Joe Stevenson made more than $1,000 per second last night, raking in $32,000 to choke out Melvin Guillard at 27 seconds of the first round, according to MMAWeekly.com.
The entire fighter payroll for UFC Fight Night 9 tallied $174,000.
Here’s the breakdown:
Joe Stevenson — $32,000
Melvin Guillard — $7,000
Stevenson defeated Guillard via submission (guillotine choke) in round one.
Kenny Florian — $16,000
Dokonjonosuke Mishima — $8,000
Florian defeated Mishima via submission (rear naked choke) in round three.
Justin McCully — $6,000
Antoni Hardonk — $6,000
McCully defeated Hardonk via unanimous decision.
Drew Fickett — $20,000
Keita Nakamura — $4,000
Fickett defeated Nakamura via unanimous decision.
Roan Carneiro — $6,000
Rich Clementi — $12,000
Carneiro defeated Clementi via unanimous decision.
Kurt Pellegrino — $12,000
Nate Mohr — $3,000
Pellegrino defeated Mohr via submission (ankle lock) in round one.
Kuniyoshi Hironaka — $12,000
Forrest Petz — $4,000
Hironaka defeated Petz via unanimous decision.
Wilson Gouveia — $12,000
Seth Petruzelli — $5,000
Gouveia defeated Petruzelli via submission (guillotine choke) in round two.
Thiago Tavares — $6,000
Naoyuki Kotani – $3,000
Tavares defeated Kotani via unanimous decision.
These figures do not include bonuses that the UFC often awards fighters for accomplishments inside the Octagon such as “Fight of the Night,” “Submission of the Night,” etc.
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Some of these figures are sorry— $3k? Im always amazed when these things come out. Why does Clementi always make bank? His agent must be a pimp. Nice payday for Daddy. Guillard deserves less than 7k for that shit performace last night.
ficket should not make more money than florian, his fight wasn’t even aired, and yeah sirmixalot clementi is always over payed…
I feel sorry for the fighters. You can make it a “$$$/sec” thing, but bare in mind that they usually only fight every 2-3 months and there is the risk of injuries during training and medical suspensions by the NSAC and alike stuff.
Man … I sure hope they are not in it for the money.
WELL THE WAY I SEE IT IS,THE MITE NOT GET PAYED ALOT BT THE MONEY IS IN THE ENDORSMENTS THESE GUS GET TAPOUT,AF( AMERICAN FIGHTERS),PA99,ETCTHESE GUYS DO MAKE MORE PER FIGHT THEN WHAT THE UFC PAYS THEM.
YEAH AND RICHS MANAGER IS A PIMP I AGREE HE SHOLUD BE GETTIN PAID SHIT HE LOST TO SHONIE CARTER ON THE SHOW BRING SHONIE BACK AND GIVE THEM THAT MUCH MONEY SO HE COULD BUY SOME NEW CLOTHS
Forget the individual payouts. The entire payout was $174000. That is a f-u-c-k-i-n-g joke. Airtime for the commericials with an audience that’s 99% 18 - 45 males is around $40,000 per 30 secs or more. That’s $240,000 per commercial block at a minimum. How many blocks were there?
Everyone can still make money, but pay the fighters what they’re worth.
Oh, off the point, but if you are too dumb to turn off your caps lock, I aint reading what you write.
yeah, have to agree with MoreThanUFC, the payouts are a joke considering the revenue the event probably generated. I’d be interested in seeing what the ratings were for the event, anybody got a source?
sure hope there not in it for the money.
Good point You tapped. These guys aren’t makin enough for the work they put in, at this level, however some of these bigger fights are paying out quarter million dollars, that is the gold at the end of the rainbow they’re all fighting for.
NSAC numbers mean nothing. These guys are getting paid way more than what you see here and if they have a good agent and good sponsorships, then they are going great.
Some of the past ‘awards’ and ‘bonuses’ on a fight night have been over $60K to one person and you will never see that published. I don’t agree keeping everything secret, but that’s how Zuffa is choosing to operate right now. Take these numbers with a grain of salt unless you hear otherwise from a fighter on this card.
Since Dana thinks that all of us UFC fans make $72,000 a year, I think there should be a gauranteed base salary for all active UFC fighters of $72,000.
Some of these guys are the working poor.
Lol, good observation Erhardt.
174K is a joke and not all fighters have great sponsorship deals. I think there should be base salaries and set incentives for fight results: $10k bonus for knockout or sub, $5k for decision, etc. Just set a fair payscale that rewards fighters for going all out. Maybe the Lamiac, for example, would fight harder if he knew he’d get 1ok more to stop someone early!
At Pride 33 no fighter went home with less than 10k at least. Its not alot better, but with an average of 24k its alot better than what I’ve seen the UFC paying. Rather pay the fighters better and decrease their purse by 10% with those nice yellow cards like in Pride. Fighters benefit from it, the fans do and ultimately the entire event as well as the UFC as an organization.
Must be hard times as a fighter. Compared to the rest of the sports its almost buttons if your not a star name. I wonder how much it is all in for an average fighter to live on, including paying all the bills for there house, training, food, gear and there family.
I can’t believe how little they get paid. It’s nuts. Some kid that went to my highschool got singed to the colts as a third stringer and gets a 10,000 dollar check every week. This was before they won the super bowl. It is a shame that they put there heart and soul in to there traing and have very little, money wise, to show for it. If your wondering who the kid that got signed is it’s Tywan Hagler.
Wow, allot of you don’t have any clue what these guys really make. Most have mad sponsors that pay big time. Think about Fight night, Kenny probably hates xyience, but he sure tried to act like he was drinking it. I do think that some of them may be underpaid, but if you are fighting UFC than you are no slouch.
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Chris
I think Joe Stevenson’s 32g was a nice check considering how he handled Guillard. I think its great to pay the guys a decent wage to show up, but if you win you should make more than the loser. I hate that for Roan Carneiro.
For the UFC to get to the next level they need to pay the top half of contract fighters a upper middle class income. These guys need to move out of their parents house and have fighting and training as a full time job. I hope some day soon UFC fighters make as much as NBA players. They deserve it!