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Ronaldo ‘Jacare’ Souza was a monster in the cage versus Yushin Okami at UFC Fight Night: Teixeira vs Bader, and he got a monster payday to show for it. Jacare was the event’s top earner.
Before we go any further, we should note that international events generally don’t release fighter pay info, so none of the following salary data for the event is official. However, you can get a fairly accurate picture of a fighter’s pay based on official purse info released from past fights. So, based on that info, here is the estimated pay breakdown for the 22 fighters that traded blows at the event (but please remember – this is only an estimate, not official info, especially for any fighters that made their UFC debuts at the event).
Attendance: 5,126
Gate: N/A
Ronaldo ‘Jacare’ Souza: $115,000 ($95,000 to show, $20,000 win bonus)
Glover Teixeira: $104,000 ($27,000 to show, $27,000 win bonus, $50,000 Knockout of the Night bonus)
Rafael Natal: $94,000 ($22,000 to show, $22,000 win bonus, $50,000 Fight of the Night bonus)
Joseph Benavidez: $72,000 ($36,000 to show, $36,000 win bonus)
Piotr Hallmann: $62,000 ($6,000 to show, $6,000 win bonus, $50,000 Submission of the Night bonus)
Tor Troeng: $56,000 ($6,000 to show, $50,000 Fight of the Night bonus)
Ryan Bader: $49,000
Yushin Okami: $42,000
Ali Bagautinov: $16,000 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 win bonus)
Sean Spencer: $16,000 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 win
Edimilson ‘Kevin’ Souza: $12,000 ($6,000 to show, $6,000 win bonus)
Elias Silverio: $12,000 ($6,000 to show, $6,000 win bonus)
Lucas Martins: $12,000 ($6,000 to show, $6,000 win bonus)
Ivan Jorge: $12,000 ($6,000 to show, $6,000 win bonus)
Jussier ‘Formiga’ da Silva: $11,000
Keith Wisniewski: $10,000
Felipe Arantes: $10,000
Francisco Trinaldo: $10,000
Marcos Vinicius: $8,000
Joao Zeferino: $6,000
Ramiro Hernandez Jr.: $6,000
Yuri Villefort: $6,000
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