UFC on Fox: Holm vs Shevchenko Fighter Salaries, Reebok $, Attendance & Gate

Gilbert Melendez dropped his third straight fight inside the octagon last night at UFC on Fox: Holm vs Shevchenko, but still walked away with the biggest check.

Before we go any further, we should note that the Illinois 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: 10,287
Gate: $1,000,000

Gilbert Melendez: $205,000 ($200,000 to show, $5,000 Reebok sponsorship)

Edson Barboza: $113,000 ($49,000 to show, $49,000 win bonus, $15,000 Reebok sponsorship)

Eddie Wineland: $102,000 ($21,000 to show, $21,000 win bonus, $50,000 Performance of the Night bonus, $10,000 Reebok sponsorship)

Darren Elkins: $92,000 ($41,000 to show, $41,000 win bonus, $10,000 Reebok sponsorship)

Jason Knight: 76,500 ($12,000 to show, $12,000 win bonus, $50,000 Fight of the Night bonus, $2,500 Reebok sponsorship)

Felice Herrig: $72,500 ($10,000 to show, $10,000 win bonus, $50,000 Performance of the Night bonus, $2,500 Reebok sponsorship)

Jim Alers: $62,500 ($10,000 to show, $50,000 Fight of the Night bonus, $2,500 Reebok sponsorship)

Kamaru Usman: $44,500 ($21,000 to show, $21,000 to show, $2,500 Reebok sponsorship)

Alex Oliveira: $42,500 ($20,000 to show, $20,000 win bonus, $2,500 Reebok sponsorship)

Michel Prazeres: $33,000 ($14,000 to show, $14,000 win bonus, $5,000 Reebok sponsorship)

Holly Holm: $32,500 ($30,000 to show, $2,500 Reebok sponsorship)

Valentina Shevchenko: $30,500 ($14,000 to show, $14,000 win bonus, $2,500 Reebok sponsorship)

Francis Ngannou: $30,500 ($14,000 to show, $14,000 to show, $2,500 Reebok sponsorship)

Luis Henrique: $22,500 ($10,000 to show, $10,000 win bonus, $2,500 Reebok sponsorship)

Kailin Curran: $22,500 ($20,000 to show, $2,500 Reebok sponsorship)

Frankie Saenz: $22,500 ($20,000 to show, $2,500 Reebok sponsorship)

Godofredo Pepey: $21,000 ($16,000 to show, $5,000 Reebok sponsorship)

Alexander Yakovlev: $18,500 ($16,000 to show, $2,500 Reebok sponsorship)

James Moontasri: $18,500 ($16,000 to show, $2,500 Reebok sponsorship)

Bojan Mihajlović: $12,500 ($10,000 to show, $2,500 Reebok sponsorship)

J.C. Cottrell: $12,500 ($10,000 to show, $2,500 Reebok sponsorship)

Dmitry Smoliakov: $12,500 ($10,000 to show, $2,500 Reebok sponsorship)