Griffin, Ortiz, Koscheck and Nogueira among highest paid fighters from UFC 106
Forrest Griffin may have edged out Tito Ortiz on the judges scorecards during the main event of this past weekend’s UFC 106, the bout can be officially declared a draw in the financial department as both men walked away with a cool 250K for their bruises.
The Nevada State Athletic Commission today released the salary figures in a report from MMAJunkie.com.
Other top paid fighters include Josh Koscheck, who collected $106,000 for strangling Anthony Johnson, and Antonio Rogerio Nogueira, who picked up 100 large for the two minutes it took to leave fellow Brazilian Luiz Cane in a heap via TKO.
A full list of the reported salaries from UFC 106 are listed below:
Forrest Griffin: $250,000 (includes $150,000 win bonus) def. Tito Ortiz: $250,000
Josh Koscheck: $106,000 ($53,000 win bonus) def. Anthony Johnson: $17,000
Paulo Thiago: $16,000 ($8,000 win bonus) def. Jacob Volkmann: $6,000
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira: $100,000 ($30,000 win bonus) def. Luiz Cane: $19,000
Amir Sadollah: $30,000 ($15,000 win bonus) def. Phil Baroni: $25,000
Ben Saunders: $20,000 ($10,000 win bonus) def. Marcus Davis: $27,000
Kendall Grove: $44,000 ($22,000 win bonus) def. Jake Rosholt: $15,000
Brian Foster: $12,000 ($6,000 win bonus) def. Brock Larson: $26,000
Caol Uno: $20,000 vs. Fabricio Camoes: $10,000
George Sotiropoulos: $20,000 ($10,000 win bonus) def. Jason Dent: $8,000
Cory Brady is the managing editor of FiveOuncesOfPain.com, along with being a regular feature writer with Ultimate MMA Magazine. You can follow him on Twitter at http://twitter.com/corybrady
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Phil Baroni: $25,000… wow. If i was a fighters manager and saw this I would be livid. He got paid more than both Anthony Johnson and Jacob Volkman combined.
thats what i was thinking dub.
how does that happen??
Johnson and Baroni are under the same management.
It’s all about the timing of when you sign your contract. Baroni just signed his so naturally he’s making more than a guy, like Johnson, who signed his contract a few fights ago. If “Rumble” signed a new deal today I’m pretty sure he’d be making more than the NYBA per bout.
didnt know they were under the same management. Still I can be a human punching bag for that kind of money lol
C’mon now, $17K for Johnson and he’s in the Co-Main Event??
Not that suprising he’s probably on his original contract or if he signed a new contract after around 5 fights he was 4-1 with a loss that really shouldn’t have been one.
If I understand this correctly, Griffin had to win in order to earn 250k, but Ortiz got that much despite losing. I wonder how much Ortiz would’ve earned if he’d won. And I wonder if Griffin is happy about it, especially since he’s as popular as Ortiz, and maybe more so.
Johnson 17k ? Can’t be right. Strikeforce pays as much as the list above. WEC guys don’t get paid shit. No wonder Dan Henderson and Strikeforce is in the air.