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UFC 106 Salaries and Analysis


There were some early reports regarding fighter salaries for UFC 106 but the entire salary list is now public.

  • Forrest Griffin $250,000 ($150,000 to show, $100,000 to win) def. Tito Ortiz $250,000.
  • Josh Koscheck** $106,000 ($53,000 to show, $53,000 to win) def. Anthony Johnson* $17,000.
  • Paulo Thiago $16,000 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 to win) def. Jacob Volkmann $6,000.
  • Antonio Rogerio Nogueira* $100,000 ($70,000 to show, $30,000 to win) def. Luiz Cane $19,000.
  • Amir Sadollah $30,000 ($15,000 to show, $15,000 to win) def. Phil Baroni $25,000.
  • Ben Saunders $20,000 ($10,000 to show, $10,000 to win) def. Marcus Davis $27,000.
  • Kendall Grove $44,000 ($22,000 to show, $22,000 to win) def. Jake Rosholt $15,000.
  • Brian Foster $12,000 ($6,000 to show, $6,000 to win) def. Brock Larson $26,000.
  • Caol Uno $20,000 (no win bonus as fight was a majority draw) vs. Fabricio Camoes $10,000 (no win bonus as fight was a majority draw).
  • George Sotiropoulos $20,000 ($10,000 to show, $10,000 to win) def. Jason Dent $8,000.

*- all fighters received a $70,000 "Fight Night" bonuses. Josh Koscheck received two bonuses for both "Fight of the Night" and "Submission of the Night."

Total base salary for the fight card was $766,000.

Total bonus money -including "Fight Night" bonuses- was $534,000. Without "Fight Night" bonuses, bonus money was $254,000.

Total salary for UFC 106 was $1.3 million.

Update: WKR forgot to include Dustin Hazelett who was awarded a full purse ("to show" and "to win" money) when Karo Parisyan withdrew from their fight. Hazelett's salary was not disclosed by the NSAC but at UFC 91 he received $14,000 to show and $14,000 to win.

Forrest Griffin and Tito Ortiz's base salaries made up 52.2% of the total base salary for UFC 106 but once bonuses are added Griffin and Ortiz's salaries made up 38.4% of the total salary for UFC 106. "Fight Night" bonuses made up 19.2% of the total salary.

SBN coverage of UFC 106: Ortiz vs. Griffin 2

After the jump WKR will try out a new feature where we rank the fighters based upon their perceived value to Zuffa (based on "to show" money). Followed by our own rankings.

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Value of each fighter for Zuffa according to "to show" money.

Tito Ortiz > Forrest Griffin > Antonio Rogerio Nogueira > Josh Koscheck > Marcus Davis > Brock Larson > Phil Baroni > Kendall Grove > Caol Uno > Luiz Cane > Anthony Johnson > Amir Sadollah/Jake Rosholt > Ben Saunders/Fabricio Camoes/George Sotiropoulos > Paulo Thiago/Jason Dent > Brian Foster/Jacob Volkman

Now this is what WKR believes the ranking should look like

Forrest Griffin > Tito Ortiz > Antonio Rogerio Nogueira > Josh Koscheck > Anthony Johnson > Luiz Cane > Marcus Davis > Kendall Grove > Caol Uno > Brock Larson > Jake Rosholt/Amir Sadollah > Paulo Thiago > Ben Saunders/Fabricio Camoes/George Sotiropoulos > Brian Foster > Jason Dent/Phil Baroni/Jacob Volkman.

SBN coverage of UFC 106: Ortiz vs. Griffin 2

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what about Dustin Hazelett’s Show/win has it been added to the total payroll

by davec84 on Nov 23, 2009 2:18 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

ahhh!!!! totally forgot about Dustin, I’ll update it

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by Zak Woods on Nov 23, 2009 2:26 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

I’ll try to, some Athletic commissions don’t disclose the payroll

Also it gets tricky sorting out some of our rankings. Like Caol Uno hasnt performed well but his worth is in foreign appeal. Basically there are a lot of factors that make it tricky

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by Zak Woods on Nov 23, 2009 4:01 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

stop whining and get it done. The people demand it.

Shit, my name is on the bottom of the post. How do i make it anonymous. Damn it

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by Zach Krantz on Nov 23, 2009 4:23 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

haha

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by Zak Woods on Nov 23, 2009 4:27 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

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