MMA Fighting reports the salaries from WSOF 32 this past Saturday in Everett, Washington. WSOF headliner Marlon Moraes topped the salaries with $180,000.
The salaries were disclosed by the Washington State Department of Licensing.
Via MMA Fighting:
Marlon Moraes ($90,000 + $90,000 = $180,000) def. Josh Hill ($10,000)
Lance Palmer ($28,000 + $28,000 = $56,000) def. Alexandre Almeida ($12,000)
Caros Fodor* ($18,000 + $15,000 = $33,000) def. Phoenix Jones* ($12,000)
Louis Taylor ($6,000 + $6,000 = $12,000) def. Phil Hawes ($5,000)
Hakeem Dawodu ($6,000 + $6,000 = $12,000) def. Marat Magomedov ($3,000)
Rex Harris ($3,000 + $3,000 = $6,000) def. Nicolai Salchow ($3,000)
Andrews Nakahara ($4,000 + $4,000 = $8,000) def. Travis Doerge ($1,500)
Matt Kovacs ($1,000 + $1,000 = $2,000) def. Bill Widler ($1,500)
Brett Malone ($750 + $750 = $1,500) def. Patrick Benson ($750)
Matt Coble ($1,000 + $1,000 = $2,000) def. Colt Hausauer ($700)
Tycen Lynn ($1,000 + $1,000 = $2,000) def. Justin Hugo ($1,000)
Joe Elzea ($1,000 + $1,000 = $2,000) def. Marcos Lopez ($1,000)
*Fodor received 20-percent of Jones’ purses due to Jones missing weight
Payout Perspective:
The payouts reflect the issue with pay among fighters. Moraes, who the WSOF will want to keep to help attract fans is at the top of the company pay scale making $90K/$90K. Two fighters (Benson and Hausauer) made $750 and $700 respectively. It was Benson’s second pro fight. It was Hausauer’s eighth pro fight although the first with a major organization. I am not sure what to make of these payouts. Either WSOF does not have the capital to pay all of its fighters or we should not consider WSOF a major MMA organization.
So Palmer makes as much as many ranked, mid-level UFC fighters make. Outrageous…I’m a libertarian through and through, so I despise all the talk entitlement talk to million-dollar salaries. But the UFC drives me absolutely nuuuuuuts with their asinine pay, as it certainly doesn’t make any sense for them either from a business/PR perspective. Wanna know why NOBODY watches TUF anymore. It juuuuust might have something to do with the fact the “winners” get locked into a minimum wage 10-fight contract.
Geez, I wonder why we don’t see any Connor McGregors, Chris Weidmans or Jon Jones’ coming out of that show every season… And how do they expect top talent to develop from Korea, the UK or wherever w/ their asinine pay?? (And Dana, you world-class douche and retard — STOP posting your piles of Blackjack cash winnings on Twitter…you world-class retard who can’t go two words without dropping an F-bomb cuz you think it makes you look cool. Retard.)