UFC 100 Fighter Salaries
Brock Lesnar and Georges St.Pierre were the two highest paid athletes at last Saturday evening’s UFC 100 as both champions walked away with $400,000 for their winning efforts.
Lesnar was guaranteed the $400,000 to fight while $200,000 of GSP’s payout came in the form of a win bonus.
Trailing the salary leaders were the TUF 9 coaches Dan Henderson ($250,000) and Michael Bisping ($150,000).
Mark Coleman was the highest paid undercard fighter with a total payday of $100,000.
A full list of the payouts for UFC 100 are listed below:
Brock Lesnar: $400,000 def. Frank Mir: $45,000
Georges St-Pierre: $400,000 ($200,000 win bonus) def. Thiago Alves: $60,000
Dan Henderson: $250,000 ($150,000 win bonus) def. Michael Bisping: $150,000
Jon Fitch: $90,000 (including $45,000 win bonus) def. Paulo Thiago: $8,000
Yoshihiro Akiyama: $60,000 ($20,000 win bonus) def. Alan Belcher: $19,000
Mark Coleman: $100,000 ($50,000 win bonus) def. Stephan Bonnar: $25,000
Jim Miller: $22,000 ($11,000 win bonus) def. Mac Danzig: $20,000
Jon Jones: $18,000 ($9,000 win bonus) def. Jake O’Brien: $13,000
Dong Hyun Kim: $58,000 ($29,000 win bonus) def. T.J. Grant: $5,000
Tom Lawlor: $16,000 ($8,000 win bonus) def. C.B. Dollway: $14,000
Shannon Gugerty: $10,000 ($5,000 win bonus) def. Matt Grice: $7,000
Some points I have problems with:
Mark Coleman- I understand hes a legend and all but seriously why would this guy get a guaranteed 50 grand to fight. Hes not gonna be a title contender.
Frank Mir- Only a guaranteed 45 grand in the main event of the “Biggest mma event in history”. I mean that is over 100 gs less than Bisping…
Michael Bisping- Really? I understand a lot of people picked the upset( I did… Im an idiot.) and hes a huge draw in england but come on.
Dong Hyun Kim- Is he supposed to be their big draw in asia. 29 gs is too much for a guy who is not exciting and most likely gonna be a journeyman.
Frank Mir’s salary is his own fault. Maybe he should get a new agent or deal. He has good marketability still with potential matchups with good heavyweight fighters. I hope the UFC doesn’t push a third fight because Lesnar showed me is at another level. I thought before the fight that a second fight with Randy would be great, but now its making a lot of people wonder if its worth it. Mir should definately be getting paid more even with a loss.
What is wrong is that without the 150K bonus Hendo’s base salary was 50K less than Bisping’s. I know he is the UFC’s UK poster child, I just don’t like him that much ever since the Hammil fight and think based on his performances in the cage he is overpaid.
LMAO at the fact that Mark Coleman got paid $100,000. And Frank Mir gets a measly $45,000??? Wow, that’s crazy!
I really do want the UFC to come out with a veteran or a senior or a hall of fame division. Something so that we can see the old heads fight and it still be kind of cool. Cuz Mark Coleman will never be a top-tier fighter again, but I still kind of like seeing him fight. I’d like to see Coleman vs. Severn.
Patrickk “I’d like to see Coleman vs. Severn.”
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