MMA Junkie reports the salaries from UFC on Fuel TV 3. The Korean Zombie, Donald Cerrone and TUF alum Amir Sadollah received the highest pay from Tuesday night.
Via MMA Junkie:
Chan Sung Jung: $34,000 (includes $17,000 win bonus)
def. Dustin Poirier: $14,000
Amir Sadollah: $48,000 (includes $24,000 win bonus)
def. Jorge Lopez: $6,000
Donald Cerrone: $60,000 (includes $30,000 win bonus)
def. Jeremy Stephens: $24,000
Yves Jabouin: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
def. Jeff Hougland: $8,000
Igor Pokrajac: $34,000 (includes $17,000 win bonus)
def. Fabio Maldonado: $11,000
Tom Lawlor: $24,000 (includes $12,000 win bonus)
def. Jason MacDonald: $19,000
Brad Tavares: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
def. Dongi Yang: $12,000
Cody McKenzie: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
def. Marcus LeVesseur: $6,000
T.J. Grant: $30,000 (includes $15,000 win bonus)
def. Carlo Prater: $10,000
Rafael dos Anjos: $32,000 (includes $16,000 win bonus)
def. Kamal Shalorus: $11,000
Johnny Eduardo: $12,000 (includes $6,000 win bonus)
def. Jeff Curran: $8,000
Francisco Rivera: $12,000 (includes $6,000 win bonus)
def. Alex Soto: $6,000
Payout Perspective:
Korean Zombie only made $34,000 but cashed in with 2 bonuses with a reported total of $114,000 for the night. Cerrone avenged his loss to Nate Diaz and that loss doesn’t look too bad now considering Diaz’s victory last week. Also, Amir Sadollah received a slight bump in pay as he’s getting $24K + $24K win whereas his past couple fights he was at $20K/$20K.
“Cerrone avenged his loss to Nate Diaz” – he bounced back from the loss, but he didn’t avenge it because he fought someone else.
$308k in purses, not including win any x of the night bonuses.
I think they can keep affording to put on these type of cards on Fuel.