The Nevada State Athletic Commission has released the fighter salaries for UFC 100 as promoters are required by law to submit the salary information to the athletic commission.
Also included are bonuses of a record $100,000 for Fight of the Night to Yoshihiro Akiyama and Alan Belcher, Knockout of the Night to Dan Henderson and Submission of the Night to Tom Lawlor. The total payroll for UFC 100 was: $1,790,000 with a live gate of $5.1 million.
The big winners were Brock Lesnar and Georges St.Pierre who each came away with $400,000. Lesnar did not receive a win bonus and got a base pay of $400,000, while GSP got a $200,000 win bonus on top of his $200,000 base pay.
Dan Henderson also was a big winner receiving $350,000 which includes a $150,000 win bonus and another $100,000 for his Knockout of the Night of Michael Bisping. The figures do not include additional bonuses from pay-per-view sales which some fighter contracts call for.
Full list of UFC 100 Salaries and Bonuses:
Main Card
- Brock Lesnar $400,000 def. Frank Mir $45,000
- Georges St.Pierre $400,000 (includes $200,000 win bonus) def. Thiago Alves $60,000
- Dan Henderson $350,000 (includes $150,000 win bonus and $100,000 KO of night bonus) def. Michael Bisping $150,000
- Jon Fitch $90,000 (includes $45,000 win bonus) def. Paulo Thiago $8,000
- Yoshihiro Akiyama $160,000 (includes $20,000 win bonus and $100,000 Fight of the Night bonus) def. Alan Belcher $119,000 (includes $100,000 Fight of the night bonus)
Preliminary Fights
- Mark Coleman $100,000 (includes $50,000 win bonus def. Stephan Bonnar $25,000
- Jim Miller $22,000 (includes $11,000 win bonus) def. Mac Danzig $20,000
- Jon Jones $18,000 (includes $9,000 win bonus) def. Jake O’Brien $13,000
- Dong Hyun Kim $58,000 (includes $29,000 win bonus) def. T.J. Grant $5,000
- Tom Lawlor $116,000 (includes $8,000 win bonus and $100,000 Submission of the Night bonus) def. C.B. Dollaway $14,000
- Shannon Gugerty $10,000 (includes $5,000 win bonus) def. Matt Grice $7,000
UFC 100 Fighter payroll: $1,790,000
I hope Mir gets some of the pay-per-view revenue because $45,000 for the interm heavyweight champion in a main event just doesn’t seem right.