UFC 114 Salaries, Numbers and Pictures
Posted on May 31, 2010, 08:01 AM by Anton GurevichUltimate Fighting Championship presented their 10th card of the year, headlined by the long-anticipated bad blood fight between the two former Light Heavyweight Champions Suga Rashad Evans and Quinton Rampage Jackson. Four out of five Main Card bouts went to the judges decision, leaving many knockout and submission enthusiasts disappointed.
But when it comes to numbers, UFC 114 is just behind the mythological UFC 100:
15,081 spectators at the MGM Grand Garden Arena
$3.895 million gate receipt
850,000 PPV buys (according to Dana White)
125,000 Fan Expo attendees
Also, #1 UFC Light Heavyweight Title Contender Rashad Evans was the top earner of the night, bringing home to Albuquerque no less than $435,000. The gap between rich and poor continued to grow, as the undercard combatant Joe Brammer fought the veteran Aaron Riley for only 5 thousand dollars.
UFC 114 salaries via MMAMania.com:
Rashad Evans -- $435,000 ($250,000 to show, $185,000 to win)
Quinton Jackson -- $250,000
Michael Bisping -- $190,000 ($175,000 to show, $15,000 to win)
Dan Miller -- $15,000
Mike Russow -- $24,000 ($12,000 to show, $12,000 to win)
Todd Duffee -- $12,000
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira -- $120,000 ($80,000 to show, $40,000 to win)
Jason Brilz -- $11,000
John Hathaway -- $22,000 ($11,000 to show, $11,000 to win)
Diego Sanchez -- $50,000
Melvin Guillard -- $38,000 ($19,000 to show, $19,000 to win)
Waylon Lowe -- $6,000
Dong Hyun Kim -- $64,000 ($32,000 to show, $32,000 to win)
Amir Sadollah -- $15,000
Efrain Escudero -- $30,000 ($15,000 to show, $15,000 to win)
Dan Lauzon -- $15,000
Cyrille Diabate -- $12,000 ($6,000 to show, $6,000 to win)
Luis Cane -- $19,000
Aaron Riley -- $20,000 ($10,000 to show, $10,000 to win)
Joe Brammer -- $5,000
Ryan Jensen -- $16,000 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 to win)
Jesse Forbes -- $6,000
Photography by Josh Hedges, Zuffa, LLC.
Comments
bispings earning some coin good on ya
Heck yea he makes a lot! I never would have guessed. It seems Diego isn't getting paid much compared to some other big names. Rashad made out with some bank!
Bisping gets paid 175,000 dlls just for fighting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
he gets paid more than Rogerio Nogueira thats f%ck up!!
WTF is wrong with Dana??????????
the world is coming to an end no doubt !
another bisping hater. he'll have to change that check into £ pounds which is as weak a the dollar right now. that 175k in £ is about 80k
tax will be 50% and he'll pay a fee for the currency exchange at the most he'll have 40k in £ 75k in $. stop hating that's bispings 9th win in the octagon he is the b level KING.lol
Bisping a great fighter
that is bullshit. Michael is highly overrated .. Duffy got 12k thats low..
well lil nog will get paid more when he has more UFC fights. gotta remember that bisping not only won on TUF, but he has had a bunch of UFC fights, thus increasing his pay. Lil nog has only had 2, sure hes a top ranked fighter, but bisping is in the mix as well.
The USD is worth less than EUR. That may have something to do with it.
Holy cow 0.0
Rashad got almost 1/2 a million righy their.
I feel sorry for Miller, even if he had won he woulda got less than Bisping.
the huge vary in pay is B.S. I know bigger names get more money but when your on the main car PPV every fighter should get no less than 25k U.F.C. makes enough money to pay these guys a little better.
It would be nice to see some of the lower ranked fighters get a small cut of the gate/ppv.
I don't know how these guys can live on that kind of money. Not to mention the expenses they must have.
Tough business to break into for sure.
$435,000 for a fight compare to what a big name boxer is making is not much at all especially for a big name fighter like Rashad E. I don't really like boxing, but the money is not bad at all.
$5,000 OMG that's crap money..how is he supposed to pay his trainers? I think dictator Dana W. can pay these figthers a little more than that? fighters don't have a long career in MMA, therefore, they should make a little more than what they are actually making. It's just my opinion.
Yea, Mayweather made 40 mil last fight, how is that fair!
Underdog,
Great point regarding salaries and cash outlay. Good trainers are anywhere from $70-100/hour, and that's taking into account discounts. That, of course, if offset by teaching (as long as you're at the right MMA gym). That being said, just think - two striking, one wrestling and two BJJ sessions a week. Even at a discount that's close to $400/week.
i ****ing hate mayweather!
Shit ! May Weather is all talk. Last time I heard he wanted to fight MMA, where is he now ? hmmm....
Boxing slowly disappears and the fighters reap the big money at the loss of fans who are willing to pay too much for a 140lb guy to dance for 10 rounds. Mayweather can smoke my pole.
Oscar De Lahoya got 28 million in PPvs from the Mayweather fight.
from Si's top..... 10Tiger Woods totalled 112 Million last year
Oscar 2nd at 55 Million
Sorry no Mayweather on the list at all...wonder why
He wasn't on the list, but you can't deny the fact that he made a lot of money just for one fight though.
My point is, 5 years from now, he wont be able to find a fight.
some of the funniest pics ive seen from fights.
Bisping won TUF which is a million pound contract spread over his first yr in the octagon. He has had alot ot fights nd won 9 sine starting therefore his fight appearance fee could not have dropped that drastically!
haha thats a classic Bisping face smack!
Lip curled up and lower jaw going for the bounce.