The Nevada State Athletic Commission has released salary information for UFC 98. The live gate took in approximately 3.4 million and $957,000 was the total payout.
Individual payouts;
Lyoto Machida- $200,000 + knock out of the night $60,000
Rashad Evans -$200,000
Matt Hughes-$260,000 + fight of the night $60,000
Matt Serra -$135,000+ fight of the night $60,000
Drew McFredries -$34,000
Xavier-Foupa-Pokam-$6,000
Chael Sonnen-$50,000
Dan Miller-$15,000
Phillipe Nover -$10,000
Krzystof Soszynski-$16,000
Andrew Gusmao-$5,000
Yoshiyuki Yoshida-$16,000
Brandon Wolf -$3,000
George Roop-$16,000
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Wow, the money they make from these fights are horrible. Hopefully oneday MMA will be the respected and be the real american past time.
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MMA Punk Reply:
May 29th, 2009 at 8:37 pm
Sangalicious. MMA is still young and growing. You have to keep in mind that this is what they have do disclose to the public. What a fighter really makes is unknown. They do not have to disclose what the have in there contracts.
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I’d take a serious beating, give a good show and even scream like a girl for that payday !
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MMA Punk Reply:
May 29th, 2009 at 8:26 pm
Ya. I’m with you Brain that’s alot of money.
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MMA Punk, I like your site. I heard about it from Extreme John. It was interesting seeing the fighers’ salaries. I had no idea that the Athletic Commission released those. I’m looking forward to UFC 100.
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MMA Punk Reply:
June 10th, 2009 at 12:51 am
The Constant Complainer. Thanks for the comment. The Fighter have to release There Fight salaries but this does not include all the money they make for the fight. What they make form sponcers or points on the PPV buys they do not have to report. We may never know what a fighter really make for one single fight. Extreme John is a great guy and a great friend. I’ll tell him you stoped by.
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dude that isnt money in the bank at all….u got to pay for ur dietary needs…..u still have to pay for training…and if ur u UFC fighter that isnt that much money at all
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