Dan Henderson, retire?! Not if he keeps knocking suckas out and getting paid the most, as he did at last Saturday’s UFC Fight Night: Boetsch vs Henderson.
Before we go any further, we should note that the Louisiana 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 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).
Attendance: 6,231
Gate: $621,523
UFC Fight Night: Boetsch vs Henderson Fighter Salaries
Dan Henderson: $150,000 ($100,000 to show, $50,000 win bonus)
Dustin Poirier: $130,200 ($38,000 to show, $38,000 win bonus, $4,200 from Medeiros for missing weight, $50,000 Performance of the Night bonus)
Ben Rothwell: $116,000 ($58,000 to show, $58,000 win bonus)
Shawn Jordan: $98,000 ($24,000 to show, $24,000 win bonus, $50,000 Performance of the Night bonus)
Thiago Tavares: $85,000 ($35,000 to show, $50,000 Fight of the Night bonus)
Brian Ortega: $70,000 ($10,000 to show, $10,000 win bonus, $50,000 Fight of the Night bonus)
Tim Boetsch: $52,000
Francisco Rivera: $40,000 ($20,000 to show, $20,000 win bonus)
Matt Mitrione: $36,000
Omari Akhmedov: $24,000 ($12,000 to show, $12,000 win bonus)
Chris Wade: $24,000 ($12,000 to show, $12,000 win bonus)
Brian Ebersole: $23,000
Joe Proctor: $24,000 ($12,000 to show, $12,000 win bonus)
Jose Quinonez: $22,000 ($10,000 to show, $10,000 win bonus, $2,000 from Morales for missing weight)
Derrick Lewis: $20,000
Anthony Birchak: $20,000 ($10,000 to show, $10,000 win bonus)
Jake Collier: $20,000 ($10,000 to show, $10,000 win bonus)
Joe Soto: $20,000
Alex Caceres: $19,000
Yancy Medeiros: $16,800 ($21,000 to show, fined $4,200 for missing weight)
Christos Giagos: $12,000
Justin Edwards: $12,000
Ricardo Abreu: $12,000
Leonardo Morales: $8,000 ($10,000 to show, fined $2,000 for missing weight)
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