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01-01-2012, 12:52 AM
UFC 141 salaries: Overeem ($386K), Lesnar ($400K) lead $1.4 million payroll
Main-event winner Alistair Overeem ($385,714.28) and fellow heavyweight headliner Brock Lesnar ($400,000) were the top earners at Friday's UFC 141 event.
The duo accounted for 57 percent of the night's official $1,369,714.28 fighter payroll.
MMAjunkie.com obtained the salary figures from the Nevada State Athletic Commission on Friday.
UFC 141 took place Friday at Las Vegas' MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The main card aired on pay-per-view, and prelims streamed on Facebook and aired on Spike TV.
Overeem scored a first-round TKO victory in the night's headliner, which earned him a guaranteed title shot. It also sent Lesnar into MMA retirement. In the co-headliner, Nate Diaz ($74,000) earned a decision victory over fellow lightweight Donald Cerrone ($30,000) in a heavily anticipated grudge match.
The full list of UFC 141's disclosed paydays included:
Alistair Overeem: $385,714.28 (includes $121,428.57 win bonus)
def. Brock Lesnar: $400,000
Nate Diaz: $74,000 (includes $37,000 win bonus)
def. Donald Cerrone: $30,000
Johny Hendricks: $52,000 (includes $26,000 win bonus)
def. Jon Fitch: $60,000
Alexander Gustafsson: $32,000 (includes $16,000 win bonus)
def. Vladimir Matyushenko: $40,000
Jim Hettes: $16,000 (includes $8,000 win bonus)
def. Nam Phan: $8,000
Ross Pearson: $40,000 (includes $20,000 win bonus)
def. Junior Assuncao: $8,000
Danny Castillo: $38,000 (includes $19,000 win bonus)
def. Anthony Njokuani: $12,000
Dong Hyun Kim: $82,000 (includes $41,000 win bonus)
def. Sean Pierson: $8,000
Jacob Volkmann: $32,000 (includes $16,000 win bonus)
def. Efrain Escudero: $10,000
Diego Nunes: $24,000 (includes $12,000 win bonus)
def. Manny Gamburyan: $18,000
Now, the usual disclaimer: The figures do not include deductions for items such as insurance, licenses and taxes. Additionally, the figures do not include money paid by sponsors, which can oftentimes be a substantial portion of a fighter's income. They also do not include any other "locker room" or special bonuses the UFC oftentimes pays. They also do not include portions of the pay-per-view revenue that some top-level fighters receive.
For example, as previously reported, UFC officials handed out additional $75,000 UFC 141 bonuses to Hendricks ("KO of the Night"), as well as Diaz and Cerrone ("Fight of the Night").
In other words, the above figures are simply base salaries reported to the commission and do not reflect entire compensation packages for the event.
Main-event winner Alistair Overeem ($385,714.28) and fellow heavyweight headliner Brock Lesnar ($400,000) were the top earners at Friday's UFC 141 event.
The duo accounted for 57 percent of the night's official $1,369,714.28 fighter payroll.
MMAjunkie.com obtained the salary figures from the Nevada State Athletic Commission on Friday.
UFC 141 took place Friday at Las Vegas' MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The main card aired on pay-per-view, and prelims streamed on Facebook and aired on Spike TV.
Overeem scored a first-round TKO victory in the night's headliner, which earned him a guaranteed title shot. It also sent Lesnar into MMA retirement. In the co-headliner, Nate Diaz ($74,000) earned a decision victory over fellow lightweight Donald Cerrone ($30,000) in a heavily anticipated grudge match.
The full list of UFC 141's disclosed paydays included:
Alistair Overeem: $385,714.28 (includes $121,428.57 win bonus)
def. Brock Lesnar: $400,000
Nate Diaz: $74,000 (includes $37,000 win bonus)
def. Donald Cerrone: $30,000
Johny Hendricks: $52,000 (includes $26,000 win bonus)
def. Jon Fitch: $60,000
Alexander Gustafsson: $32,000 (includes $16,000 win bonus)
def. Vladimir Matyushenko: $40,000
Jim Hettes: $16,000 (includes $8,000 win bonus)
def. Nam Phan: $8,000
Ross Pearson: $40,000 (includes $20,000 win bonus)
def. Junior Assuncao: $8,000
Danny Castillo: $38,000 (includes $19,000 win bonus)
def. Anthony Njokuani: $12,000
Dong Hyun Kim: $82,000 (includes $41,000 win bonus)
def. Sean Pierson: $8,000
Jacob Volkmann: $32,000 (includes $16,000 win bonus)
def. Efrain Escudero: $10,000
Diego Nunes: $24,000 (includes $12,000 win bonus)
def. Manny Gamburyan: $18,000
Now, the usual disclaimer: The figures do not include deductions for items such as insurance, licenses and taxes. Additionally, the figures do not include money paid by sponsors, which can oftentimes be a substantial portion of a fighter's income. They also do not include any other "locker room" or special bonuses the UFC oftentimes pays. They also do not include portions of the pay-per-view revenue that some top-level fighters receive.
For example, as previously reported, UFC officials handed out additional $75,000 UFC 141 bonuses to Hendricks ("KO of the Night"), as well as Diaz and Cerrone ("Fight of the Night").
In other words, the above figures are simply base salaries reported to the commission and do not reflect entire compensation packages for the event.