The California State Athletic Commission has released fighter payouts for UFC 117. Anderson Silva and Matt Hughes topped the list with $200,000 each. In total, the UFC paid out $1.029 million in disclosed payouts and another $300,000 in disclosed bonuses. Note: that the money reported below is only the money required to be reported by […]
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Joe Stevenson Without Health Insurance
Steven Marrocco of MMAJunkie writes that UFC lightweight Joe Stevenson recently went to Tijuana, Mexico in order to get an MRI done on his knee, because he doesn’t have health insurance and Mexico was the cheaper option. The former lightweight contender once had health insurance through his wife, Maia, but lost it when she stopped […]
The UFC’s Discretionary Bonuses
Billy Baker of the Boston Globe has written a seven page profile on UFC President Dana White which examines his rise to fame. The piece is definitely flattering, but it also doesn’t shy away from what some people might call the “touchy” subjects (e.g., White’s controversial gambling habit). While the article is an interesting read all […]
UFC 116: Payouts and Bonuses
MMAPayout.com has retrieved the UFC 116 payouts from the Nevada State Athletic Commission where a total of $923,000 in disclosed purse was paid to the fighters. The usual disclaimers exist here: the disclosed payouts do not represent the full amount that each fighter earned. Disclosed payouts Brock Lesnar ($400,000) def. Shane Carwin ($40,000) Chris Leben […]
Payout Revisited: Minimum Fighter Payouts
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 […]