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Anderson Silva, Matt Hughes top UFC 117 fighter salaries at $200K each

Anderson Silva, Matt Hughes top UFC 117 fighter salaries at $200K each

If you are an up-and-coming MMA fighter, or maybe you’re thinking about choosing professional MMA as a possible career choice, then you will likely find the UFC 117 fighter salaries quite inspiring.

UFC 106 fighter salaries

UFC 106 fighter salaries

The UFC 106 fighter salaries have been released by the Nevada State Athletic Commission, and the total disclosed fighter payroll was $1,021,000. Main event fighters Tito Ortiz and Forrest Griffin were the highest paid fighters on the card.
A former UFC Light Heavyweight Champ, Griffin earned $100,000 to step back in the Octagon with Tito Ortiz, [...]

"Minotauro" top earner as UFC 102 fighter payroll totals nearly $1.3 million

“Minotauro” top earner as UFC 102 fighter payroll totals nearly $1.3 million

UFC 102 fighters earned a total disclosed payroll of $1,285,000 for their efforts this past weekend at the Rose Garden Arena in Portland, Ore.
The highest earner of the night was main event winner Antonio “Minotauro” Nogueira who took home a total of $400,000. Nick Catone was the lowest earner on the card. He lost a split [...]

June 19 Strikeforce Challengers fighter salaries

June 19 Strikeforce Challengers fighter salaries

The fighter salaries for the June 19 “Strikeforce Challengers: Villasenor vs. Cyborg” event at the ShoWare Center in Kent, Wash., have been released by the Washington State Dept. of Licensing’s Professional Athletics Program.
According to the report from MMAJunkie, the total disclosed payroll for the Strikeforce event which aired on Showtime was $198,500.
The night’s top earner [...]

"Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Diaz" fighter salaries and live gate

“Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Diaz” fighter salaries and live gate

On April 11th, STRIKEFORCE: SHAMROCK vs. DIAZ took place at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California and was broadcast live on Showtime.
15,211 MMA fans showed up to watch the event live with a total gate from ticket sales at $750,000.
The total fighter payroll was $633,445. Although Frank Shamrock lost to Nick Diaz via TKO [...]

Affliction M-1 Global: Day of Reckoning fighter payroll

Affliction M-1 Global: Day of Reckoning fighter payroll

The Affliction M-1 Global: Day of Reckoning disclosed fighter salaries totaled in excess of three million dollars. This is just the disclosed base pay; there are sponsorships and most likely other bonuses (especially for Fedor) that are not included in these numbers. Andrei Arlovski may not have won inside the ring against Fedor, but he [...]

UFC 92 pay scale:  $1,381,000.00

UFC 92 pay scale: $1,381,000.00

The official numbers have been released for UFC 92: Ultimate 2008 and Quinton “Rampage” Jackson walked away with the biggest paycheck of $325,000 for his efforts against Wanderlei Silva.
While the pay scale does include win bonuses, it does not include the infamous UFC locker room bonuses or Fight of the Night and Knockout bonuses.
Rampage’s purse [...]

Pay me once, own me forever

Pay me once, own me forever

by:  Jack Bratcher
This is a Holiday 2008 UFC catalog I recently received in the mail.  It contains various UFC products such as T-Shirts, DVDs, hats, etc. that would make nice gift ideas for Christmas.
However, as I looked closer at the cover the other day I noticed the fighter silhouette was none other than our good [...]

Salaries, weight, and final thoughts on UFC 91

Salaries, weight, and final thoughts on UFC 91

by: Jack Bratcher
It’s been a long time since one fight has garnered so much attention.
Every MMA site and news source that covers MMA is focused on Randy Couture vs. Brock Lesnar.
ESPN.com has basically become BrockRandy.net.
What makes this fight so interesting are all the story lines associated with it.

PRO MMA Exclusive - Seth Petruzelli sets the record straight

PRO MMA Exclusive – Seth Petruzelli sets the record straight

by:  Cory Brady
In the years to come one may possibly look back on the MMA career of Seth Petruzelli and define it pre- and post-Kimbo, depending on how things unfold over the next few weeks and months ahead.
PRO MMA had a talk with Seth prior to his appearance at the EliteXC event on Oct. [...]

EliteXC Fighter Salaries Released

EliteXC Fighter Salaries Released

The California State Athletic Commission has released the fighter salaries from the July 26th EliteXC event that took place on CBS.  The night featured three title belts; none of which ending in an upset.  The numbers for the event were down significantly compared to the inaugural event in May.  Although the card may have lacked [...]

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