MMAmania.com (www.mmamania.com) has received the fighter payouts for UFC 88: “Breakthrough” from the Georgia Athletic and Entertainment Commission for the pay-per-view (PPV) event held on September 6 from the Philips Arena in Atlanta.
And the former light heavyweight champion of the world, Chuck Liddell, cashed in big, raking in $500,000 large despite a vicious knockout loss courtesy of a thundering Rashad Evans overhand right. It was the third loss for the “Iceman” in his last four fights.
Evans, on the other hand, didn’t do too bad either, hauling in a nice $120,000 payday.
Former Pride FC middleweight and welterweight champion picked up a cool $250,000 for his first win inside the Octagon since 1998. And former 185-pound champion Rich Franklin wa rewarded with $100,000 for his move back up to the light heavyweight division.
Here are all the UFC 88 payouts:
Rashad Evans — $120,000 ($60,000 to show, $60,000 to win)
Chuck Liddell — $500,000
Evans defeated Liddell via knockout in round two
Rich Franklin — $100,000 ($50,000 to show, $50,000 to win)
Matt Hamill — $10,000
Franklin defeated Hamill via technical knockout in round three
Dan Henderson — $250,000 ($100,000 to show, $150,000 to win)
Rousimar Palhares — $7,000
Henderson defeated Palhares via unanimous decision
Nate Marquardt — $56,000 ($28,000 to show, $28,000 to win)
Martin Kampmann — $15,000
Marquardt defeated Kampmann via technical knockout (strikes) in round one
Dong Hyun “Stun Gun” Kim — $46,000 ($23,000 to show, $23,000 to win)
Matt Brown — $8,000
Kim defeated Brown via split decision
Kurt Pellegrino — $24,000 ($12,000 to show, $12,000 to win)
Thiago Tavares — $13,000
Pellegrino defeated Tavares via unanimous decision
Tim Boetsch — $16,000 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 to win)
Mike Patt — $5,000
Boetsch defeated Patt via technical knockout (strikes) in round one
Jason MacDonald — $44,000 ($22,000 to show, $22,000 to win)
Jason Lambert — $17,000
MacDonald defeated Lambert via submission (rear naked choke) in round two
Ryo Chonan — $30,000 ($15,000 to show, $15,000 to win)
Roan Carneiro — $9,000
Chonan defeated Carneiro via split decision
Keep in mind the salaries listed above do not include fight bonuses, sponsorships, percentages and other unofficial payments. It also does not include deductions for expenses such as insurance, taxes, etc.
For example, the UFC often hands out extra cash for “Fight of the Night,” “Knockout of the Night” and “Submission of the Night.” To check out these figures for UFC 88 go here.
The total base fighter payroll for UFC 88 was $1.27 million.
For complete results and coverage of the “Breakthrough” click here and here.
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i hope matt brown got alittle under the table, performance bonus money. his fight with the donger was close, but i thought brown won, therefore not getting a win bonus.
hendo got a nice payday. good for him!
The Donger! Nice.
stun gun got a pretty hefty salary for his 2nd fight in the Octagon
damn look at the split from henderson to palhares! 250k compared to 7k lol… can you say stepping up in competition?
Haha i like the donger too. Yeah he banked pretty well
It was not close… Brown won… he was ripped off… I’ve never felt that way about a decision before in MMA, this is the 1st time.
he won the second round thats it, how didt he score in the first and third?
MAttHamil Bisping fight …
THORAZINE Stop it. This is not the worst decision. This is actually the correct decision. I was worried Stun Gun would lose because of favortism but for once the judges got it right. He had Brown in all kinds of danger that first round that I don’t see how anyone could score it in Brown’s favor. The second round Brown definately won but still not a 10 8 round. The third round was closer but Stun Gun got the take down and GNP till the bell. Granted he wasn’t smashing him, but he was still winning the round. 2 rounds to 1 no matter how many times you replay it.
I can’t believe Rashad Evans gets paid more than Rich Franklin…
im sure the ufc brass cant either. they were not expecting THAT win bonus.
Still, how is rashad getting paid more to show than Rich Franklin? I’d have to say even with the losses to Silva, Franklin is still a more popular fighter…
My sentiments exactly, Rich needs a new manager
EVERYBODY, DID YOU FORGET THAT RASHAD WON THE TUFF SHOW? THATS WHY HE MAKES MORE. DUUUUHHHHHHHHH
yes, but Franklin is still a better and more popular fighter than Rashad…..did you notice Forrest’s salary for defeating Rampage? think it was like #350,000….150 to show 150 to win…thats a better contract than Hendo….
Becuase Grffin won the show as well, Pluse he’s done well, and always puts on exiting fights, and casual fans like/ and know who he is.
hopefully he is getting more salary income that isn’t associated with fight performance. The UFC never talks about that money
Franklin has never been paid that much… I’ve always felt he was due for a big payday… I’m pretty sure White gives Franklin big bonuses on the side… He’s got to make close to what Hendo makes. Right?
Yeah, I’m sure he gets the bonuses. Last year, he pulled in over a million in sponsorships and appearance fees according to CNBC, so he’s not hurting.
I’m sure Franklin gets a lot on the side. He always puts on a great fight and say what you want about Dana, he rewards exciting fighters.
Better than that 40k a year teachers salary hey
rashad is fast and strong could have went either way but chuck had just gotten caught a little before rashad. that upper cut would have maybe put rashad to sleep if chuck would have been a little faster good fight though , go houston alexander, come the 17th in omaha neberaska hate the huskers but love houston
cant believe palhares takes home only 7k
well at least the days of “icant belive so and so” guys only making 3 grand a fight. dont forget about sponers. looked like palhares had a pretty big condom depot logo on his trunks, if my eyes were’nt decieving me.
are over.
your eyes were deceiving you, it was a maxipad logo
lol.
matt hammill sticks out a bit too
“Ryo Chonan — $30,000 ($15,000 to show, $12,000 to win)”
How does 15 and 12 make 30?
