UFC salary summary for 2011

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UFC salary summary for 2011

Postby keithlewis » Thu Jan 12, 2012 3:21 pm

mma-manifesto.com put together an interesting, but necessarily incomplete piece on UFC fighter salaries. It includes reported salaries plus Fight of the Night, Knockout of the Night and Submission of the Night bonuses. Many athletic commissions don't report fighter's salaries, so for those mma-manifesto.com estimated a fighter's purse based on what they have earned in their other recent fights. Estimated salaries are indicated with a *.

The figures do not represent an accurate assessment of each fighter's income. Fighters bear significant costs including training expenses, a percentage to management, a percentage to the trainer, insurance, licenses, and taxes.

On the income side, sponsorship money can be a substantial portion, or even exceed the purse from the fight. Further, the UFC often gives out undisclosed "locker room" bonuses for exceptional performance. Elite level fighters can negotiate a portion of the PPV revenue, which can substantially exceed the disclosed payout. Further, many fighters earn income from teaching, from appearances, and in many cases from regular employment in the non fighting space.

1 Tito Ortiz* $1,495,000
2 Michael Bisping* $850,000
3 Jon Jones* $785,000
4 Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira* $750,000
5 Vitor Belfort* $620,000
6 Lyoto Machida* $604,000
7 Frank Mir* $575,000
7 Rampage Jackson* $575,000
9 Mauricio Rua* $565,000
10 Donald Cerrone $494,000
11 Junior dos Santos $485,000
12 Rashad Evans* $480,000
13 Anderson Silva* $475,000
14 Wanderlei Silva $470,000
15 Cung Le $420,000
16 Brock Lesnar $400,000
17 Forrest Griffin* $400,000
18 Georges St-Pierre* $400,000
19 Alistair Overeem $385,714
20 B.J. Penn* $375,000
21 Nate Diaz* $364,000
22 Frankie Edgar* $339,000
23 Cheick Kongo* $330,000
24 Dan Henderson $320,000
25 Chris Lytle* $310,000
26 Urijah Faber* $305,000
27 Clay Guida $301,000
28 Nick Diaz $275,000
29 Johny Hendricks* $270,000
30 Diego Sanchez $260,000
31 Randy Couture* $250,000
32 Martin Kampmann* $247,000
33 Jose Aldo* $225,000
34 Gleison Tibau* $224,000
35 Antonio Rogerio Nogueira* $210,000
36 Ross Pearson* $200,000
37 Kenny Florian* $195,000
38 Edson Barboza* $194,000
39 Ben Henderson* $193,000
40 Dong Hyun Kim $193,000
41 Melvin Guillard* $190,000
42 Chris Leben* $184,000
43 Brian Stann* $181,000
44 Josh Koscheck* $181,000
45 Brandon Vera $180,000
46 Mark Munoz* $180,000
47 Brian Ebersole* $177,000
48 Joe Lauzon* $173,000
49 Michael McDonald $161,000
50 Jeremy Stephens* $156,000
51 Dominick Cruz* $155,000
52 Matt Wiman* $155,000
53 Jake Ellenberger* $151,000
54 Mark Hominick* $151,000
55 Chan Sung Jung* $150,000
56 Jake Shields* $150,000
57 Mirko Cro Cop* $150,000
58 Miguel Torres $146,800
59 Anthony Johnson* $145,000
60 Pablo Garza* $145,000
61 Carlos Condit $143,000
62 Gray Maynard* $138,000
63 Chris Weidman* $134,000
64 Demian Maia* $129,000
65 Stefan Struve* $128,000
66 Brian Bowles* $127,000
67 Danny Castillo* $124,600
68 Shane Roller* $124,000
69 Jon Fitch* $120,000
70 Tony Ferguson* $116,000
71 Dan Hardy* $115,000
72 Nam Phan* $115,000
73 Yves Edwards* $112,000
74 Leonard Garcia* $111,000
75 Nik Lentz* $110,000
76 Thiago Silva $110,000
77 Sam Stout $108,000
78 Anthony Njokuani* $106,000
79 Dave Herman $106,000
80 Jim Miller* $105,000
81 Ricardo Lamas* $105,000
82 Bart Palaszewski $103,500
83 Travis Browne* $102,000
84 Vladimir Matyushenko $102,000
85 Brendan Schaub* $100,000
86 Cain Velasquez $100,000
87 Ed Herman $100,000
88 Matt Hughes* $100,000
89 Takanori Gomi* $100,000
90 Dennis Siver* $99,000
91 Kyle Noke* $99,000
92 Mark Hunt* $99,000
93 Thiago Alves* $99,000
94 Aaron Simpson* $98,000
95 Alexander Gustafsson* $96,000
96 Diego Brandao $96,000
97 Erik Koch* $94,000
98 Joe Stevenson* $94,000
99 Paul Kelly $94,000
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