The Nevada State Athletic Commission released the salaries from Sunday’s UFC Fight Night 88.
Via MMA Junkie:
Cody Garbrandt: $48,000 (includes $24,000 win bonus)
def. Thomas Almeida: $25,000
Jeremy Stephens: $100,000 (includes $50,000 win bonus)
def. Renan Barao: $50,000
Rick Story: $76,000 (includes $38,000 win bonus)
def. Tarec Saffiedine: $37,000
Chris Camozzi: $72,000 (includes $36,000 win bonus)
def. Vitor Miranda: $18,000
Lorenz Larkin: $72,000 (includes $36,000 win bonus)
def. Jorge Masvidal: $57,000
Paul Felder: $42,000 (includes $21,000 win bonus)
def. Josh Burkman: $48,000
Sara McMann: $50,000 (includes $25,000 win bonus)
def. Jessica Eye: $25,000
Abel Trujillo: $52,000 (includes $26,000 win bonus)
def. Jordan Rinaldi: $10,000
Jake Collier: $30,000 (includes $15,000 win bonus)
def. Alberto Uda: $10,000
Erik Koch: $42,000 (includes $21,000 win bonus)
def. Shane Campbell: $15,000
Bryan Caraway: $36,000 (includes $18,000 win bonus)
def. Aljamain Sterling: $30,000
Adam Milstead: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
def. Chris De La Rocha: $10,000
Payout Perspective:
Jeremy Stephens earned $100,000 as he made $50K to show and another $50K win bonus. The most notable salary was the $30K show for Aljamain Sterling who was thought to be a prized free agent but re-signed with the UFC. He previously made $14K and $14K. Thus, he slightly doubled his salary but was not given Sage Northcutt (i.e. $40K/$40K) money. With the loss to Bryan Caraway, the momentum has stopped for now for The Funkmaster.
Nooooo….they don’t need the Ali Act…not at all
Ridiculous….
Nevermind boxing, athletes earn more money in almost any other sport you can think of.
Could be worse, like getting paid only a few thousand like in other combat sports (even on a PPV event).
combo which event was that? Please show us some proof of fighters on the main card getting paid that amount.
China media and flash entertainment happy small salaries….hahaha
I argued last year that UFC had a healthy enough profit to double fighter pay:
http://mmapayout.com/2015/05/coker-comments-on-ufc-reebok-sponsor-policy/
Turn out I was right …
“Here’s a few notes on UFC finances and these aren’t estimates but actual numbers. In 2014, UFC grossed $449,008,000 and posted a $73,957,000 profit. That was the year everything went wrong with injuries and such. In 2015, the year Ronda Rousey and Conor McGregor got hot, they grossed $608,629,000 and posted a $157,806,000 profit. As compared with WWE, they grossed slightly less but posted more than six times the profit. It should be noted that doesn’t include interest payments on their loans, which were $22,797,000 in 2014 and $21,767,000 in 2015.”
With all this info leaking it will be interesting to see where the business goes. Especially with the Ali Act…