MMA Junkie reports the salaries for this past Saturday’s World Series of Fighting 4 event held in Ontario, California. Tyrone Spong, Gerald Harris and Ray Sefo headed the list of top earners for the night.
The total payroll for the night was $225,000
Via MMA Junkie:
Tyrone Spong: $31,000 (includes $9,000 win bonus)
def. Angel DeAnda: $4,000
Marlon Moraes: $24,000 (includes $12,000 win bonus)
def. Brandon Hempleman: $3,000
Nick Newell: $28,000 (includes $14,000 win bonus)
def. Keon Caldwell: $2,000
Dave Huckaba: $12,000 (includes $6,000 win bonus)
def. Ray Sefo: $30,000
Gesias Cavalcante: $18,000 (includes $9,000 win bonus)
def. Tyson Griffin: $8,000
Gerald Harris: $30,000 (includes $15,000 win bonus)
def. Jorge Santiago: $13,000
Lewis Gonzales: $4,000 (includes $2,000 win bonus)
def. Antonio McKee: $6,000
Jared Papazian: $4,000 (includes $2,000 win bonus)
def. John Robles: $2,000
Victor Valenzuela: $4,000 (includes $2,000 win bonus)
def. Isaac Gutierrez: $2,000
Payout Perspective:
A look at the payroll reveals that Sefo had the top base salary at $30,000. Not sure what that says about fighter pay if the guy who is president pays himself the most. Perhaps that’s coming out of his salary. Its obvious that WSOF has a smaller budget than the UFC and for guys like Harris, Jared Papazian, Tyson Griffin and Antonio McKee the paydays are smaller.
As an example, the last official reported payout in the UFC for Jared Papazian was $6,000 in a loss to Dustin Pague at UFC on FX3 in June 2012. Saturday he made $4,000 total ($2K/$2K).
Tyson Griffin made 34,000 in his last fight which was a loss. I bet he wishes he was back in the “Cheap” UFC!
Where is all the people who complain about UFC pay? WSOF just had a guy in their main event on NBC sports get paid $4,000.
Wow another low paying promotion…..hahaha….but ratio wise….wsof is a new promotion and UFC is the biggest.. then the UFC is still pays lower…by ratio…way lower .but it’s a good thing for a new promotion to be compared to the UFC by b.s. hahahahaha
UFC is more than 160 promotion running for 20 years yet being compared to a new smaller promotion
.but MMA in general pays low…..the fastest growing sport…..
Low pay is endemic to mma. The ufc is leading by example with low pay.
@BrainSmasher – the reason people aren’t complaining is because they have a brain. The WSOF is brand new and still building, the fact that they’re paying undercard guys almost as much as the UFC should be applauded. Plus they told all the fighters before the card that no one was getting cut win or lose, which is awesome.
“Wow another low paying promotion…..hahaha….but ratio wise….wsof is a new promotion and UFC is the biggest.. then the UFC is still pays lower…by ratio…”
Show me this ratio you speak of??
lol you think its awesome that WSOF is going to keep unskilled fighters that don’t belong. Excuse me. I like to watch the best fighters fight. Not a promotion cling to suck ass fighters for life just because you finally know their name and don’t care about the actually skill level of the fighters. This is professional MMA. IF you want to watch bad fighters fighter. Then go to your local Amateur show. I despise “fans” like you. So all the fighters in small shows who will be the big stars of tomorrow cant get in the door because you want the promotions to not release the bums? Yeah that seems real fair to the good fighters stuck on the outside looking in.
What does it matter how long WSOF has been around. That is all relative. The UFC is new too in the grand scheme of things. They are still not to the level they want to be and in a new tv deal and new in many countries. That doesn’t keep anyone from sticking their hand out. Fact is NBC has money. Is it WSOF fighters fault they WSOF signed a bad tv deal that doesn’t pay enough money? That’s no excuse. They are doing the same job as UFC fighters and should hold their promoter to the same standards. Hell Sefo paid himself more than anyone else on the card. He is the president and already gets paid and he wasn’t even the main event. Why did he take more money than everyone else? How about you stop having double standards and quit bitching. WSOF has plenty to bitch about and you want to give them a pass.
What would you say if Dana White put himself on a under card and paid himself a salary of $1 million? You and every other cry baby would go fucking off.
As for the undercard guys. Did you ever thing they pay almost as much as the UFC for undercard guys because that is what they are worth and the universal pay for those guys is that amount? Undercard guys are filler. They haven’t proven to be any good, they don’t sell, and they are a dime a dozen. The UFC or WSOF shouldn’t have to pay these guys huge amounts. For the record Boxing pays there undercard guys even less. Even on the biggest boxing cards they have very cheap paid fighters. Its because they are filler. These guys are the lowest people in the company. Just like the lowest in the NFL, Walk ons. They don’t get paid hardly anything. Many even play preseason games for almost no money. They do it because they are trying to move up and make the team. Just as the undercard guys are doing.
Long rant again hahaha
“What does it matter how long wsof has been around” ?? So in the MMA world UFC is number 1…..so its like comparing Jon jones to a MMA fighter who just made pro debut….but it’s good b.s. that your comparing it to the UFC….lol
“I despise” why so angry? Haha
Man, you are a real piece of work bs. you were saying earlier that you are a fan of organozations, and fighters come and go. now you are saying you actually like.the fighters. Just call him john kerry the flip flopper.
btw your boy DANA is discriminating against people with disabilities. saying the one armed dude newell couldn’t hack it in the ufc. bull; he just couldn’t stand to see one of his guys lose. Newell must be a huge lightweight cuz his hand factors in to his overall weight. white is always putting his foot in his mouth tho. like how he swore up and down womem would never fight in the ufc. White is an oportunist.
I can picture bs raving out loud while typing. then exclaiming out loud “that will show them” right befote yoi take a pull from your two liter of coke.
I never said I am a fan of “organozations”. I also never said I “actually like the fighters”. I said I like the sport. It just so happens the UFC is the promotion that is best for the future of the sport.
So Dana thinks that one arms guys cant cut it in the UFC? How is that discriminating? I don’t think there is any doubt he cant cut it in the UFC. He struggled with the last guy he fought. That guy was brought in to lose to him. All the main card fighters were given hand picked fights. This guy was thrown in there because he had no ground game and had never fought anyone half way decent. Im sure Dana thinks a paralyzed person cant cut it in the UFC too. How could he ever think such a thing?
If he was an opportunist he would have thrown the guy in the UFC before WSOF and got him smashed just to make money off it. If would take some very strong cherry picking to find anyone in the UFC who had a hole in their game he could take advantage of. There isn’t many 1 dimensional guys at 155 and he has to have one for him to win when he is in trouble.
Nice strawman arguement with the paralyzed man example.white didn’t sign this guy when he had 4 fights because white has at best a shred of dignity left. Like i said this guy should be a huge 155’er and i would like to see him against a midlevel ufc guy. white is scared.
Scared of what? Scared he will win and be a huge story and make him a lot of money? Or scared he will get destroyed in front of everyone and people will bitch that he put a handicap person in a fight? The guy isn’t good enough to be in the UFC. Of course you want to see him vs top guys. Because you are a moron with no eye for skill. How about seeing him beat someone decent in WSOF first? Or how about looking competent vs the guys he was supposed run over?
White loves one sided beatdowns of people who don’t belong. such as james toney and royce gracie, and don’t get me started on ken shamerock. Your boy is a chicken.