WSOF 22 Salaries Released With Marlon Moraes Topping The List With $140,000

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World Series of Fighting went head-to-head with the UFC on Saturday night and had to pay some big names to appear on their event (WSOF 22).

Marlon Moraes made $140,000 for his fight with Sheymon Moraes and Rousimar Palhares was paid for his troubles when he fought Jake Shields, who made $35,000.

Topping the card was Moraes while the preliminary guys made as low as $1,000.

WSOF 22 took place from Las Vegas, Nevada from Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino.

The main event was for the WSOF Welterweight Championship between champion Rousimar Palhares making his second defence of his title against challenger Jake Shields. The co-main event was a fight for the WSOF Bantamweight Championship between champion Marlon Moraes making his second defence of his title against challenger Sheymon Moraes.

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Down below are the full fighter salaries:

Main Card (NBC Sports Network)

Rousimar Palhares ($40,000 + $0* = $40,000) def. Jake Shields ($35,000)

Marlon Moraes ($70,000 + $70,000 = $140,000) def. Sheymon Moraes ($10,000)

Clifford Starks ($20,000 + N/A = $20,000) def. Mike Kyle ($10,000)

Abubakar Nurmagomedov ($1,500 + $1,500 = $3,000) def. Jorge Moreno ($1,000)

Islam Mamedov ($4,000 + $4,000 = $8,000) def. Jimmy Spicuzza ($3,000)

Preliminary Card (Online)

Jake Heun ($3,000 + $3,000 = $6,000)def. Davin Clark ($3,000)

Donovan Frelow ($1,500 + $1,500 = $3,000) def. Carlos Garcia ($1,000)

Marco Simmons ($1,000 + $1,000 = $2,000) def. Jimmy Jones ($1,000)

Cory Hendricks ($1,000 + $1,000 = $2,000) def. Julio Hinojosa ($1,000)

Gil Guardado ($1,000 + $1,000 = $2,000) def. Pete Martin ($1,000)