UFC Fight Night 24 Salaries: Antonio Rogerio Nogueira Top Earner With $90K Payday
by Nick Thomas on Mar 29, 2011 8:25 AM EDT
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According to the Washington State Department of Licensing: (via Heavy.com)
Phil Davis: $34,000 ($17,000 win bonus) def. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira: $90,000
Anthony Johnson: $40,000 ($20,000 win bonus) def. Dan Hardy: $25,000
Amir Sadollah: $40,000 ($20,000 win bonus) def. DaMarques Johnson: $14,000
Chan Sung Jung: $10,000 ($5,000 win bonus) def. Leonard Garcia: $18,000
Mike Russow: $28,000 ($14,000 win bonus) def. Jon Madsen: $10,000
Mackens Semerzier: $12,000 ($6,000 win bonus) def. Alex Caceres: $8,000
John Hathaway: $26,000 ($13,000 win bonus) def. Kris McCray: $10,000
Michael McDonald: $10,000 ($5,000 win bonus) def. Edwin Figueroa: $6,000
Christian Morecraft: $12,000 ($6,000 win bonus) def. Sean McCorkle: $10,000
Johny Hendricks: $44,000 ($22,000 win bonus) def. T.J. Waldburger: $8,000
Aaron Simpson: $30,000 ($15,000 win bonus) def. Mario Miranda: $10,000
Nik Lentz: $30,000 ($15,000 win bonus) def. Waylon Lowe: $12,000
Total payroll: $537,000
$55,000 bonuses:
Submission of the Night - Chan Sung Jung
Knockout of the Night - Johny Hendricks
Fight of the Night - Michael McDonald and Edwin Figueroa
March 26th set an attendance and gate record for a Fight Night event with 14,212 in attendance and a gross gate of $1,182,850. Medical suspensions after the jump.
UFC Fight Night 24: Nogueira vs. Davis coverage
HT: MMAJunkie.com
- Phil Davis: suspended seven days
- Antonio Rogerio Nogueira: suspended seven days
- Dan Hardy: suspended seven days
- Anthony Johnson: suspended seven days
- Amir Sadollah: suspended seven days
- DaMarques Johnson: suspended 30 days
- Leonard Garcia: suspended seven days
- Chan Sung Jung: suspended seven days
- Jon Madsen: suspended 30 days (likely as the result of a severely swollen eye)
- Mike Russow: suspended seven days
- Alex Caceres: suspended seven days
- Mackens Semerzier: suspended seven days
- Kris McCray: suspended 42 days
- John Hathaway: suspended seven days
- Edwin Figueroa: suspended seven days
- Michael McDonald: indefinite medical suspension
- Christian Morecraft: suspended seven days
- Sean McCorkle: suspended seven days
- T.J. Waldburger: suspended 30 days
- Johny Hendricks: suspended seven days
- Aaron Simpson: suspended seven days
- Mario Miranda: suspended 30 days
- Nik Lentz: suspended 42 days
- Waylon Lowe: suspended seven days
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It always bothers me when there’s such a disparity between payouts for each fighter in a single fight. Especially when its the Main Event. There should be a bonus for young fighters like Davis moving so quickly on to such a high profile position.
Conducting an experiment on knocking people out in particular ways would be unethical.
Its called signing a contract. Every member of a sports team gets paid what they agree to in the contract. Its why bad fighters can be paid oodles of money and good fighters can get paid nothing. Fight until your contract is over then get your bread.
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You mean it doesn’t bother you when Starlin Castro hits a triple off of Roy Halladay?
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by Charles Awad on Mar 28, 2011 8:29 PM EDT up reply actions
That’s total fucking bullshit and against the principles of the free market.
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by Derek Suboticki on Mar 28, 2011 8:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Thank you for enlightening me
Conducting an experiment on knocking people out in particular ways would be unethical.
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Conducting an experiment on knocking people out in particular ways would be unethical.
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by The One Who Wears The Crown on Mar 29, 2011 10:06 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
why should Davis get lil Nog money ? he is Phil Davis a excellent prospect future constant top 10 guy but right now he is just Phil Davis great prospect making 17 an 17 isn’t to bad considering he signed with 4 pro fights to his name
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Very valid points
I don’t think he should be pulling 90k to show, but headliner shouldn’t be making 17/17 either IMO. And I do get that that is his contract and that’s cool. Just doesn’t feel right to me. Also, its not really something I think is a huge deal, just something I don’t particularly like.
Conducting an experiment on knocking people out in particular ways would be unethical.
Well for all we know Dana wrote him an extra check in the back for stepping up like he did. Lets face it just because we see these athletic commission reports it doesn’t mean we actually know what these guys are making.
Also true
We really have no idea what any of these guys annual salaries are.
Conducting an experiment on knocking people out in particular ways would be unethical.
Alex Caceres making more to show than The Korean Fucking Zombie is damn near criminal.
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Looks like he's still on the WEC contract
Hopefully it expired after this fight. At least he got that bonus.
Conducting an experiment on knocking people out in particular ways would be unethical.
Foreign fighters
Their line isn’t trustworthy. That’s old hat.
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by Charles Awad on Mar 28, 2011 8:29 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
Yeah
How crazy after his 0-2 Zuffa record coming into tonight!
Did you notice that he actually made $65,000 on Saturday? Without counting sponsors?
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by Derek Suboticki on Mar 28, 2011 8:31 PM EDT up reply actions
was talking about his base pay
and his first “loss” was one of the best fights of last year
And everyone knows it wasn't a real loss
That said, foreign fighters tend to have very low base salaries in the UFC, especially Japanese fighters. I’ve been told there’s some sort of arcane tax reasons for this and they don’t actually make out as poorly as you’d think. I’m also guessing that his base is a remnant of his WEC contract and will be increased drastically once he re-ups with the UFC.
