According to Dana White, UFC 114 drew 15,081 fans to the MGM Grand on Saturday, May 29th for an estimated gate of $3.895 million, which is good for the second best UFC gate in 2010 and the largest UFC gate in Las Vegas since UFC 100.
In other news, the fighter payouts were released by the Nevada State Athletic Commission and the $1,371,000 paid in disclosed purses is the third most in UFC history (behind only UFC 100 and UFC 92):
(Couresty of MMAFighting.com)
Rashad Evans ($250,000 salary, $185,000 win bonus) def Quinton Jackson ($250,000)
Michael Bisping ($175,000 salary, $15,000 win bonus) def. Dan Miller ($15,000)
Mike Russow ($12,000/$12,000) def. Todd Duffee ($8,000)
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira ($80,000/$40,000) def. Jason Brilz ($11,000)
John Hathaway ($11,000/$11,000) def. Diego Sanchez ($50,000)
Dong Hyun Kim ($32,000/$32,000) def. Amir Sadollah ($15,000)
Efrain Escudero ($15,000/$15,000) def. Dan Lauzon ($15,000)
Melvin Guillard ($19,000/$19,000) def. Waylon Lowe ($6,000)
Cyrille Diabate ($6,000/$6,000) def. Luiz Cane ($19,000)
Aaron Riley ($10,000/$10,000) def. Joe Brammer ($5,000)
Ryan Jensen ($8,000/$8,000) def. Jesse Forbes ($6,000)
Total: $1,371,000
Please note that not every commission disclosing fighter payouts, so the $1.3 million isn’t necessarily the third highest total ever. Moreover, the UFC often provides material discretionary bonuses that extend beyond the disclosed pay that’s reported to the commissions, so $1.3 million isn’t the cap on what fighters made for the event.
The UFC also awarded several disclosed bonuses at the end of the night:
Fight of the Night: Rogerio Nogueira vs. Jason Brilz ($65,000 each)
Knockout of the Night: Mike Russow ($65,000)
Submission of the Night: Ryan Jensen ($65,000)
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