In an interview with Ariel Helwani on The MMA Hour this past Monday, Tony Ferguson sounded dejected and indicated that he had yet to receive his show money of $250,000 as disclosed by the Nevada State Athletic Commission. It appears he’s still waiting for it. MMA Junkie reports that Ferguson received less than half his […]
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UFC 209 main card paydays
ESPN’s Brett Okamoto obtained the salaries for Saturday night’s UFC 209. The salaries, disclosed by the Nevada Athletic Commission, reflects some notable six figure paydays. Due to complications from weight-cutting, Khabib Nurmogemonov lost out on a $500,000 payday. Tony Ferguson was to have made $250,000 to show and another $250,000 to win in the bout […]
Freire, Kongo and Koscheck top Bellator 172 payouts
MMA Fighting reports the payouts from Bellator 172 this past Saturday night. The salaries were released by the California State Athletic Commission. Via MMA Fighting: Patricky Freire ($40,000 + $40,000 = $80,000) def. Josh Thomson ($10,000) Cheick Kongo ($75,000 + no win bonus = $75,000) def. Oli Thompson ($25,000) Anatoly Tokov ($10,000 + $10,000 = $20,000) […]
Ortiz’s $300K tops Bellator 170 salaries
Tito Ortiz made $300,000 in his final fight of his MMA career at Bellator 170 Saturday night. Ortiz defeated Chael Sonnen in the first round of the main event. Sonnen made $50,000 for his part in the main event. The California State Athletic Commission disclosed the following payouts for Saturday’s event (via MMA Junkie): T […]
Penn tops UFC Fight Night 103 payouts
MMA Junkie reports the salaries for UFC Fight Night 103 on Sunday. The payouts, disclosed by Arizona Boxing & Mixed Martial Arts Commission, released the payouts totaling $841,000. Via MMA Junkie: Yair Rodriguez: $100,000 (includes $50,000 win bonus) def. B.J. Penn: $150,000 Joe Lauzon: $116,000 (includes $58,000 win bonus) def. Marcin Held: $20,000 Ben Saunders: […]