both more than Aldo and Edgar's combined. I don't get it.
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Doesn't seem particularly strange to me, especially when it comes to Rashad. Evans is one of the biggest draws at 205, which has typically been the UFCs biggest division. Guys like him, who make a hell of a lot of money for the UFC, make a lot of money themselves.
Regarding Overeem, his potential drawing power (he was still a steroid-filled cartoon-looking man-beast when he negotiated this contract) was what made him so much money.
Aldo is a dominant champion, but he's never drawn great numbers so far (this card should be fairly good though) and lighter weight fighters generally struggle to draw as much. As a result, they're paid less.

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: BRF
Date: February 04, 2013 at 01:16 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/ufc-156-salaries.51521/

NYR30 said:
So Rashad and Reem both individually got paid more to lose than the champion Aldo made to win and defend his title? Does that seem strange to anyone else?
And if you take away Aldo's win bonus, Rashad and Reems base salaries are both more than Aldo and Edgar's combined. I don't get it.
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more people like to watch bigger guys, therefore more money is made off them and zuffa pays them more.
Rashad Evans = HUGE draw in UFC. hes headlined a few PPVs without being in a title fight.

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: Spud
Date: February 04, 2013 at 01:19 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/ufc-156-salaries.51521/

MMAFTM13 said:
It doesn't seem at all fair to me. A lot of blame should go Silvas management for negotiating the details of the contract,but Dana should overrule that by giving Bigfoot a win bonus,that was an impressive finish.
No wonder Dana was quick to rule out Woodley ko of the night(who I thought was a slight better ko) he knew he wouldn't have to pay a high bonus to Silva by awarding him it.
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Dana deciding to give him a win bonus out of kindness wouldn't show up on this anyway. This is just the contracted amounts that are released to the Athletic Commissions.
It's important to remember that these don't include any bonuses. If you were to believe the reported salaries all the time, you'd believe that Forrest Griffin made more than Silva & Sonnen combined at UFC 148. (Crazy stat I just learner there).

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: Spud
Date: February 04, 2013 at 01:20 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/ufc-156-salaries.51521/

MMAFTM13 said:
It doesn't seem at all fair to me. A lot of blame should go Silvas management for negotiating the details of the contract,but Dana should overrule that by giving Bigfoot a win bonus,that was an impressive finish.
No wonder Dana was quick to rule out Woodley ko of the night(who I thought was a slight better ko) he knew he wouldn't have to pay a high bonus to Silva by awarding him it.
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Dana deciding to give him a win bonus out of kindness wouldn't show up on this anyway. This is just the contracted amounts that are released to the Athletic Commissions.
It's important to remember that these don't include any bonuses. If you were to believe the reported salaries all the time, you'd believe that Forrest Griffin made more than Silva & Sonnen combined at UFC 148. (Crazy stat I just learner there).

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: MMAFTM13
Date: February 04, 2013 at 02:56 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/ufc-156-salaries.51521/

Spud said:
Dana deciding to give him a win bonus out of kindness wouldn't show up on this anyway. This is just the contracted amounts that are released to the Athletic Commissions.
It's important to remember that these don't include any bonuses. If you were to believe the reported salaries all the time, you'd believe that Forrest Griffin made more than Silva & Sonnen combined at UFC 148. (Crazy stat I just learner there).
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Ya don't have to tell me twice lol
Is it me or did this site crash again?

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: Spud
Date: February 04, 2013 at 03:02 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/ufc-156-salaries.51521/

MMAFTM13 said:
Ya don't have to tell me twice lol
Is it me or did this site crash again?
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Yeah it went weird, probably why there's my double post, then went completely down again. Been doing it loads the past couple days.

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: Moranis
Date: February 04, 2013 at 06:19 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/ufc-156-salaries.51521/

McCall is the only one that stood out to me. I would have figured he would have been more in the Benavidez range (probably 20/20 or 25/25). 9/9 just seems really low for him given his standing in his division. Of course he doesn't yet have a UFC win so maybe it is fine.