MMAmania.com (www.mmamania.com) has received the fighter payouts for UFC Fight Night 15: “Diaz vs Neer” from the Nebraska State Athletic Commission for the Spike TV event held on September 17 from the Omaha Civic Auditorium in Omaha.
And Nate Diaz was the big winner of the evening, pocketing a $40,000 base salary for his stirring three-round split decision over Josh Neer.
The other top two earners on the card, Wilson Gouveia ($36,000) and Alessio Sakara ($34,000) both competed on the nontelevised portion of the broadcast.
However, it’s interesting to note that Diaz, Gouveia and Sakara all earned bonuses after the event for their impressive performances.
Here are all the UFC Fight Night 15 payouts:
Nate Diaz — $40,000 ($20,000 to show, $20,000 to win)
Josh Neer — $9,000
Diaz defeated Neer via split decision
Clay Guida — $26,000 ($13,000 to show, $13,000 to win)
Mac Danzig — $15,000
Guida defeated Danzig via unanimous decision
Alan Belcher — $26,000 ($13,000 to show, $13,000 to win)
Ed Herman — $16,000
Belcher defeated Herman via split decision
Eric Schafer — $12,000 ($6,000 to show, $6,000 to win)
Houston Alexander — $13,000
Schafer defeated Alexander via submission (arm triangle choke) in round one
Alessio Sakara — $34,000 ($17,000 to show, $17,000 to win)
Joe Vedepo — $3,000
Sakara defeated Vedepo via knockout (head kick) in round one
Wilson Gouveia — $36,000 ($18,000 to show, $18,000 to win)
Ryan Jensen — $4,000
Gouveia defeated Jensen via submission (armbar) in round two
Joe Lauzon — $20,000 ($10,000 to show, $10,000 to win)
Kyle Bradley — $4,000
Lauzon defeated Bradley via technical knockout (strikes) in round two
Jason Brilz — $6,000 ($3,000 to show, $3,000 to win)
Brad Morris — $4,000
Brilz defeated Morris via technical knockout (strikes) in round two
Mike Massenzio — $6,000 ($3,000 to show, $3,000 to win)
Drew McFedries — $16,000
Massenzio defeated McFedries via submission (kimura) in round one
Dan Miller — $10,000 ($5,000 to show, $5,000 to win)
Rob Kimmons — $5,000
Miller defeated Kimmons via submission (rear naked choke) in round one
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 Fight Night 15 go here.
The total base fighter payroll for the Spike TV special was $305,000.
For complete results and coverage of “Diaz vs. Neer” click here and here.
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why are they paying more for the undercards? if there goignto pay more for these fighters. make them actually fight better people
war NATE “middle fingers up” Diaz!
lol seriosuly, paying out a good chunk of change to gouveia and sakara and they didnt even televise their fights… wtf is the UFC thinkg having belcher/herman above those guys?
The season 6 winner of TUF is making more than the season 5 winner. Interesting.
I heard that Nate has a deal with spike (sponsorship). Dont know how true that is though
Just scrolled through the news I missed…
KJ got stripped.
Love it.
I hope I can see an interview of him crying soon.
I was totally stoked when i found out KJ got stripped. You cant be the champ if your not willing to fight the number one contender.
ViolentMike, regarding your “season 6 making more then season 5….”, did you just accidently mix that up or what? Cuz Nate(season 5), made more than Danzig(season 6), weather he won or lost.
you guys were right, UFC signed houston at the right time. 13k a loss is well worth their money!! This guy need to get a ground game, or he’ll be another guy with name recognition on the undercard if a taylor/Fickett fight card. Overall it was a good night of fights, but the lesner/couture card is looking insane!!!
Maia Quarry is the only interesting fight on the lesnar couture card only because i really really like maia. Lesnar couture doesn’t matter coz Nog will tap whichever one wins sometime next year. Hopefully it will be couture but i doubt it. Wand-Rampage3 = been there done that.
It sure takes a malcontent to say that the Biggest card in UFC history only has 1 interesting fight.
According to your logic, why let Bisping fight Leben next month when both would loose to Anderson Silva?
Get a clue, there are some solid match ups.
Rampage/wandy 3, been there done that? Piss OFF!!!
i would like to add florian/stevenson, barncat/mclovin as great fights as well. plus gonzaga and amir are both fighting on this card, not against name opponents, but still. JOHN is 100% correct.
u laying down some bread on the dream card at all john?
Yes Sir!
Betting Jacre, Aoki, Mousasi
u?
not sure, are odds out for the cro cop / overeem fight?
