Saturday, July 9, 2011

UFC 131 Salaries Released

Main-event winner Junior Dos Santos earned an event-high $200,000 payday, and co-main-event winner Kenny Florian earned $130,000 at this past month's UFC 131 event.

Overall, the 24 event fighters accounted for a $782,000 payroll for the June 11 event.
 
Junior Dos Santos: $200,000 (includes $100,000 win bonus)
def. Shane Carwin: $40,000

Kenny Florian: $130,000 ($65,000 win bonus)
def. Diego Nunes: $12,000

Mark Munoz: $60,000 ($30,000 win bonus)
def. Demian Maia: $43,000

Dave Herman: $36,000 ($18,000 win bonus)
def. Jon Olav Einemo: $15,000

Donald Cerrone: $40,000 ($20,000 win bonus)
def. Vagner Rocha: $6,000

Sam Stout: $38,000 ($19,000 win bonus)
def. Yves Edwards: $12,000

Chris Weidman: $20,000 ($10,000 win bonus)
def. Jesse Bongfeldt: $6,000

Krzysztof Soszynski: $24,000 ($12,000 win bonus)
def. Mike Massenzio: $8,000

Nick Ring: $16,000 ($8,000 win bonus)
def. James Head via submission: $6,000

Dustin Poirier: $10,000 ($5,000 win bonus)
def. Jason Young: $6,000

Joey Beltran: $24,000 ($12,000 win bonus)
def. Aaron Rosa: $6,000

Darren Elkins: $16,000 ($8,000 win bonus)
def. Michihiro Omigawa: $8,000

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. They also do not include any other "locker room" or special bonuses the UFC oftentimes pays. They also do not include portions of the pay-per-view revenue that some top-level fighters receive.

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