“EliteXC: Street Certified” Official Fighters’ Salaries

[NWOWolfpack]

“EliteXC: Street Certified” Official Fighters’ Salaries: Payouts from $1 to $175,000

MMAjunkie.com (http://www.mmajunkie.com) today received the official reported salaries from Saturday’s “EliteXC: Street Certified” event. Kevin “Kimbo Slice” Ferguson, the night’s main-event winner, earned the highest the biggest payout at $175,000, and his opponent, David “Tank” Abbott, earned $126,000.

The event took place at the sold-out BankUnited Center at the University of Miami in Florida. The main card aired on Showtime.

The salaries were acquired from the Florida State Boxing Commission. They ranged from just $1 to $175,000.

The total disclosed payroll for the event was $479,001.

* Kevin Ferguson ($175,000) def. David Abbott ($126,000)
* Antonio Silva ($80,000) def. Ricco Rodriguez ($20,000)
* Scott Smith ($12,000) def. Kyle Noke ($3,000)
* Yves Edwards ($6,000) def. Edson Berto ($6,000)
* Brett Rogers ($4,000) def. James Thompson ($25,000)
* Rafael Feijao ($6,000) def. John Doyle ($2,5O0)
* Yosmany Cabezas ($2,000) def. Jon Kirk ($2,500)
* Dave Herman ($1,500) def. Mario Rinaldi ($2,000)
* Eric Bradley ($1,000) def. Mikey Gomez ($1,500)
* Lorenzo Borgomeo ($1,000) def. Mike Bernhard ($1,500)
* Moyses Gabin ($1)* def. Jirka Hlavati ($500)

* — Yes, Gabin earned just $1. We confirmed the amount with the FBAC, though MMAjunkie.com has been unable to confirm why the amount was so low.

Now, the usual disclaimer: the figures do not include deductions for items such as insurance, licenses and taxes. Additionally, the figures do not include money paid by sponsors, which can oftentimes be a substantial portion of a fighter’s income. In other words, these are simply base salaries reported to the FSBC and do not represent the total amounts earned by each fighter.

[broncofan]

* Moyses Gabin ($1)* def. Jirka Hlavati ($500)

$1, Are you fucking kidding me?

Huge paydays for Slice and Tank.

[broncofan]

So we discovered that Moyses Gabin actually made a hot George Washington for beating Jirka Hiavati last Saturday during EliteXC’s “Street Certified”. That seems fair, considering that the main event fighters collected $301,000 - um, collectively. Pro Elite got an e-mail from EliteXC Head of Fighter Operations, Jeremy Lappen, regarding the matter:

“That fight was put together by a local promoter. “Gabin is paid a salary by the promoter who sponsored that bout.”

Outside promoter or not, Gabin got railed with no lube. Maybe he’s into that sort of thing…or maybe he was dying for something from the Wendy’s dollar menu. Either way, he notched a win, so it’s all good…kind of.

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[Rattlesnake840]

Kimbo made 175... damn I cant believe how much people are buying into him.

[keithlewis]

Kimbo made 175... damn I cant believe how much people are buying into him.

I can't believe Tank makes more than Tim Sylvia!

[WESTWOOD303]

believe it bro, TANKS THE MAN!!!