The California State Athletic Commission has released fighter payouts for Strikeforce Challengers 11, held at the Save Mart Center in Fresno, California. Billy Evangelista ($10,000) and Lavar Johnson ($10,000) were the top earners of the event. In total, Strikeforce paid out $52,000 in disclosed payouts. Payouts Note: that the money reported below is only the […]
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UFC 121 Payout: Salaries show Lesnar at the top
MMA Junkie reports the salaries from UFC 121. Despite his loss, Brock Lesnar topped the payroll with $400,000 earning more than the new champion, Cain Velasquez. The new UFC Heavyweight champion made $200,000 for his fight in addition to a $70,000 bonus for KO of the night. The rest of the payouts are as follows: Cain […]
Strikeforce Diaz vs Noons II Payout Perspective
Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective! This week we’ll be taking a look at the Showtime event headlined by Welterweight Champion Nick Diaz, as he made his first title defense and avenged his only loss in the past 3 years against challenger KJ Noons. The event took place at the HP Pavilion in San […]
The State of the UFC Address
There’s a lot of misinformation circulating around the MMA community in regards to the state of the UFC, so I’d like to provide a little payout perspective on the hot button issues that currently have some folks troubled. UFC TV Ratings and PPV Buyrates Simply put: the PPV buyrates are up and the TV ratings […]
UFC 118: Disclosed Payouts
MMA Weekly has obtained the basic payout information for UFC 118 from the Massachusetts State Athletic Commission in which a total of $1.428 million was paid out to 20 fighters. MAIN CARD FIGHTERS: -Frankie Edgar: $96,000 (includes $48,000 win bonus) def. B.J. Penn: $150,000 -Randy Couture: $250,000 (no win bonus) def. James Toney: $500,000 -Demian […]