MMA Junkie reports the salaries for tonight’s event. Brock Lesnar leads the list of fighters with $400,000 with no win bonus. The salaries were disclosed by the Nevada State Athletic Commission today.Alistair Overeem is second on the wage list with $264,285.71 to show and $121,428.57 win bonus.
The remainder of the card is as follows (via MMA Junkie):
- Donald Cerrone: $30,000/$30,000
- Nate Diaz: $37,000/$37,000
- Jon Fitch: $60,000/$60,000
- Johny Hendricks: $26,000/$26,000
- Alexander Gustafsson: $16,000/$16,000
- Vladimir Matyushenko: $40,000/$40,000
- Jim Hettes: $8,000/$8,000
- Nam Phan: $8,000/$8,000
- Junior Assuncao: $8,000/$8,000
- Ross Pearson: $20,000/$20,000
- Danny Castillo: $19,000/$19,000
- Anthony Njokuani: $12,000/$12,000
- Dong Hyun Kim: $41,000/$41,000
- Sean Pierson: $8,000/$8,000
- Efrain Escudero: $10,000/$10,000
- Jacob Volkmann: $16,000/$16,000
- Luis Ramos: $6,000/$6,000
- Matt Riddle: $15,000/$15,000
- Manny Gamburyan: $18,000/$18,000
- Diego Nunes: $12,000/$12,000
Payout Perspective:
Usually the salaries are not disclosed until after the card but it appears that the salaries were released as a result of Golden Glory’s legal team obtaining an order to garnish the wages of Overeem due to the ongoing litigation between Overeem and his former management team.
Via MMA Junkie:
The judgement applies to 30 percent of Overeem’s show and win purses, any performance bonuses he may receive, and any proceeds he may receive from the pay-per-view event per his UFC contract.
The $400,000 is Lesnar’s standard salary for every UFC fight (100, 121, 116) since UFC 91 when he received $450K (but that included a $200K win bonus). He was paid $250K per show prior to his raise to $400K at UFC 100.
Fabio says
Usually, how much does a fighter fighting in a Maincard earns with sponsors?