UPDATED: "EliteXC: Heat" Payroll Released

by Chris Nelson on Oct 6, 2008 3:26 PM EDT in News Comment 40 comments

Jeff Sherwood just reported the following payouts on the "Savage Dog Show." The numbers come from Sherdog's Loretta Hunt.

Seth Petruzelli - $50,000

Kevin "Kimbo Slice" Ferguson - $500,000

If these numbers are accurate, then the reports that we were hearing on fight night - that EXC had to sweeten the pot considerably to get Kimbo to take the bout - would appear to be true. In his last two fights for the promotion, Ferguson earned $175,000 (vs. Tank Abbott) and $250,000 (vs. James Thompson) in disclosed salary.

[UPDATE] by Nick Thomas - MMAWeekly.com has posted the rest of the card:

MAIN EVENT FIGHTERS
– Seth Petruzelli ($50,000/win bonus was $15,000) def. Kevin "Kimbo Slice" Ferguson ($500,000/win bonus would have been $100,000)

MAIN CARD FIGHTERS
– Jake Shields ($50,000/win bonus was $10,000) def. Paul Daley ($12,000)
– Andre Arlovski ($500,000) def. Roy Nelson ($80,000)
– Gina Carano ($25,000/win bonus was $10,000) def. Kelly Kobald-Gavin ($6,000)
– Benji Radach ($30,000/win bonus was $15,000) def. Murilo Rua ($35,000)

PRELIMINARY CARD FIGHTERS
– Cristiane Santos ($8,000/win bonus was $4,000) def. Yoko Takahashi ($2,000)
– Conor Heun ($5,000/win bonus was $2,500) def. Edson Berto ($5,000)
– Mikey Gomez ($4,000/win bonus was $2,000) def. Lorenzo Borgomeo ($1,500)
-- Nicolae Curry ($1,500/win bonus was $750) def. Jorge Boechat ($1,000)

ELITE XC "HEAT" DISCLOSED FIGHTER PAYROLL: $ 1,316,000

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What about Petruzelli?

Do you know how his number increased, if at all? (I would expect that it did..)

by Blackout612 on Oct 6, 2008 3:30 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I have no idea, but for reference: the undercard (non-televised bouts) fighters for EXC’s last CBS show all took home between $2,000 and $5,000.

by Chris Nelson on Oct 6, 2008 3:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Wow

No wonder Kimbo was so gracious in defeat. That is a huge reason to take yoru first loss. Just took care of his family for the next two years with that pasting. Good for him.

by Nick Travaglini on Oct 6, 2008 3:32 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Just two years?

How big is his family anyway?

by JCS_FM on Oct 6, 2008 3:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think he’s got five kids. One of his sons is named “Kevlar.”

by Chris Nelson on Oct 6, 2008 4:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

From Nick Thomas:

Monsters : Even though you only had an hour to get ready for this fight against kimbo, what was your strategy fighting against Kimbo, uh, err, uh, were you tryin to uh, submission him out?

Seth Petruzelli: My original plan was to throw a lot of push kicks, called teeps, and try to rush in more, and then shoot in on him, obviously.

M: So you wanted to get him on the ground? There’s no way you wanted to box him standing up?

SP: Not really, but I train with lots of undefeated pro boxers, a couple guys have a belt, and my style kinda throws them off a bit, I have kind of an awkward style. So, I knew I would do alright standing up with him. THE PROMOTERS KINDA HINTED TO ME, AND THEY GAVE ME THE MONEY TO STAND AND TRADE WITH HIM. THEY DIDN’T WANT ME TO TAKE HIM DOWN. LETS JUST PUT IT THAT WAY.

M: Ahhh.. ok.

SP: It was worth my while to try and stand up and punch with him"

His earlier post stated Seth said he was paid 6 figures

by dnevil001 on Oct 6, 2008 3:37 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs

Beat me to it

by Ubernoober on Oct 6, 2008 3:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

lol,

I love this comment from him! It really says a lot about the company. While obviously pushing Houston Alexander, the UFC apparently did not pay guys not to take him down or feed him guys that would only stand with him

by dnevil001 on Oct 6, 2008 3:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

They asked him to fix the fight. They didn’t say, “go in there and lose”, but they tried to give Kimbo the advantage and they used money to do it. That is what fixing is. Glad he threw a wench in the gears.

by szucconi on Oct 6, 2008 3:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Absolutely

I’m a little shocked, though I probably shouldn’t be. Jared Shaw is a fucking scumbag.

by Blackout612 on Oct 6, 2008 3:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

wow

just wow.

Will be interesting to see if they ever give Seth another match after letting that cat out of the bag.

by mythbuster on Oct 6, 2008 3:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

True,

they did not say go in there and lose. I never said any different. Using additional money to influence a fight in any fashion is fixing, by definition. Just not complete fixing.

by dnevil001 on Oct 6, 2008 3:51 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

The UFC

pays fighters additional money for exciting fights

How paying 50k for knockout of the night not influencing a fight by that definition?

by Ashurbanipal on Oct 6, 2008 4:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Fight bonuses

for exciting fights are a far cry from paying someone not to take your “rising star” down. Do you think the UFC would have preferred Thiago Alves & Eric Schaffer not take down Alexander, and rather them both stand to bang with him?

by dnevil001 on Oct 6, 2008 4:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

The bonus for exciting fights is not fixing. It is an after the fact bonus for doing your job. To get KO of the night you need to win and they give a KO and sub bonus so they don’t infuence game plans. Giving one fighter a bonus for standing durring his fight with the intention of giving the other fighter an advantage is fixing. end.

by szucconi on Oct 6, 2008 4:34 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

There’s also a submission of the night, so it doesn’t influence where they choose to take the fight.

