Benson Henderson’s welterweight debut was a smashing success, as he got an impressive victory over Brandan Thatch and left as the evening’s top earner.
Before we go any further, we should note that the Colorado Athletic Commission doesn’t officially 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 future fights – we’ll go back and update this data if we get more info on a fighter’s pay pattern from future fights). So, based on that info, here is the estimated pay breakdown for the 22 fighters on the card (but please remember – this is only an estimate, not official info, especially for any fighters that made their UFC debuts at the event).
Attendance: 5,807
Gate: $382,875
UFC Fight Night: Henderson vs Thatch Fighter Purses
Benson Henderson: $146,000 ($48,000 to show, $48,000 win bonus, $50,000 Fight of the Night bonus)
Neil Magny: $94,000 ($22,000 to show, $22,000 win bonus, $50,000 Performance of the Night bonus)
Brandon Thatch: $72,000 ($22,000 to show, $50,000 Fight of the Night bonus)
Ray Borg: $70,000 ($10,000 to show, $10,000 win bonus, $50,000 Performance of the Night bonus)
Max Holloway: $60,000 ($30,000 to show, $30,000 win bonus)
Cole Miller: $33,000
Nik Lentz: $31,000 (paid despite fight being cancelled)
Zak Makovsky: $28,000 ($14,000 to show, $14,000 win bonus)
Kevin Lee: $24,000 ($12,000 to show, $12,000 win bonus)
Chas Skelly: $24,000 ($12,000 to show, $12,000 win bonus)
Daniel Kelly: $22,000 ($10,000 to show, $10,000 win bonus, $2,000 from Walsh for missing weight)
Efrain Escudero: $16,000 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 win bonus)
James Moontasri: $16,000 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 win bonus)
Kiichi Kunimoto: $14,000
Tim Elliott: $12,000
Michel Prazeres: $10,000
Chris Kelades: $10,000
Jim Alers: $10,000
Patrick Walsh: $8,000 ($10,000 to show, $2,000 fine for missing weight)
Levan Makashvili: $8,000 (paid despite fight being cancelled)
Rodrigo de Lima: $8,000
Cody Pfister: $8,000
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