(Anne-Marie Sorvin-USA TODAY Sports)
It’s good to be champ. Mighty Mouse was last night’s top earner at UFC 174 in Vancouver.
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. 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 (including Andrei Arlovski) at the event).
Attendance: 13,506
Gate: $1,140,000
Demetrious Johnson: $179,000 ($127,000 to show, $52,000 win bonus)
Tae Hyun Bang: $116,000 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 win bonus, $50,000 Fight of the Night bonus, $50,000 Performance of the Night bonus)
Rory MacDonald: $106,000 ($53,000 to show, $53,000 win bonus)
Ryan Bader: $102,000 ($51,000 to show, $51,000 win bonus)
Andrei Arlovski: $76,000 ($38,000 to show, $38,000 win bonus)
Kiichi Kunimoto: $70,000 ($10,000 to show, $10,000 win bonus, $50,000 Performance of the Night bonus)
Tyron Woodley: $60,000
Ovince Saint Preux: $58,000 ($29,000 to show, $29,000 win bonus)
Kajan Johnson: $58,000 ($8,000 to show, $50,000 Fight of the Night bonus)
Rafael ‘Feijao’ Cavalcante: $42,000
Brendan Schaub: $32,000
Yves Jabouin: $28,000 ($14,000 to show, $14,000 win bonus)
Valérie Létourneau: $16,000 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 win bonus)
Michinori Tanaka: $16,000 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 win bonus)
Jason Saggo: $16,000 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 win bonus)
Ali Bagautinov: $14,000
Mike Easton: $14,000
Ryan Jimmo: $12,000
Daniel Sarafian: $10,000
Elizabeth Phillips: $8,000
Roland Delorme: $8,000
Josh Shockley: $8,000
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