UFC 66 salaries...

As reported on www.MMATorch.com

UFC News: Fighter Salaries Disclosed for UFC 66
By Randy Rowles, MMATorch Contributor
Jan 3, 2007, 04:55

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The UFC Junkie has announced the official purse amounts for UFC 66,
courtesy of the Nevada State Athletic Commission, as reported to them
by the UFC.

The following salaries do not include any endorsement money
individual fighters may have made for this event, nor do they include
any additional fighter bonuses which are often handed down by the
UFC in private. In addition to their salaries listed here, the main event
fighters, Chuck Liddell and Tito Ortiz, will also get a bonus based on
PPV buys.

Winning fighters are in bold, followed by the fighter they defeated.

Chuck Liddell made $250,000 ($250,000 base salary / no win bonus).

Tito Ortiz made $210,000.

Keith Jardine made $14,000 ($7,000 base salary / $7,000 win bonus).

Forrest Griffin made $16,000.

Jason MacDonald made $10,000 ($5,000 / $5,000).

Chris Leben made $7,000.

Andrei Arlovski made $145,000 ($90,000 / $55,000)

Marcio Cruz made $5,000.

Michael Bisping made $24,000 ($12,000 / $12,000).

Eric Schafer made $4,000.

Thiago Alves made $22,000 ($11,000 / $11,000).

Tony DeSouza made $7,000.

Gabriel Gonzaga made $18,000 ($9,000 / $9,000).

Carmelo Marrero made $5,000.

Yushin Okami made $16,000 ($8,000 / $8,000).

Rory Singer made $5,000.

Christian Wellisch made $6,000 ($3,000 / $3,000).

Anthony Perosh made $3,000.

TOTAL OF ALL SALARIES = $767,000

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Andrei Arlovski made $145,000 ($90,000 / $55,000)

Marcio Cruz made $5,000.

That's interesting (if not funny).

3K to fight in UFC? - Wow

Its the pay perview bonus check that makes them big money winners

"3K to fight in UFC? - Wow " & "Dana is notorious for being cheap"

I don't want to defend Zuffa or disrespect your opinions but there are guys (and I'm sure good guys) that would PAY $3,000 to fight in the UFC.

Not only for the experience ($3,000 sounds about right for a vacation), but for the marketability of themselves as instrutors.

And I bet a lot of folks pay a LOT more than $3K - and not just in time training, travel, gear, etc. But in opportunity cost - 20 hours training per week does not lend well to climbing the corporate ladder (bonuses, pay raises).

More than anything, I'm amazed how little Pe de Pano earned. Considering this was his fourth fight in the Octagon, I would have thought he would have at least a 10k/10k deal.

3 or 5k isnt shit to fight, even 10k isnt, think about it, you fight like 2
or 3 UFC's a year, and you made about 15k for the year fighting?
Unless you can rake in good money doing personal appearances,
seminars and whatnot your not going to make much of a living at it.

Unless you get 10k per fight in sponsors?

"3 or 5k isnt shit to fight, even 10k isnt, think about it, you fight like 2 or 3 UFC's a year, and you made about 15k for the year fighting? Unless you can rake in good money doing personal appearances, seminars and whatnot your not going to make much of a living at it."

There's always working at McDonalds. No one is forcing anyone to be a professional fighter. If the pay is so terrible, Go park cars at the belagio for $75k per year.

The money you get from the ufc doesn't include sponsers. If you get a couple of good sponsers then you could make it work and a couple of thousand a fight..

I would pay to fight in the UFC

"More than anything, I'm amazed how little Pe de Pano earned. Considering this was his fourth fight in the Octagon, I would have thought he would have at least a 10k/10k deal."

Not to mention he already beat one former HW champ. That one surprises me too.

Alves is making more than I expected. Props to his manager.

Also doesnt Dana pay out finishing bonus's and KO and Sub of the night bonuses? If so alot of the guys who won made quite a bit more, as most fights did not go to decision.

IF I was a fighter, I'd probably pay to fight in the UFC too. The exposure a win would get you could be enormous.

3 words.........sponsors, sponsors, sponsors...like Nascar, Sponsor money is where it really is at.

ryan: that was alves' 6th ufc bout he has more than earned his payscale.