Hamill 10k and Kampmann only 15k.. hell i could win more money on internet poker every month than that..
Is it possible Hamill is still on the TUF contract? Really? And if Jardine and Evans were on the same season, shouldn’t Jardine be making more than the TUF base pay just like Evans?
EVANS WON THE SHOW< JARDINE LOST, THATS WHY……. DUHHH, AND LOOK WHO”S DONE BETTER, RASHAD.
Chuck must still be riding on his “rockstar” status in the minds of the UFC to get paid that much. That should have ended after he lost to Rampage, and especially after Jardine. They are so out of touch. Chuck should take that money and buy some more shit and feed that huge belly of his some more. Out with the old, in with the new!
And who has Matt Brown blown over at the UFC to be treated like a spoiled prince? He got all the hype on TUF then got his ass kicked, and still got fight coverage after he dropped down the ranks, and now he gets a post fight interview with Rogan as an under undercard? Seriously, he must be somebody’s relative.
Keep in mind that when fighters sign contracts, they are usually multiple fight deals. Chuck lost 3 of the last 4. I could research it and see when he signed his last deal, but I’m betting it was a 5-6 fight deal back when he was still on top. Given the current chain of events, Chuck won’t be getting $500k per fight once the current contract is up. Also keep in mind, that the popular guys get a piece of the backend on the PPV buys. Chuck and Franklin more than likely will get additional money for that, where as Rashad and Hendo won’t.
Also, I can’t believe Hamill only made $10k. I know he is still in his TUF contract, but that isn’t much for a co-main event bout.
I’m hoping Dana will be taking care of the guys behind the scenes so some of this fighters get the money the really deserve, and not the money they signed just to get contracts in the UFC.
Plus, Chuck was the guy who was putting people in the seats, not Rashad.
Matt Brown 8k a spoiled Prince?…lol.. man glad u aren’t UFC president..lol.
Everybody, Evans gets paid 60k becuase he WON the Tuff show, thats why he makes more then Franklin and Jardine…..DDUUHHHH
stinks for the guys who actually had to fight to become popular like Franklin and not just win a relity show contest…sometimes I think the payouts for the fighters are so jacked up, but this is a contract business and thats rthe key word…”contract”
It will be very interesting to see what Randy’s new contract is…we already know for a fact that he gets a % of the PPV buys like Chuck and some of the other popular fighters…think about it %1 of 1 million PPV buys chuck got for UFC 66 whats that like an extra $400,000?
Well Rashad had to fight also, just on the show. but yeah, some payouts are just so low, like 7k, but they agreed to it, so thats what they make.
Disgusting. That’s all I can say.
wow what 500, 000 dollar knockout
Rousimar Palahres, $7000
He must feel like a prostitute or a whore with Dana being his pimp.
Thats all the 1 trick Pony Deserves.
Palahres did get a 60k bonus @ ufc 84
Martin Kampamann, $15000
that dude is a serious up and comer in the UFC, he is fighting in the NFL of combat sports, and he barely gets enough base pay by the UFC to make a decent income.
just gotta say that this pay per view was sick. it was my first live ufc event that I have attended, and I am not pretending to be an expert…but it is so much louder in the areana than it sounds on tv…they must muffle the sound…anyone else that can attest to that? sick night of fights nonetheless…
No wonder Jason MacDonald wanted to fight again within a month of his last fight, although 44 grand (plus his 60 grand submission bonus) is quite a bit better than that sorry payday of 7000 for that one dude. That doesn’t even cover the cost of his corner man emptying his spit bucket!
They should have taken about 300k from chucks salary and divided it up between the lower tiered guys. Chucks so over rated all his big wins are against wrestlers tito, randy, babal. You put him against a decent striker and he gets beat down. 500k b.s
these are supposed to be THE BEST FIGHTERS IN THE WORLD and they are getting paid like they are pions. Mike Patt only 5G’s to fight in the UFC? man i could get some dope dealers to put up money to make like Kimbo was doing…i feel like the UFC is going to crumble from within soon if this doesn’t stop. we need a ‘Gene Upshaw’ [RIP] type of guy for the UFC cuz this is beyond ridiculous.
let’s do the math:
ufc 88; $2,200,000 gate [admission prices]
let’s just say only 1 million people ordered the pay per view…that’s still $40,000,000 (that’s just bare minimum…we all know how many more fans watch pay per view)
so that’s $42.2 million in gross earnings…
the UFC only gave out $1.27 million TOTAL for the fighters!!! that’s sad
I’m sure Tyson, Holyfield, Foreman, Mayweather, and even Butterbean would laugh their ass off if they got offered $7,000 to show up and $7,000 if they win, even before they were the main events!
Rousimar Palhares only got $7,000 from doing what many think was a co-co-main event [even though it was a relatively boring match, Palhares is one of the best in the world, and so is Henderson]…and Henderson gets a quarer-mil for his share??? something’s definitely unfair about that. It’s sickening in my eyes; these guys work wayyyyyyyyy to hard and put wayyyyyyyyy to much time, hurt, agony, pain, blood, sweat, and tears to get paid a measly $7,000 for fighting one of the toughest guys on the planet!!! FANS WE NEED TO TAKE A STAND!
Any ideas on what we can do [build a website, start a petition, things of that nature] send to pducemc@yahoo.com
I’m serious, it’s sad that these fighters have to take this. It’s basically like spitting in their faces while Dana White is laughing all the way to the bank!