Maybe he really is a ‘Phenom’ after all. Last night marked another knockout victory for the 36-year-old Vitor Belfort, and with it another top payday.
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 26 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 – for Strikeforce fighters that made their debut, we used their most recent Strikeforce pay level as their estimate). These numbers obviously also don’t include any PPV revenue, undisclosed bonuses and/or sponsorship money any of these fighters may have made.
Arena Jaragua
Jaragua do Sul, Brazil
Attendance: 7,642
Gate: N/A
Vitor Belfort: $325,000 ($275,000 to show, $50,000 Knockout of the Night bonus)
Ronaldo ‘Jacare’ Souza: $145,000 ($85,00 to show,$10,000 win bonus, $50,000 Submission of the Night bonus)
Gleison Tibau: $66,000 ($33,000 to show, $33,000 win bonus)
Lucas Martins: $62,000 ($6,000 to show, $6,000 win bonus, $50,000 Fight of the Night bonus)
Jeremy Larsen: $58,000 ($8,000 to show, $50,000 Fight of the Night bonus)
Nik Lentz: $42,000 ($21,000 to show, $21,000 win bonus)
Rafael dos Anjos: $42,000 ($21,000 to show, $21,000 win bonus)
Luke Rockhold: $40,000
Paulo Thiago: $36,000 ($18,000 to show, $18.000 win bonus)
Rafael Natal: $34,000 ($17,000 to show, $17,000 win bonus)
Evan Dunham: $23,000
Fabio Maldonado: $22,000 ($11,000 to show, $11,000 win bonus)
Iuri Alcantara: $20,000 ($10,000 to show, $10,000 win bonus)
Jussier ‘Formiga’ da Silva: $18,000 ($9,000 to show, $9,000 win bonus)
John Lineker: $16,000 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 win bonus)
Francisco Trinaldo: $16,000 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 win bonus)
Chris Cariaso: $12,000
Chris Camozzi: $8,000
Mike Rio: $8,000
Hacran Dias: $8,000
Joao Zeferino: $6,000
Iliarde Santos: $6,000
Michel Prazeres: $6,000
Azamat Gashimov: $6,000
Roger Hollett: $6,000
John Cholish: $6,000
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