UFC 164 salaries: Mir, Barnett, Benson lead payroll

[Charlie Sheen]

Main card (Pay-per-view)
Anthony Pettis ($27,000 + $27,000 = $54,000) def. Benson Henderson ($110,000)
Josh Barnett ($160,000 + no win bonus) def. Frank Mir ($200,000)
Chad Mendes ($31,000 + $31,000 = $62,000) def. Clay Guida ($44,000)
Ben Rothwell ($54,000 + $54,000 = $108,000) def. Brandon Vera ($70,000)
Dustin Poirier ($20,000 + $20,000 = $40,000) def. Erik Koch ($15,000)

Preliminary card (Fox Sports 1)
Gleison Tibau ($37,000 + $37,000 = $74,000) def. Jamie Varner ($17,000)
Tim Elliott ($8,000 + $8,000 = $16,000) def. Louis Gaudinot ($8,000)
Hyun Gyu Lim ($10,000 + $10,000 = $20,000) def. Pascal Krauss ($15,000)
Chico Camus ($8,000 + $8,000 = $16,000) def. Kyung Ho Kang ($8,000)

Preliminary card (Facebook/YouTube)
Soa Palelei ($10,000 + $10,000 = $20,000) def. Nikita Krylov ($8,000)
Al Iaquinta ($10,000 + $10,000 = $20,000) def. Ryan Couture ($15,000)
Magnus Cedenblad ($6,000 + $6,000 = $12,000) def. Jared Hamman ($14,000)

Additionally, Pettis, Mendes, Pascal Krauss and Hyun Gyu Lim earned $50,000 post-fight bonuses for their work.

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[MANIAC123]

Funny how heavyweights are always so overpaid.

 

[alrite]

You forgot to add about 100-200k in locker room bonuses for each fighter.

 

[The Real Pedro]

Funny how heavyweights are always so overpaid.

There's a high demand for and relatively low supply of large athletes.

 

[mma pratice**]

Anthony Pettis only has a $27k base salary?

Lol... UFC pay makes Don King look like Mother Teresa.

 

[TFanatic]

Funny how heavyweights are always so overpaid.

Except they're not.

 

[irish_thug]

Funny how heavyweights are always so overpaid.

Laws of supply and demand.

 

[Junior Cigano**]

Not a Guida fan but I'm surprised Rothwell and Vera get more show money than he does. I'm sure Anthony Pettis will be getting a huge raise soon.

 

[Reel Box Fen**]

LMAO WHAT A JOKE! UFC fighters get paid NOTHING. LW WORLD CHAMPION GETTING 27K PER FIGHT!


UFC IS BIGGER THAN SOCCER.

UFC IS SWALLOWING BOXING!

UFC FIGHTERS GET PAID NOTHING. DANA WHITE IS A LIAR. JOE ROGAN IS AN IDIOT.

The only thing worse than UFC fighter pay is the geeks on Sherdog who condone it. Rampage said it best when the UFC wants to lowball fighters they keep PPV sales private and tell the fighters they didnt sell enough PPVs. When the UFC wants to pretend theyre swallowing boxing they claim to sell a million PPVs. I doubt the UFC has sold more than 100k PPVs in the last 2 years. Paying fighters peanuts and a Ford F-150 pick up truck as backroom bonus is usually enough these days. LMAO. What a joke.

 

[ALAN PARTRIDGE]

why no win bonus for Josh???

 

[TFanatic]

LMAO WHAT A JOKE! UFC fighters get paid NOTHING. LW WORLD CHAMPION GETTING 27K PER FIGHT!


UFC IS BIGGER THAN SOCCER.

UFC IS SWALLOWING BOXING!

UFC FIGHTERS GET PAID NOTHING. DANA WHITE IS A LIAR. JOE ROGAN IS AN IDIOT.

The only thing worse than UFC fighter pay is the geeks on Sherdog who support it.

Kill yourselves.

This guy thinks Pettis was the LW champ going into the fight. What an idiot.

 

[Reel Box Fen**]

This guy thinks Pettis was the LW champ going into the fight. What an idiot.

Oh sorry guise, I forgot that in a sport thats "swallowing boxing" the title contender gets 27 k a fight.

UFC is a fucking joke.

 

[Charlie Sheen]

edit

Benson was the champ, man.

 

[Nicslagan]

Showtime should get paid more for sure. I mean...the famous showtime kick. I hope he gets paid 200,000 each fight. He deserves it. He is exciting win or lose. That is who should get paid more.

 

[thechoice2]

why no win bonus for Josh???

PPV % more than likely.


Also, does Rothwell lose his win bonus since he tested positive? I know the win wasn't overturned, but I thought the UFC still didn't award win bonuses when a fighter fails a drug test....I'm curious if they can withhold a bonus when a fighter's win isn't overturned.

 

[Lucifer Alpha]

Cut Rothwell and Vera. Give Pettis all their money.

 

[MirByArmbar]

Lol I'll never understand fighter pay. You get what you can negotiate. Get mad at agents, not at the ufc.

 

[BORCAT]

Geez, I can see why these guys are high rollers.

Those salaries are killer.

 

[BORCAT]

Funny how heavyweights are always so overpaid.

They will always get more then any woman or flyweight.

For obvious reasons.

 

[benjaminbuttons]

You forgot to add about 100-200k in locker room bonuses for each fighter.

what are u new?