(Eric Bolte-USA TODAY Sports)
Last night couldn’t have gone much better for Georges St-Pierre – he vanquished his rival, he soaked up the love of his hometown crowd, and he walked away with the biggest paycheck.
Before we go any further, we should note that most international UFC events don’t have their fighter pay info released, 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 24 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.
Bell Centre
Montreal, Canada
Attendance: 20,145
Gate: $3,710,000
Georges St-Pierre: $400,000
Nick Diaz: $200,000
Jake Ellenberger: $144,000 ($47,000 to show, $47,000 win bonus, $50,000 Knockout of the Night bonus)
Johny Hendricks: $110,000 ($30,000 to show, $30,000 win bonus, $50,000 Fight of the Night bonus)
Carlos Condit: $107,000 ($57,000 to show, $50,000 Fight of the Night bonus)
Patrick Cote: $50,000 ($25,000 to show, $25,000 win bonus)
Rick Story: $46,000 ($23,000 to show, $23,000 win bonus)
Darren Elkins: $42,000 ($21,000 to show, $21,000 win bonus)
John Makdessi: $40,000 ($20,000 to show, $20,000 win bonus)
Nate Marquardt: $40,000
Dan Miller: $25,000
T.J. Dillashaw: $24,000 ($12,000 to show, $12,000 win bonus)
George Roop: $16,000 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 win bonus)
Mike Ricci: $16,000 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 win bonus)
Chris Camozzi: $16,000 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 win bonus)
Bobby Voelker: $12,000
Daron Cruickshank: $10,000
Colin Fletcher: $8,000
Nick Ring: $8,000
Issei Tamura: $8,000
Reuben Duran: $8,000
Antonio Carvalho: $6,000
Quinn Mulhern: $6,000
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