UFC 109 salaries: Couture's $250K flat payday leads $944K fi
February 08, 2010 08:28 AM
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| LAS VEGAS – Competing in the second bout of a new seven-fight deal with the UFC, five-time champion Randy Couture picked up the biggest check at Saturday's "UFC 109: Relentless" event for his winning effort against Mark Coleman. Couture made an event-high $250,000 in disclosed pay (with no win bonus) to lead UFC 109's official fighter payroll of $944,000. MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) recently requested and received the list of disclosed salaries from the Nevada State Athletic Commission. UFC 109 took place Feb. 6 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas and aired on Spike TV (two preliminary-card fights) and then pay-per-view (main card). In addition to Couture, other top earners from the card included Matt Serra ($150,000), Chael Sonnen ($64,000), Demian Maia ($62,000) and Coleman ($60,000). The full payouts included: Randy Couture: $250,000 (no win bonus) def. Mark Coleman: $60,000 Chael Sonnen: $64,000 (includes $32,000 win bonus) def. Nate Marquardt: $45,000 Paulo Thiago: $30,000 ($15,000 win bonus) def. Mike Swick: $43,000 Demian Maia: $62,000 ($31,000 win bonus) def. Dan Miller: $15,000 Matt Serra: $150,000 ($75,000 win bonus) def. Frank Trigg: $30,000 Mac Danzig: $40,000 ($20,000 win bonus) def. Justin Buchholz: $8,000 Melvin Guillard: $28,000 ($14,000 win bonus) def. Ronys Torres: $4,000 Rob Emerson: $24,000 ($12,000 win bonus) def. Phillipe Nover: $10,000 Phil Davis: $10,000 ($5,000 win bonus) def. Brian Stann: $17,000 Chris Tuchscherer: $20,000 ($10,000 win bonus) def. Tim Hague: $7000 Joey Beltran: $12,000 ($6,000 win bonus) def. Rolles Gracie: $15,000 Now, 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 bonuses the UFC oftentimes pays. For example, as discussed above, the figures above do not include the UFC's traditional "fight night" bonuses. The UFC 109 bonuses were worth $60,000 and awarded to Serra (Knockout of the Night), Thiago (Submission of the Night), and Chael Sonnen and Nate Marquardt (Fight of the Night). In other words, the above salary figures are simply base salaries reported to the commission and do not reflect entire compensation packages for the event. |
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