UFC 147 Fighter Salaries

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For an event that surely bombed at the pay-per-view box office, the UFC still had to shill out a fortune in fighter salaries.  Close to $1 million went to the fighters on UFC 147’s card, with Wanderlei Silva getting the biggest piece of the pie.

Before we go any further, we should note that most fights staged outside of the U.S. don’t have officially released 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).

UPDATE: Silva and Franklin’s big payday from UFC 147 have put them among the top 10 earning fighters so far in 2012.

 

Wanderlei Silva: $265,000 ($200,000 to show, $65,000 Fight of the Night bonus)

Rich Franklin: $215,000 ($75,000 to show, $75,000 win bonus, $65,000 Fight of the Night bonus)

Fabricio Werdum: $100,000

Marcos Vinicius: $81,000 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 win bonus, $65,000 Knockout of the Night bonus)

Rodrigo Damm: $77,000 ($6,000 to show, $6,000 win bonus, $65,000 Submission of the Night bonus)

Hugo Viana: $17,600 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 win bonus, $1,600 from Teixeira for missing weight)

Cezar Ferreira: $16,000 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 win bonus)

Rony Mariano Bezerra: $16,000 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 win bonus)

Francisco Trinaldo: $16,000 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 win bonus)

Thiago Perpetuo: $16,000 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 win bonus)

Mike Russow: $14,000

Hacran Dias: $12,000 ($6,000 to show, $6,000 win bonus)

Iuri Alcantara: $10,000

Felipe Arantes: $8,000

Sergio Moraes: $8,000

Anistavio Medeiros: $8,000

Godofredo Pepey: $8,000

Delson Heleno: $8,000

Leonardo Mafra: $8,000

Wagner Campos: $8,000

John Teixeira: $6,400 ($8,000 to show, $1,600 fined for missing weight)

Milton Vieira: $6,000

 

 

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