I don't think it's too arcane
My understanding is if an overseas fighter fights and gets paid in the US, they pay taxes here plus their home country. If they get paid in their home country, they only pay taxes in their home country.
Say it with me, folks
Non-American fighters often have low reported totals to avoid tax liability.
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by duck on Mar 28, 2011 8:34 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
Actually never heard this before
Conducting an experiment on knocking people out in particular ways would be unethical.
Happens all the time – you “announce” their pay as one number and give them another (it’s actually quite common for foreign gyms/camps to be paid instead of directly paying the fighter).
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by Derek Suboticki on Mar 28, 2011 8:35 PM EDT up reply actions
Makes sense
Just never really thought about and hadn’t heard it discussed before
Conducting an experiment on knocking people out in particular ways would be unethical.
gegard mousasi's contract is generally very very small
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Yes cuz I believe after 50 or 75 K reported you get federally taxed up the ass.
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They are taxed at up to 30% and State I dont know but here is a link
http://www.uncwil.edu/ba/finance/controller/documents/ForeignNationalFederalTaxWithholding.pdf
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Right
They are structured differently for tax purposes.
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by The American Ronin on Mar 28, 2011 10:18 PM EDT up reply actions
That's too many words
How about “furriners are crooked”
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by Derek Suboticki on Mar 28, 2011 8:35 PM EDT up reply actions
no. why would zuffa have any interest in paying the tax liability for someone just because they don’t live here. if you are a company (which zuffa is) and you can’t show where your money went, then you are responsible for the taxes.
I think 5k is actually all his contract calls for, since he stated in an interview that he is finally glad to be done with his old WEC contract now, so no more 5k fights.
he has gotten 2 bonuses though, 55 and 65 apiece, so its not like Zuffa hasn’t given him any bread
by TheBiggertheyare... on Mar 28, 2011 8:47 PM EDT up reply actions
When did he get a 65k bonus? I doubt he got a bonus for being KO’ed by Roop, and his FOTN bonus for his first fight with Garcia surely wasn’t 65k, but more like the standard 10k WEC gave out, no?
That fight was on the PPV card they did, so I’m guessing bonuses were bigger than ususal that time.
by Horselover Fat on Mar 29, 2011 8:46 AM EDT up reply actions
i wish we actually saw the real paydays
backroom bonuses, sponsers, and how much of the salary goes to camps, managers, agents etc
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People have been getting worked up over these numbers for years now but even fighters have said they aren’t actually what they are making. It would be great if we knew exactly what they were making but it would also be great if more people finally came to understand that we don’t really have a clue.
It is intentionally kept vague for a reason – less actual money is paid out that way, and guys go out of their way to curry favor with Dollar White.
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by The American Ronin on Mar 28, 2011 10:19 PM EDT up reply actions
I don’t understand why people bitch about these salaries. From my comment above:
Its called signing a contract. Every member of a sports team gets paid what they agree to in the contract. Its why bad fighters can be paid oodles of money and good fighters can get paid nothing. Fight until your contract is over then get your bread.
Should Chan Sung Jung be getting paid more than 5k/5k? Yeah. And he will once the contract he signed for 5k/5k is up.
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There are major problems
in Contractarianism. For example, many people are forced to sign contracts they don’t want to because they are poor.
Not to mention that the law can define who can and cannot enter a contract.
by Infinite_Jest on Mar 28, 2011 9:23 PM EDT up reply actions
All he needs to do is perform, like he did, and Zuffa will take care of him, all there is to it.
Why should they support a sub par fighter?
by TheBiggertheyare... on Mar 28, 2011 9:40 PM EDT up reply actions
Since he fought for the title, I was thinking Dan Hardy was getting paid more than 25k…seems a little low
Seeing his last two performances, it seems a little high
by Horselover Fat on Mar 29, 2011 8:47 AM EDT up reply actions
Well compare to Rumble’s 20k pay… Hardy has received a lot more marketing push from the UFC being in a title fight, etc. You’d think that his salary would match that. Look at Koscheck, he makes around 75k in base pay… Not saying Hardy should make as much, of course not, but it easily could’ve been closer to 50k.
Yeah I know, I wasn’t really serious in saying he’s overpayed. Just a little play on words from the previous post. He’s fairly popular and I’m almost never going to complain about someone getting payed too much. Well, except James Toney..
by Horselover Fat on Mar 29, 2011 10:56 AM EDT up reply actions
how can nogueira have a better contract than rich franklin? that’s crazy. rich has been a total company man his entire career and always puts on good fights, but he only makes $75,000/fight.
Are you sure about that?
Serious question. I would be surprised if Rich got a piece of PPV, but stranger things have happened.
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by The American Ronin on Mar 28, 2011 10:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Glad Jung, Michael McDonald and Edwin Figueroa
Got some of the fight night bonuses…they put on great performances and considering their pay, it’s nice to see them get the bonuses.
In situations like these I always flashback to Pat Barry getting the Fight of the Night and Knockout of the Night bonus at UFC 104.
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by George BLACKenschmidt on Mar 28, 2011 10:56 PM EDT up reply actions
Giving that Caceres's salary is reported at 8K
I’d ballpark it around there. In fact, I remember reading (either here or on MMAPayout.com – don’t remember) that the “new” minimum salary for the UFC is somewhere between 6k-8k.
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I had no idea Aaron Simpson was even on this card
he’s fallen down the ranks pretty hard.
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