‘Reem, Rua top UFC Fight Night 26 payroll

MMA Junkie reports the payouts from UFC Fight Night 26 which took place in Boston, Massachusetts.  Despite losses, Alistair Overeem and Shogun Rua came out as financial winners topping the official salary report.

Via MMA Junkie:

Chael Sonnen: $100,000 (no win bonus)

def. Mauricio Rua: $175,000

Travis Browne: $48,000 (includes $24,000 win bonus)

def. Alistair Overeem: $285,714.29

Urijah Faber: $120,000 (includes $60,000 win bonus)

def. Yuri Alcantara: $16,000

Matt Brown: $66,000 (includes $33,000 win bonus)

def. Mike Pyle: $45,000

John Howard: $28,000 (includes $14,000 win bonus)

def. Uriah Hall: $10,000

Michael Johnson: $36,000 (includes $18,000 win bonus)

def. Joe Lauzon: $27,000

Michael McDonald: $30,000 (includes $15,000 win bonus)

def. Brad Pickett: $23,000

Conor McGregor: $24,000 (includes $12,000 win bonus)

def. Max Holloway: $14,000

Steven Siler: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)

def. Mike Brown: $30,000

Diego Brandao: $40,000 (includes $20,000 win bonus)

def. Daniel Pineda: $15,000

Manny Gamburyan: $40,000 (includes $20,000 win bonus)

def. Cole Miller: $26,000

Ovince St. Preux: $46,000 (includes $23,000 win bonus)

def. Cody Donovan: $8,000

James Vick: $16,000 (includes $8,000 win bonus)

def. Ramsey Nijem: $14,000

The total payroll for its debut on FS1 was $1,302,714.29.

Payout Perspective:

Hefty salaries for the ‘Reem and Rua might make them expendable when their fight contracts end.  Overeem would have made an additional $142K plus and Rua would have made an extra $75K with wins.  It looks like the UFC signing of Overeem may be the equivalent of a free agent bust.  

Notably, Sonnen made $100K with no win bonus.  Sonnen made just $50K in his fight against Jon Jones at UFC 159.  Other notables, Conor McGregor had a base of $12K and won for another $12K.  Former TUF star Uriah Hall made just $10K and Cody Donovan made just $8K, lowest on the payroll, in his second fight in the UFC.