Elite XC/Strikeforce Payouts

by Luke Thomas on Jun 27, 2007 12:01 PM EDT in MMA News

It's hard to know which organization is doing the right thing with respect to fighter pay. Is the UFC's idea of letting market forces slowly inch fighter pay towards big dollars the right thing for the sport and the organization or is Elite XC/Strikeforce fairly compensating fighters? I don't know the truth, but I do know the former gives paydays that would make Dana White blush:

-Frank Shamrock ($1.3 million) def. Phil Baroni ($75,000)
-Cung Le ($100,000) def. Tony Fryklund ($12,000)
-Murilo "Ninja" Rua ($50,000) def. Joey Villasenor ($32,000)
-Paul Buentello ($50,000) def. Carter Wiliams ($25,000)
-Paul Daley ($30,000) def. Duane "Bang" Ludwig ($15,000)
-Edson Berto ($25,000) def. Victor Valenzuela ($30,000)
-Josh Thomson ($15,000) def. Nick Gonzalez ($10,000)

Frank Shamrock's payday crushes Chuck Liddell and no one made less than ten grand. For the fighter's sake, let's hope it's Elite XC that's got the right business plan.

Update [2007-6-27 16:34:0 by Luke Thomas]: Fightlinker has informed me the numbers from MMANews are bogus. Please disregard.

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Re: Elite XC/Strikeforce Payouts

Villasenor was on a 32/32 while Ninja was on a 25/25? That's the only weird one I saw. Freak's pay seems a little low for his veteran status, but he's damn near washed up. The rest all seem inline with I believe to be fair money given revenue generated.
Baroni's cut will be MUCH higher since he's getting a cut of the PPV, as will Frank's.
Think Leonard Garcia is debating signing that three fight 2/2 deal?

by MoreThanUFC on Jun 27, 2007 12:09 PM EDT reply actions

Re: Elite XC/Strikeforce Payouts

Here's the Fight Network's report on the salaries. I trust them more than MMA News, who even added a 'If this is true...' bit at the end of their post.

Frank Shamrock - $200,000
Phil Baroni - $100,000
Cung Le - $45,000
Tony Fryklund - $8,000
Paul Daley - $6,000 (plus $6,000 win bonus)
Duane Ludwig - $15,000
Josh Thomson - $15,000 (plus $5,000 win bonus)
Nick Gonzalez - $4,000
Murilo Rua - $25,000 (plus $25,000 win bonus)
Joey Villasenor - $15,000
Paul Buentello - $25,000 (plus $25,000 win bonus)
Sean Bassett - $3,700
David Smith - $1,000 (plus $1,000 win bonus)
Sam Spengler - $3,000
Seth Kleinbeck - $3,000 (plus $3,000 win bonus)
Chris Cariaso - $3,000 (plus $1,000 win bonus)
Anthony Figueroa - $3,000
Rex Richards - $2,000 (plus $2,000 win bonus)
Ray Seraille - $4,000
Jason Von Flue - $10,000
Luke Stewart - $10,000
Mike Pyle - $10,000 (plus $10,000 win bonus)
Aaron Wetherspoon - $4,000
Nik Theotikos - $2,800
Nikk Covert - $1,500
Edson Berto - $7,000 (plus $7,000 win bonus)
Victor Valenzuela - $4,000
Carter Williams - $13,340