Martin Kampmann was getting the worse of it in his clash last night versus Thiago Alves. But, in the nick of time, The Hitman snatched victory out of the jaws of defeat and came home a winner, both in the Octagon and at the bank. Next stop, top 10 of our welterweight rankings?
Before we go any further, we should note that Australia doesn’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 24 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 or for Mark Hunt, whose salary has never been publically revealed since joining the UFC). These numbers obviously also don’t include any PPV revenue, undisclosed bonuses and/or sponsorship money any of these fighters may have made.
Martin Kampmann: $134,000 ($42,000 to show, $42,000 win bonus, $50,000 Submission of the Night bonus)
Joseph Benavidez: $101,000 ($25,500 to show, $25,500 win bonus, $50,000 Knockout of the Night bonus)
Demetrious Johnson: $90,000 ($20,000 to show, $20,000 win bonus – UFC paid it out despite the fight being a draw, $50,000 Fight of the Night bonus)
Ian McCall: $68,000 ($9,000 to show, $9,000 win bonus – UFC paid it out despite the fight being a draw, $50,000 Fight of the Night bonus)
Thiago Alves: $39,000
Cole Miller: $21,000
James Te-Huna: $20,000 ($10,000 to show, $10,000 win bonus)
Constantinos Philippou: $20,000 ($10,000 to show, $10,000 win bonus)
Daniel Pineda: $20,000 ($10,000 to show, $10,000 win bonus)
TJ Waldburger: $20,000 ($10,000 to show, $10,000 win bonus)
Anthony Perosh: $20,000 ($10,000 to show, $10,000 win bonus)
Steven Siler: $16,000 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 win bonus)
Andrew Craig: $16,000 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 win bonus)
Court McGee: $15,000
Shawn Jordan: $12,000 ($6,000 to show, $6,000 win bonus)
Oli Thompson: $8,000
Kyle Noke: $8,000
Mackens Semerzier: $8,000
Jake Hecht: $8,000
Yashuhiro Urushitani: $6,000
Aaron Rosa: $6,000
Nick Penner: $6,000
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