UFC 104 Fighter Salaries

by Kelvin Hunt on Oct 27, 2009 5:00 PM EDT in News Comment 15 comments

The full disclosed payroll for UFC 104 included:

Lyoto Machida: $200,000 (no win bonus)
def. Mauricio "Shogun" Rua: $155,000

Cain Velasquez: $70,000 (includes $35,000 win bonus)
def. Ben Rothwell: $50,000

Gleison Tibau: $38,000 ($19,000 win bonus)
def. Josh Neer: $14,000

Joe Stevenson: $94,000 ($47,000 win bonus)
def. Spencer Fisher: $26,000

Anthony Johnson: $30,0000 ($15,000 win bonus)*
def. Yoshiyuki Yoshida: $12,000

Ryan Bader: $30,000 ($15,000 win bonus)
def. Eric Schafer: $13,000

Pat Barry: $14,000 ($7,000 win bonus)
def. Antoni Hardonk: $16,000

Chael Sonnen: $54,000 ($27,000 win bonus)
def. Yushin Okami: $18,000

Jorge Rivera: $36,000 ($18,000 win bonus)
def. Rob Kimmons: $9,000

Kyle Kingsbury: $16,000 ($8,000 win bonus)
def. Razak Al-Hassan: $3,000

Stefan Struve: $14,000 ($7,000 win bonus)
def. Chase Gormley: $10,000

Of course none of these include the bonuses for fight, KO, or sub of the night which were worth $60K a piece. Joe Stevenson made bank! Interesting.

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Sounds about right.

Bloody hell.

by 3PA on Oct 27, 2009 5:07 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

wow. just wow

rothwell gets more than cain flat salary?! harsh.

"I had to fight all my life to survive. They were all against me... but I beat the bastards and left them in the ditch." ~ Ty Cobb

by RearNakedPoke on Oct 27, 2009 5:28 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

You have to remember

His record and who he’s fought.

Bloody hell.

by 3PA on Oct 27, 2009 5:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

yeah, but...

he just fought Kongo on short notice in his last fight, i would have thought the ufc wud sort him out in return this time! especially seeing as he is more established within

i see what you’re saying though. must be right. i find it very harsh though!!!

"I had to fight all my life to survive. They were all against me... but I beat the bastards and left them in the ditch." ~ Ty Cobb

by RearNakedPoke on Oct 27, 2009 5:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

His base salary is above ALOT of people on that card :)

Bloody hell.

by 3PA on Oct 27, 2009 5:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

i should hope so!

he’s manhandled, mauled, raped, and pillaged his entire set of opponents Lol!

i think he’s earned that entitlement

just my opinion though, i respect what you’re sayin! he aint got razaks peanuts!!

"I had to fight all my life to survive. They were all against me... but I beat the bastards and left them in the ditch." ~ Ty Cobb

by RearNakedPoke on Oct 27, 2009 5:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

The next time he fights in a place with alot of latino (Mexican) fans he will earn alot more… this performance was kind of one of those do-work-now-get-paid-later scenarios :)

Bloody hell.

by 3PA on Oct 27, 2009 5:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs