Siyar Bahadurzada couldn’t have had a better UFC debut – he knocked out Paulo Thiago in 42 seconds at last night’s UFC on Fuel TV: Gustafsson vs Silva, and he walked away with a big paycheck – $62,000 – due to his $50,000 Knockout of the Night bonus.
Before we go any further, we should note that international events generally 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 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).
Brad Pickett: $84,000 ($17,000 to show, $17,000 win bonus, $50,000 Fight of the Night bonus)
Siyar Bahadurzada: $62,000 ($6,000 to show, $6,000 win bonus, $50,000 Knockout of the Night bonus)
John Maguire: $62,000 ($6,000 to show, $6,000 win bonus, $50,000 Submission of the Night bonus)
Dennis Siver: $62,000 ($31,000 to show, $31,000 win bonus)
Damacio Page: $62,000 ($12,000 to show, $50,000 Fight of the Night bonus)
Thiago Silva: $55,000
Alexander Gustafsson: $46,000 ($23,000 to show, $23,000 win bonus)
Brian Stann: $46,000 ($23,000 to show, $23,000 win bonus)
James Head: $24,000 ($12,000 to show, $12,000 win bonus)
Alessio Sakara: $21,000
Francis Carmont: $20,000 ($10,000 to show, $10,000 win bonus)
Paulo Thiago: $18,000
DaMarques Johnson: $18,000
Diego Nunes: $16,000
Cyrille Diabate: $12,000 ($6,000 to show, $6,000 win bonus)
Reza Madadi: $12,000 ($6,000 to show, $6,000 win bonus)
Simeon Thoresen: $12,000 ($6,000 to show, $6,000 win bonus)
Jason Young: $12,000 ($6,000 to show, $6,000 win bonus)
Papy Abedi: $6,000
Tom DeBlass: $6,000
Magnus Cedenblad: $6,000
Yoislandy Izquierdo: $6,000
Besam Yousef: $6,000
Eric Wisely: $6,000
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