Seriously you guys, who isnt down for a Stevenson/Florian fight? That is gonna be a BOMB LW contendar fight. I really hope Joe can take it. Just cuz it seems to me Florian has no drive to actually make an attempt at the title against Penn, but rather to fight all the other contendars he is confident he can beat, to stay in the spotlight and get that money.
kenny florian= ALL HEART. i like stevenson alot as well, but kenny is the walking defeniton of what a young fighter should be.
Well, ya see b.w., thats where I disagree, cuz like I said, I concede he is most deserving of a title shot, he should be next in line, and I think he knows it, but all he keeps doing is calling out other contendars, he is like a voluntary gate keeper now.
He generally called out all top contendars after Din Thomas, called out Huerta after Joe Lauzon, again said he wanted to eliminate all top contendars, and I bet he’ll say teh same if he beats Stevenson. It just seems to me he is a voluntary gate keeper, not very exciting, and not the warrior spirit.
Why keep seeking out number 2 when most everybody agrees you deserve a shot at number 1?
Kenny vs Stevenson = Decision vs Guillotine, probly kenny but i would have liked to see Kenny vs Tyson and Sherk vs Stevenson. Then we would have one contender and one person who lost to BJ making a comeback. I’ll give you guys that. This is definitely an interesting fight though.
Honestly out of Joe, Sean, Kenny and Tyson, I would hands down like to see Kenny have a shot at Penn, I think all of those guys would lose terribly, but Joe already fought him, so did Sherk, Tyson is just a lesser version of Sherk, very similar to Stevenson, and I REALLY wanna see if BJ’s leather skin can overcome the razors we call Kenny’s elbows. Has Penn ever bled in his life? This I wanna see, even though I still think he’d kill Florian either way.
I think Penn would smash all four of them, but out of Kenny, Sean, Tyson and Stevenson, I would DEFINENTLY wanna see Kenny get a shot at Penn. Joe already fought him, as did Sherk, Tyson is just a lesser version of Sherk, similar to Stevenson, and I REALLY wanna see Penn’s leather skin go straight up agaisnt Kenny’s bowe’s. Has Penn ever Bled in his life? This I wanna see, even though I think Penn would beat him easily regardless.
dangit my comp. said error page not displayed so I typed it again, all for nothin, my bad.
kinda hard to call out penn when he’s not available. kenny shows all heart by taking on all-comers until its his turn for a title shot, instead of waiting around and doing nothing. he could call out penn till the cows come home, wont do him a bit of good, the penn/gsp match in feb. is set in stone. cant see what your disagreeing with me on. kenny=all heart. period.
I am just disagreeing slightly with your “Kenny=all heart” remark. Callin him out(Penn) respectfully like Penn did to GSP constintly is how to start creating hype, and is an excellent way to get a fight thrown together.
Bottom line what im REALLY tryin to say is, I think Florian is afraid of Penn.
The GSP/Penn fight is in Jan 31 right? Not feb. Or did it get pushed back or something that im missed?
Kenny Florian is a great fighter, but he will never beat Penn. The reason why I think he’s scared of fighting Penn is because when he loses, he will be in the back of the line at another title shot. It took him so many fights after his loss to Sherk to get where he’s at now, and I don’t think he wants to do that again.
Yeah more than that to, I think he knows that if he loses his appeal and draw will go way down, and he wants to keep himself as much at the top as possible, beting on the hope that Penn will ditch the LW division soon.
i think penn will mop the floor up with florian as well, but i dont think kenny is ducking him. getting beat by penn is not the worst thing in the world. your right about the gsp/penn fight being on jan.31 not feb. i was thinking the superbowl weekend.
Oh alright whew, got scarred for a minute, I want Penn/GSP to happen so bad, cant wait anymore, the thought of it getting postboned scares me half to death.
Yeah I could be wrong about the FLorian thing, just how it seems through my perspective, who knows. Anyway, there both tight, and its arguably the top fight on that card in my opinion, besides the main, and ill be slightly in favor of Stevenson, as he has been my favorite LW since he started, besides Penn.
You guys have a nice debate goin’ on here. Same thing here with me, I wanna see Ken-Flo get a crack at my boy BJ. Penn will once again give him a stand-up clinic[just like what he did to Sherk and GSP]. Now when Kenny decides to drop Penn to the ground to set up some hell-bows, that’s where it could all end because Kenny’s BJJ will be rendered useless unless a ground wizard like Penn.
Anomaly, Florian stated after his loss to Sherk that he wanted to clean out the division before a title shot, to prove he was the best.
