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Lesnar is guaranteed $250,000, the highest of anyone on the show, plus has a $200,000 win bonus. Generally speaking, most UFC headliners earn substantially more than their contracted guarantees. Mir, who has a chance to revitalize his career with a win, has a $40,000 guarantee with a $40,000 win bonus.
Roan Carneiro ($10,000) def. Tony DeSouza ($7,000)
Mark Bocek ($6,000) def. Doug Evans ($3,000)
The total disclosed payroll for UFC 79 was a $1,199,000.
$50,000 bonuses were handed out as follows:
Fight of the Night: Chuck Liddell and Wanderlei Silva
Knockout of the Night: Eddie Sanchez (wtf?)
Submission of the Night: Georges. St Pierre for defeating Matt Hughes by armbar.
*Note: The figures do not include deductions for items such as insurance, licenses and taxes. The figures do not include money paid by sponsors. They also do not include any bonuses paid to some of the main-card fighters who sometimes earn a small cut of pay-per-view revenue. They also do not include other special/non-disclosed bonuses the UFC sometimes pays.
12.11.2007 - 11:50:00 PM -
TUF 6 Finale fighter salaries
MMA Junkie got word on the paydays for the Ultimate Fighter 6 Finale*:
Roger Huerta - $38,000 ($19,000 to show + $19,000 to win) Clay Guida - $11,000
Mac Danzig - $16,000 ($8,000 to show + $8,000 to win) Tommy Speer - $8,000
Jon Koppenhaver - $16,000 ($8,000 to show + $8,000 to win) Jared Rollins - $8,000
George Sotiropoulos - $16,000 ($8,000 to show + $8,000 to win) Billy Miles - $8,000
Ben Saunders - $16,000 ($8,000 to show + $8,000 to win) Dan Barrera - $8,000
Troy Mandaloniz - $16,000 ($8,000 to show + $8,000 to win) Richie Hightower - $8,000
Matt Arroyo - $16,000 ($8,000 to show + $8,000 to win) John Kolosci - $8,000
Roman Mitichyan - $16,000 ($8,000 to show + $8,000 to win) Dorian Price - $8,000
Jonathan Goulet - $14,000 ($7,000 to show + $7,000 to win) Paul Georgieff - $8,000
*Note: The figures do not include deductions for items such as insurance, licenses and taxes. The figures do not include money paid by sponsors. They also do not include any bonuses paid to some of the main-card fighters who sometimes earn a small cut of pay-per-view revenue. They also do not include other special/non-disclosed bonuses the UFC sometimes pays.
Stephan Bonnar ($44,000) def. Eric Schafer ($6,000)
Alan Belcher ($22,000) def. Kalib Starnes ($7,000)
Yushin Okami ($24,000) def. Jason MacDonald ($17,000)
Demian Maia ($10,000) def. Ryan Jensen ($4,000)
Josh Burkman ($20,000) def. Forrest Petz ($6,000)
Matt Grice ($6,000) def. Jason Black ($8,000)
In addition to the salaries above, Silva earned an additional $40,000 Knockout of the Night bonus, Maia earned a $40,000 Submission of the Night bonus, and Grice and Black each earned a $40,000 Fight of the Night bonus.
*Note: The figures do not include deductions for items such as insurance, licenses and taxes. The figures do not include money paid by sponsors. They also do not include any bonuses paid to some of the main-card fighters who sometimes earn a small cut of pay-per-view revenue. They also do not include other special/non-disclosed bonuses the UFC sometimes pays.