The official list of UFC 175 salaries was announced earlier today and despite a sold out crowd at the Mandalay Bay Hotel & Casino the total pay out for the 20 fighters totalled $1,158,000.
The pay structure is atop the list of concerns by UFC fighters and I’m sure now that the sport is becoming mainstream UFC President Dana White will look into bumping up these salaries.
Here is the full list of payouts courtesy of MMAJunkie.com:
The Full UFC 175 payouts included:
Chris Weidman: $450,000 (includes $225,000 win bonus)
def. Lyoto Machida: $200,000Ronda Rousey: $120,000 (includes $60,000 win bonus)
def. Alexis Davis: $24,000Uriah Hall: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
def. Thiago “Marreta” Santos: $10,000Russell Doane: $18,000 (includes $9,000 win bonus)
def. Marcus Brimage: $10,000Urijah Faber: $120,000 (includes $60,000 win bonus)
def. Alex Caceres: $19,000Kenny Robertson: $28,000 (includes $14,000 win bonus)
def. Ildemar Alcantara: $16,000Bruno Santos: $16,000 (includes $8,000 win bonus)
def. Chris Camozzi: $23,000Rob Font: $16,000 (includes $8,000 win bonus)
def. George Roop: $20,000Luke Zachrich: $16,000 (includes $8,000 win bonus)
def. Guilherme Vasconcelos: $8,000Kevin Casey: $16,000 (includes $8,000 win bonus)
def. William “Bubba” Bush: $8,000Now, 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 discretionary bonuses the UFC oftentimes pays. Additionally, they don’t include any pay-per-view revenue some top fighters receive.
We will keep you informed about the UFC’s total earnings from UFC175.