UFC on Fuel TV: Silva vs Stann Fighter Salaries, Attendance & Gate

The old dog still has some bite left in him – Wanderlei Silva scored an impressive KO victory over Brian Stann, plus walked out of the Saitama Super Arena with the biggest paycheck (along with Hector Lombard) at UFC on Fuel TV: Silva vs Stann.  Silva and Lombard are also among the top 10 earners for 2013 so far.

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

Saitama Super Arena
Saitama, Japan

Attendance: 14,682
Gate: N/A

Wanderlei Silva: $300,000 ($200,000 to show, $50,000 Fight of the Night bonus, $50,000 Knockout of the Night bonus)

Hector Lombard: $300,000

Mark Hunt: $210,000 ($160,000 to show, $50,000 Knockout of the Night bonus)

Diego Sanchez: $108,000 ($60,000 to show, $60,000 to win, $12,000 fine for missing weight)

Dong Hyun Kim: $94,000 ($47,000 to show, $47,000 win bonus)

Yushin Okami: $84,000 ($42,000 to show, $42,000 win bonus)

Takanori Gomi: $82,000 ($70,000 to show, $12,000 from Sanchez for missing weight)

Brian Stann: $73,000 ($23,000 to show, $50,000 Fight of the Night bonus)

Takeya Mizugaki: $40,000 ($20,000 to show, $20,000 win bonus)

Stefan Struve: $40,000

Rani Yahya: $28,000 ($14,000 to show, $14,000 win bonus)

Riki Fukuda: $28,000

Alex Caceres:  $20,000 ($10,000 to show, $10,000 win bonus)

Brad Tavares: $20,000 ($10,000 to show, $10,000 win bonus)

Siyar Bahadurzada: $17,000

Hyun Gyu Lim: $16,000 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 win bonus)

Kazuki Tokudome: $16,000 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 win bonus)

Bryan Caraway: $10,000

Cristiano Marcello: $8,000

Kyung Ho Kang: $8,000

Mizuto Hirota: $6,000

Marcelo Guimaraes: $6,000