UFC 100 Salaries!

I love looking at these lists. A lot of the time they make no freaking sense, and UFC 100 is no exception.

The headlining fighters each made 400,000, which is good scratch. However, they came across it a little differently. Brock Lesnar gets paid in a flat fee. Meaning if he wins or loses, the dude is going back to his unabomber shack in the woods with 400 grand. However, most other fighters, including Georges St. Pierre, get a win bonus. For example, GSP gets 200,000 to fight, and since he won, he picks up another 200 grand.

The award for most overpaid goes to Mark Coleman. The undercard winner over Stephan Bonnar made a cool 100,000 to not even be on TV. Not mad at the guy for getting paid, but you can’t tell me that Dana White doesn’t hate signing that check.

The award for most underpaid goes to Paulo Thiago who lost to Jon Fitch in the swing fight after the main event. Fitch made a cool 90 grand for the win, and Thiago made just 9,000 to fight. That’s not a good. A close runner up goes to Jon Jones who made only 18,000 for his win on the undercard. However, Jones is still on his “rookie” UFC contract. He’ll get paid the next time around.

Here’s the full list, courtesy of MMAweekly:

MAIN EVENT FIGHTERS

-Brock Lesnar $400,000 (no win bonus) def. Frank Mir $45,000 (win bonus would have been $45,000)

-Georges St. Pierre $400,000 (includes $200,000 win bonus) def. Thiago Alves $60,000 (win bonus would have been $60,000)

MAIN CARD FIGHTERS

-Dan Henderson $250,000 (includes $150,000 win bonus) def. Michael Bisping $150,000 (win bonus would have been $100,000)
*Henderson also received a $100,000 bonus for Knockout of the Night

-Jon Fitch $90,000 (includes $45,000 win bonus) def. Paulo Thiago $8,000 (win bonus would have been $8,000)

-Yoshihiro Akiyama $60,000 (includes $20,000 win bonus) def. Alan Belcher $19,000 (win bonus would have been $19,000)
*Both fighters also received a $100,000 bonus for Fight of the Night

PRELIMINARY CARD FIGHTERS

-Mark Coleman $100,000 ($50,000 win bonus) def. Stephan Bonnar $25,000 (win bonus would have been $25,000)

-Jim Miller $22,000 (includes $11,000 win bonus) def. Mac Danzig $20,000 (win bonus would have been $20,000)

-Jon Jones $18,000 (includes $9,000 win bonus) def. Jake O’Brien $13,000 (win bonus would have been $13,000)

-Dong Hyun Kim $58,000 (includes $29,000 win bonus) def. T.J. Grant $5,000 (win bonus would have been $5,000)

-Tom Lawlor $16,000 (includes $8,000 win bonus) def. C.B. Dollaway $14,000 (win bonus would have been $14,000)
*Lawlor also received a $100,000 bonus for Submission of the Night

-Shannon Gugerty $10,000 (includes $5,000 win bonus) def. Matt Grice $7,000 (win bonus would have been $7,000)

UFC 100 DISCLOSED FIGHTER PAYROLL: $1,790,000

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