The Ultimate Fighter 9 finale made UFC history and gave out three Fight Of The Night awards. The fight card for this event was incredible. Starting the night of with a great fight was Joe Stevenson vs Nate Diaz. Followed by a great 3 round war with Chris Lytle vs Kevin Burns and to top the night off another 3 round war with Diego Sanchez vs Clay Guida.These guys came to fight a put a show on fans.
Main card
Diego Sanchez $ 90,000 ( includes $45,000 win bonus)
Clay Guida $23,000( win bonus would have been $23,000)
Both fighter received a $25,000 fight bonus
James Wilks$16,000 (includes an $8,000 win Bonus)
DeMarques Johnson$8,000(win bonus would have $8,000)
Chris Lytle$36,000(includes $18,000 win bonus)
Kevin Burns$9,000(win bonus would have been $9,000
Both fighters received a $25,000 fight of the night bonus
Ross Pearson$16,000(includes $8,000 win bonus)
Andre Winners $8,000 (win bonus would have been $8,000)
Joe Stevenson$70,000(includes $35,000 win bonus)
Nate Diaz$20,000(win bonus would have been $20,000)
Respect should be show for these fighters. The more well know fighters have a nice payday but some of the lesser known fighter do not. Only making $8,000 dollars for a fight can’t even cover the cost of training camp. They still have to work another job to support there families and then train. They really have to sacrifice a lot to follow there dream of being a UFC fighter.
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The time will soon come when we will be talking about how much they are making. Some Main Card fights have tripled already over the last year. I really enjoy watching come ups (newbies) because the fighter has so much more to gain. GO UFC!
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MMA Punk Reply:
June 27th, 2009 at 3:19 am
Discgolferj You statement is very true. We will be talking about how much the figters are making in the near future. The higher the pay check the better fight cards and fighters we will have. Just look now hell everyone wants in the MMA world. Some of these guys train for a month in jujitsu and want to step into the cage becaus they a famous.
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Twitter: extremejohn
June 25, 2009 at 11:57 pm
Without a doubt that time will come, it’s amazing that even at this stage the UFC is making some serious serious cash while holding the fighters salaries down. $90k for the main event winner in a hand to hand combat sport, craziest shit ever.
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