The first two fights were in Pride and they were a long time ago. Their both different fighters now and this time it will be in a cage with a few different rules. I for one can’t wait to see this fight and I can’t wait to see Couture vs. Lesnar!
Totally agree the Houston needs a ground game desperately. To get choked out like that is very sad and happens only to people who have zero skills on the ground. That said, I’m glad the fight was over that fast, I didn’t want to see Houston laying on the ground for the entire fight like that. Does anyone think the UFC will be keeping Houston or stay true to their word and drop him?
Cogito Ergo Sum – I hope the UFC let’s Houston go, but I’m sure they’ll leave the door wide open for when he gets some off-his-back skillz. You’re right, the guy desperately needs a solid ground game, especially once his back is on the mat. He is a fish out of water in that position.
He needs to work on his cardio as well. The guy gets gassed after throwing like 10 punches.
Exactly, I think they need to cut him. Its not that he’s an exciting fighter but there has to be a line between exciting and UFC caliber. I say Houston could just work some wrestling and be in decent shape but I’d also throw in some BJJ or Jits defense if he wants to start winning again. Let him go KO some guys in EXC or better yet move him down to WEC and see what he can do there before they make the merg.
yea he needs to improve.. he really only is explosive with those huge muscles, not much technique or anything and his punches are very slow, i don’t think he has a chance to KO anyone in the UFC standing with his punches except for in the clinch.. Alessio Sakara and Anderson Silva are 2 of the best boxers in the UFC and they have the right body type for it.. Houston should lose some muscles or gain some fat he’s too ripped and stiff, his back is like a wall!
Don’t worry guys, after his bloated contract with the UFC, there’s no way to go but out. He’s too old to learn some ground game anyway…
Duane Ludwig got choked-out like that by BJ Penn, but I wouldn’t say Ludwig has zero skills on the ground. Schafer new that by taking the fight to the ground was his only way of winning.
UFC will drop him, they always sign 3-4 fight deals with the option of ending the contract… bum deal, but that’s the market they’re in.
Not UFC 86 bro (1st sentence);-)
Whoops.
Anybody else think Herman won?
yes. i had hermann winning 29-28, but the fight was so close i cant complain. it was a very good fight and both put on a good show. there was’nt really a loser in this fight, imo. im waiting for the 1rst person to complain about vedepo only making 3k.
fightmetric.com does
i didnt think so.
i think he got out pointed in the 3rd round even with the take downs.
i thought he did, but i wasnt going to argue about it. it was a very close fight. seriously could have gone either way.
Check out FightMetric, they got an awesome breakdown. i seriously thought Belcher won but i can’t argue fact.
Yeah I know, I did check it out. I know it was a close fight and I realize you cant leave it up to the judges but I was just interested in everyone else’s opinion.
Yeah I was harping on about fightMetric.com for the Forrest vs Page fight. Page totally dominated on the stats, but not in the judges eyes.
Forrest dominated the stats…
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I tought TUF winners got “six figure contracts”. How is it then that Diaz and Danzig get 20k and 15k base salaries?
Do they just say that for tv or what?
8 fights at $20,000 each is a 6 figure contract! Do the math!
6 figures can be as low as 100k. take 15-20k per fight for 6 fights over 2 years and there you go.
For what it’s worth Ortiz has just one knockout to his credit in his 22-fight professional mixed martial arts career, which was against Evan Tanner via slam at UFC 32: “Battle on the Boardwalk” in 2001.
What does that have to do with anything???
man, sakara must have a good agent.
Yeah Sakara got paid damn well didnt he.
How About Gouveia? Good agent too right?
I’d have to say yes.
same one… ATT
Danzig getting paid 15K a fight… it’s going to take 7 fights for a six figure contract. Sakara getting paid 17K a fight… more than Houston’s 13K when their basically the same fighter except that Houston’s stand up is better, and they like to keep putting him against ground fighters making Jardine and Sakara look more and more pathetic since they couldn’t find a way of beating him, but Schafer could.
I cant believe how low these guys get paid!! Considering they can fight 3 times prob at the most in 1 year! They are top athletes and getting pennies if you ask me, $3000 to $40,000 (with bonus)?! Come on the $3000 isnt even a months wages never mind a 3rd of the years wages! And its not like these guys dont train, its a full time job to get yourself ready for a top fight!
I know that top fighters get better wages, but its easy to see why the spider wouldnt mind giving boxing a try….my god dana open your eyes, fighters will only accept this for so long, what the ufc doesnt need is an exodus!!!
I thought the Ultimate fighter winners were geting 6 figures per year. I bet the majority of the people who gamble here make more money than them. SHit even I make more money than these guy’s !!