UFC 91 Fighter Payouts
by Cannon Jacques on Nov 17, 2008 5:04 PM EST
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Brock Lesnar — $450,000 ($250,000 to show, $200,000 to win)
Randy Couture — $250,000
Brock Lesnar defeated Randy Couture via technical knockout (strikes) in round twoKenny Florian — $80,000 ($ 40,000 to show, $40,000 to win)
Joe Stevenson — $35,000
Kenny Florian defeated Joe Stevenson via submission (rear naked choke) in round oneDustin Hazelett — $28,000 ($14,000 to show, $14,000 to win)
Tamdan McCrory — $10,000
Dustin Hazelett defeated Tamdan McCrory via submission (armbar) in round oneGabriel Gonzaga — $110,000 ($55,000 to show, $55,000 to win)
Josh Hendricks — $8,000
Gabriel Gonzaga defeated Josh Hendricks via technical knockout (strikes) in round oneDemian Maia — $40,000 ($20,000 to show, $20,000 to win)
Nate Quarry — $25,000
Demian Maia defeated Nate Quarry via submission (rear naked choke) in round oneAaron Riley — $8,000 ($4,000 to show, $4,000 to win)
Jorge Gurgel — $10,000
Aaron Riley defeated Jorge Gurgel via unanimous decisionJeremy Stephens — $16,000 ($8.000 to show, $8,000 to win)
Rafael dos Anjos — $4,000
Jeremy Stephens defeated Rafael dos Anjos via knockout in round threeMark Bocek — $18,000 ($9,000 to show, $9,000 to win)
Alvin Robinson — $7,000
Mark Bocek defeated Alvin Robinson via submission (rear naked choke) in round threeMatt Brown — $16,000 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 to win)
Ryan Thomas — $3,000
Matt Brown defeated Ryan Thomas via submission (armbar) in round two
The base fighter payroll for the event was $1,118,000, and the 14,272 attendees yielded a gate of $4.8 million. Submission of the Night and Knockout of the Night bonuses were awarded the Dustin Hazelett and Jeremy Stephens, respectively. Jorge Gurgel and Aaron Riley received bonuses for Fight of the Night. Each bonus was worth $60,000.
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I am surprised.
I am really surprised that Gabriel Gonzaga was being paid more than co-main event fighter Kenny Florian. The KenFlo fight was one of the reasons I decided to buy the ppv which I had resolved not to purchase.
"Stop smiling you are about to be punched in the face !"
He signed his contract after the Crocop fight I do believe… when everyone thought he was the next big thing at HW
then he proceeded to get pwned by Couture, Werdum, and then got fed cans.
Florian, on the other hand, hasn’t had such a high profile win (like crocop was). If he were to sub/KO Penn (high unlikely) then I bet he would get paid a shit ton too.
Stephens’ KO bonus was well deserved. That uppercut was insane. I can’t remember which website it was, but someone likened it to a “Shoryuken” from Streetfighter. I jumped out of my seat when that happened.
More like SHOOOORYUKEN!!!!
From Streetfighter II :)
by xFenixKnightx on Nov 18, 2008 10:16 AM EST up reply actions
Now I know why Gonzaga goes so fucking nuts when he wins – he just make an extra 55k.
by Derek Suboticki on Nov 17, 2008 5:49 PM EST reply actions
Randy’s pay has gone up with his new contract (he made $250k for his wins against Gonzaga and Sylvia), wonder what his PPV cut is now?
I bet Kenny Florian’s next contract will be well beyond anything Gonzaga makes particularly if he can look as good against Penn as he looked against Stevenson.
You didn’t enjoy the fight with Riley? Maybe it was a TV thing but in the arena, watching those two throw non-stop for three rounds was a lot of fun.
I’ve seen a lot of negative comments about Gurgel for putting himself out there, at risk, and ignoring his advantages but then people have negative things to say about Machida for basically doing the opposite. I’m not saying you had anything bad to say about Lyoto but I just find it funny that both guys get lambasted for the way they fight.
Gurgel ignores the whole aspect of his game that would make him a decent fighter by standing up and trying to swing for the fences. I feel frustrated and embarrassed watching him fight, seeing his clumsy boxing get picked apart by mediocre fighters.
I’m sure this has been covered ad nauseum already.
I was highly entertained by the fight…but Gurgel is so frustrating, especially after watching Hazelett, his student.
Agree completely,
even when he took Riley down he did so with no time left in the 2nd. It is pretty ridiculous that he did not even try any subs. I can understand trying to stand & bang but when that clearly is not working you would think he would revert back to his BJJ
for that money...
I’ll walk out there with ear muffs looking for my baseball
a lightweight bout between Aaron Riley and Jorge Gurgel netted each competitor a Fight of the Night bonus.
HAHA OWNED!
and this is like his 2nd or 3rd FOTN
so that, plus the fact he is a well known instructor…
I think he is doing just fine
why do people still believe these numbers.
Everyone readily accepts the fact that Fedor got more than 300k for Sylvia, and that Trigg got more than $1 for his last fight, but everyone acts like the numbers on the Zuffa cards are the only amount of cash that Zuffa pays these fighters.
people feel the need to hate Zuffa, so they have to find something to hate
by dbcb on Nov 17, 2008 10:17 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Because it’s no one’s business how much a fighter makes?
Because if no one knows how much the fighters make it’s harder for the agents to negotiate with the UFC.
Because all the money in the reported salaries needs to be given to the Athletic Commission before the event to ensure that the money is there and the fighters won’t get screwed (if the UFC isn’t going to screw them, why hand that money over beforehand)
another source
Here’s another source showing a fighter getting more than these numbers say, I think it’s about time to end the whining about them not getting paid enough because we really have no information.
For the first time you won at UFC and didn’t get the submission of the night bonus…
Yes, but Dana White also gave me an extra bonus for that (laughs)…
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