Gleison Tibau recorded his 15th (!!) win inside the Octagon last night in Brasilia, Brazil at UFC Fight Night: Bigfoot vs Arlovski, and in the process walked away the event’s top earner.
Before we go any further, we should note that most international events 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 (and from future fights – we go back and update these numbers as more info becomes available). 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 (as well as Andrei Arlovski) at the event).
Attendance: 8,822
Gate: N/A
Gleison Tibau: $132,000 ($41,000 to show, $41,000 win bonus, $50,000 Fight of the Night bonus)
Andrei Arlovski: $130,000 ($40,000 to show, $40,000 win bonus, $50,000 Performance of the Night bonus)
Antonio ‘Bigfoot’ Silva: $75,000
Godofredo ‘Pepey’ Castro: $74,000 ($12,000 to show, $12,000 win bonus, $50,000 Performance of the Night bonus)
Piotr Hallmann: $62,000 ($12,000 to show, $50,000 Fight of the Night bonus)
Iuri Alcantara: $48,000 ($24,000 to show, $24,000 win bonus)
Rani Yahya: $40,000 ($20,000 to show, $20,000 win bonus)
Leonardo Santos: $30,000 ($15,000 to show, $15,000 win bonus)
Jessica Andrade: $24,000 ($12,000 to show, $12,000 win bonus)
Francisco Trinaldo: $24,000 ($12,000 to show, $12,000 win bonus)
George Sullivan: $20,000 ($10,000 to show, $10,000 win bonus)
Paulo Thiago: $18,000
Santiago Ponzinibbio: $16,000 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 win bonus)
Sean Spencer: $16,000 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 win bonus)
Igor Araujo: $15,000
Russell Doane: $11,000
Wendell Oliveira: $8,000
Efrain Escudero: $8,000
Larissa Pacheco: $8,000
Dashon Johnson: $8,000
Leandro Silva: $8,000
Johnny Bedford: $8,000
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