Intentional Blog on Balls

by Richard Wade on Oct 6, 2008 5:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Seth

is going back to his smoothie company with that dough!

by dnevil001 on Oct 6, 2008 3:52 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Can you imagine

Dana White and the smile on his face??

by dnevil001 on Oct 6, 2008 3:57 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Kimbo got 500k for 14 seconds. that is almost as good as the CEO of WaMu, lol.

"The bigger the cushion, the sweeter the pushin'"

by BJJDenver on Oct 6, 2008 4:11 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Wow, what a way to put it.

200,000 in the bank, 100,000 to put towards bills/food/expenses, 200,000 to pay opponents to lay down in the future.

by Slica on Oct 6, 2008 4:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Don’t forget Taxes take half. Heh Heh.

by natyong on Oct 6, 2008 4:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

…or 200k in taxes, 50k in training fees and then you can do what you want.

by Simco on Oct 6, 2008 5:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

mother fucker….

“THE PROMOTERS KINDA HINTED TO ME, AND THEY GAVE ME THE MONEY TO STAND AND TRADE WITH HIM. THEY DIDN’T WANT ME TO TAKE HIM DOWN. LETS JUST PUT IT THAT WAY.”

This infuriates me… disgusts me… ON NETWORK TV no less.

Where the fuck is the MMA media?

by mmalogic on Oct 6, 2008 4:57 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

This is something

that I have always heard about in boxing and had hoped would not rear its ugly head in my MMA!

by dnevil001 on Oct 6, 2008 5:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

can you cite even one boxing fight in the last twenty years with the high profile the Kimbo fight had where this kind of accusation was made?

by boxingstudent on Oct 6, 2008 5:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

its like paying a fighter more not to use his strong hand…

unfucking believable…

first it was yelling at the refs now this…

Im saddened for the sport.

The USA is going down not because the government is corrupt… It’s because the media didnt do it’s job and the people didn’t care.

by mmalogic on Oct 6, 2008 5:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

That is not what I said,

my point was that fixed boxing fights have been reported (not to me personally I am 32) and since MMA is relatively young in the mainstream, this is the first reported incident. Again, I have no inside or personal knowledge of any boxing matches being fixed. Mainly because I do not care, but with that much money changing hands & only 3 people being personally involved you know it happens.

by dnevil001 on Oct 6, 2008 5:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

bargain beauty

Arlovski and Kimbo both made 20X more than Gina? I hope the sponsors took care of her.

by steak_knife on Oct 6, 2008 4:58 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

When I saw steak_knife pop up on the bottom of my screen, I knew what he was going to talk about. LOL.

by Cannon Jacques on Oct 6, 2008 5:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

This is an outrage Cannon J! My girl deserves a lot more money than that. There’s a recession going on.

by steak_knife on Oct 6, 2008 8:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Don’t fret. I think she’s doing okay with the notoriety and all. I mean, how could a sponsor overlook Gina with her brutal striking and striking beauty?

by Cannon Jacques on Oct 6, 2008 9:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

If not,

I will happily do so!!

by dnevil001 on Oct 6, 2008 5:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Carano should have been paid more. She’s the star that came through; she should have been the main event after Shamrock pulled out, and she’ll be the biggest attraction for the final CBS show against Cyborg.

by dmayeda on Oct 6, 2008 5:38 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

$1 million on two fighters, one of which ain't yours, the other lost

Dana White + shit eating grin = Dana White today.

by subo on Oct 6, 2008 6:16 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Well no doubt Dana’s happy at Kimbo’s loss, but Affliction footed the bill for the Arlovski/Nelson match.

by Chris Nelson on Oct 6, 2008 6:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

and people think Brock gets payed too much..500,000 for 14 seconds where do i sign up

"If I wanted to spend a half hour between two hairy legs I'd go to your mother's house." -Don Frye

by Pitbull on Oct 6, 2008 6:26 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

When Arlovski is fighting for Dana in a year and making half of that (While increasing Dana’s pockets from higher PPV rates from the added exposure Arlovski is getting), Dana will thank eliteXC for the free promotion via CBS!

Wow, Dana was right…these other start ups really are padding his pockets while developing all of the talent out there that Dana will get in another year or so anyway…at half the cost!

by lbk on Oct 6, 2008 8:17 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

wow, looks like EXC just broke even with barely any profit.

-gate revenue was around $850k
-the total payout, minus arlovski/nelson coming out of affliction’s pocket, looks to be around $700k
-kimbo gets 60% of the gate revenue
-production costs must have been,i don’t know, 50-100k?
-sponsorship practically non-existent. what did affliction pay for all those commercials?

by rickards on Oct 6, 2008 9:43 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs