MMAPayout.com hasn’t done a Payout Revisited segment in quite some time, but upon reading an article from the Canadian Press on the cost of living for high performance athletes, I thought it might be time to revisit one of my first and most talked about pieces on fighter payouts. Minimum Fighter Payouts was a part […]
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Strikeforce Fedor vs Werdum: Payout Perspective
Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective! This week we’ll be taking a look at Fedor’s Strikeforce debut on Showtime, titled “Fedor vs Werdum”, which took place in the HP Pavilion in San Jose, CA. The event featured 4 fights (1 title fight): Fedor Emelianenko vs. Fabricio Werdum, Cung Le vs. Scott Smith, Cris Cyborg […]
UFC 115 Payouts
The disclosed payouts have been released by the Vancouver Athletic Commission for UFC 115 and Chuck Liddell leads the way in purse with $500,000 for his show fee. In total, over $1.2 million was paid out in disclosed money. Courtesy of MMAWeekly.com: MAIN CARD FIGHTERS: -Rich Franklin: $140,000 (includes $70,000 win bonus) def. Chuck Liddell: […]
TUF 11 Payouts: $406,000
The Staff at MMAJunkie.com are reporting that the total fighter payouts for The Ultimate Fighter 11 Finale came to $406,000. Also note that the attendance and gate for the event have been reported at 1,708 and $430,250. Court McGee: $16,000 (includes $8,000 win bonus) def. Kris McCray: $8,000 Matt Hamill: $52,000 ($26,000 win bonus) def. […]