UFC 152 Fighter Salaries, Attendance & Gate

Just another day at the office for Jon Jones (besides almost getting his arm broken off, of course).  The UFC’s reigning Light Heavyweight Champion tapped out Vitor Belfort in the main event of last night’s UFC 152 event in Toronto, and in the process guaranteed that he was the top earner for the event.

Before we go any further, we should note that Ontario’s Athletic Commission 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).  These numbers obviously also don’t include any PPV revenue, undisclosed bonuses and/or sponsorship money any of these fighters may have made.

Update: Jon Jones is now the top-earning fighter this year, and Michael Bisping is the fourth-highest paid of all-time. 

Air Canada Centre
Toronto, Canada

Attendance: 16,800
Gate: $1,921,000

Jon Jones: $465,000 ($400,000 to show, $65,000 Submission of the Night bonus)

Michael Bisping: $425,000 ($275,000 to show, $150,000 win bonus)

Vitor Belfort: $275,000

Cub Swanson: $107,000 ($21,000 to show, $21,000 win bonus, $65,000 Knockout of the Night bonus)

TJ Grant: $95,000 ($15,000 to show, $15,000 win bonus, $65,000 Fight of the Night bonus)

Evan Dunham: $78,000 ($13,000 to show, $65,000 Fight of the Night bonus)

Matt Hamill: $64,000 ($32,000 to show, $32,000 win bonus)

Demetrious Johnson: $46,000 ($23,000 to show, $23,000 win bonus)

Joseph Benavidez: $30,000

Sean Pierson: $24,000 ($12,000 to show, $12,000 win bonus)

Seth Baczynski: $24,000 ($12,000 to show, $12,000 win bonus)

Brian Stann: $23,000

Igor Pokrajac: $19,000

Charles Oliveira: $18,000

Charlie Brenneman: $18,000

Vinny Malgalhaes: $16,000 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 win bonus)

Marcus Brimage: $16,000 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 win bonus)

Kyle Noke: $16,000 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 win bonus)

Mitch Gagnon: $12,000 ($6,000 to show, $6,000 win bonus)

Jimy Hettes: $10,000

Lance Benoist: $8,000

Roger Hollett: $6,000

Simeon Thoresen: $6,000

Walel Watson: $6,000