The California State Athletic Commission has released the fighter payouts for Aldo vs. Faber. The WEC paid out a total of $336,500 in disclosed purses and another $280,000 in disclosed fight bonuses.
Courtesy of MMAWeekly:
MAIN EVENT FIGHTERS
-Jose Aldo $40,000 (includes $20,000 win bonus) def. Urijah Faber $28,000
-Ben Henderson $26,000 (includes $13,000 win bonus) def. Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone $14,000
MAIN CARD FIGHTERS
-Manny Gamburyan $36,000 (includes $18,000 win bonus) def. Mike Brown $21,000
-Shane Roller $28,000 (includes $14,000 win bonus) def. Anthony Njokuani $7,000
-Scott Jorgensen $21,000 (includes $10,500 win bonus) def. Antonio Banuelos $7,000
PRELIMINARY CARD FIGHTERS
-Leonard Garcia $28,000 (includes $14,000 win bonus) def. Chang Sung Jung $5,000
-Anthony Pettis $8,000 (includes $4,000 win bonus) def. Alex Karalexis $10,000
-Brad Pickett $8,000 (includes $4,000 win bonus) def. Demetrious Johnson $3,000
-Chad Mendes $8,500 (includes $4,000 win bonus) def. Anthony Morrison $4,000
-Takeya Mizugaki $16,000 (includes $8,000 win bonus) def. Rani Yahya $9,000
-Tyler Toner $5,000 (includes $2,000 win bonus) def. Brandon Visher $4,000
Disclosed Fighter Bonuses as follows:
- Fight of the Night: Leonard Garcia vs. Chan Sung Jun ($65,000 each)
- KO of the Night: Manny Gamburyan ($65,000)
- Submission of the Night: Ben Henderson ($65,000)
Payout Perspective:
Dana White assured the media and the fans prior to the event that the fighters would be compensated accordingly for participating on a PPV, but those cuts from the PPV won’t be disclosed.
Faber and Torres have said, in the past, that they make low six figures. I had heard, and this may or may not be true, that Faber’s fight agreement had a ppv percentage built in. If so, one would guess he will take home 2-300k. My guess is both Faber and Aldo will end up in that range.