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UFC 109 Salaries and Analysis

UFC 109's salaries are now public:

  • Randy Couture $250,000 (no win bonus) def. Mark Coleman $60,000
  • Chael Sonnen* $64,000 ($32,000 to show, $32,000 to win) def. Nate Marquardt* $45,000
  • Paulo Thiago* $30,000 ($15,000 to show, $15,000 to win) def. Mike Swick $43,000
  • Demian Maia $62,000 ($31,000 to show, $31,000 to win) def. Dan Miller $15,000
  • Matt Serra* $150,000 ($75,000 to show, $75,000 to win) def. Frank Trigg $30,000
  • Mac Danzig $40,000 ($20,000 to show, $20,000 to win) def. Justin Buchholz $8,000
  • Melvin Guillard $28,000 ($14,000 to show, $14,000 to win) def. Ronys Torres $4,000
  • Rob Emerson $24,000 ($12,000 to show, $12,000 to win) def. Phillipe Nover $10,000
  • Phil Davis: $10,000 ($5,000 to show, $5,000 to win) def. Brian Stann $17,000
  • Chris Tuchscherer $20,000 ($10,000 to show, $10,000 to win) def. Tim Hague $7,000
  • Joey Beltran $12,000 ($6,000 to show, $6,000 to win) def. Rolles Gracie $15,000

 

*- these four fighters took home $60,000 "Fight Night" Bonuses.

Total salary (without "Fight Night" bonuses) $944,000. Base salary $724,000. Total money paid out $1,184,000.

Total bonus money was $457,000. Without "Fight Night" bonuses, bonus money was $217,000.

Randy Couture received 34.5% of the base salary and 26.5% of the total salary

Matt Serra received 10.4% of the base salary and 15.8% of the total salary.

Randy Couture and Matt Serra's salary accounted for 45.9% of the base salary and 42.3% of the total salary.

SBN coverage of UFC 109: Relentless

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

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Randy Couture > Matt Serra > Mark Coleman > Nate Marquardt > Mike Swick > Chael Sonenn > Demian Maia > Frank Trigg > Mac Danzig > Brian Stann > Rolles Gracie/Paulo Thiago/Dan Miller > Melvin Guillard > Rob Emerson > Chris Tuchscherer/Phillipe Nover > Justin Buchholz > Tim Hague > Joey Beltran > Phil Davis > Ronys Torres

Now this is what WKR believes the ranking should look like.

Randy Couture > Chael Sonnen/Nate Marquardt/Demian Maia > Matt Serra > Paulo Thiago > Mark Coleman > Mike Swick > Phil Davis > Dan Miller > Frank Trigg > Melvin Guillard > Brian Stann/Mac Danzig/Ronys Torres > Chris Tuchscherer > Rob Emerson/Justin Buchholz/Tm Hague > Joey Beltran > Rolles Gracie/Phillipe Nover

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Serra’s getting $75K to show? Wow. But I guess it’s easier to convince your boss to agree to that kind of pay when he knows you’re only going to fight once a year.

by agentsmith on Feb 8, 2010 9:22 AM EST reply actions  

Randy must be getting a cut from the PPV sales and perhaps other perks too, ‘cause he was making all that noise correct me if I’m wrong, about getting paid around that amount. He was mad or something that he was making so little. As for mark that’s probably his farewell gift. SEE YAH!

by Lil Pinga on Feb 8, 2010 3:18 PM EST reply actions  

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