UFC Fight Night: Barnett vs Nelson Fighter Salaries, Reebok $$, Attendance & Gate

The Warmaster showed no ring rust in his return to the octagon at UFC Fight Night: Barnett vs Nelson, and left the Saitama Super Arena as the event’s top earner.

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 (and from future fights – we go back and update these numbers as more info becomes available).  So, based on that info, here is the estimated pay breakdown for the 20 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: 10,137
Gate: N/A

Josh Barnett: $230,000 ($170,000 to show, $50,000 Performance of the Night bonus, $10,000 Reebok sponsorship)

Uriah Hall:  $135,000 ($40,000 to show, $40,000 win bonus, $50,000 Performance of the Night bonus, $5,000 Reebok sponsorship)

Diego Brandao: $107,000 ($26,000 to show, $26,000 win bonus, $50,000 Performance of the Night bonus, $5,000 Reebok sponsorship)

Roy Nelson: $85,000 ($75,000 to show, $10,000 Reebok sponsorship)

Takeya Mizugaki: $79,000 ($32,000 to show, $32,000 win bonus, $15,000 Reebok sponsorship)

Gegard Mousasi: $75,000 ($70,000 to show, $5,000 Reebok sponsorship)

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

Kyoji Horiguchi: $49,000 ($22,000 to show, $22,000 win bonus, $5,000 Reebok sponsorship)

George Roop: $35,000 ($20,000 to show, $15,000 Reebok sponsorship)

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

Kajan Johnson: $26,500 ($12,000 to show, $12,000 win bonus, $2,500 Reebok sponsorship)

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

Naoyuki Kotani: $19,500 ($17,000 to show, $2,500 Reebok sponsorship)

Chico Camus: $19,000 ($14,000 to show, $5,000 Reebok sponsorship)

Katsunori Kikuno: $14,500 ($12,000 to show, $2,500 Reebok sponsorship)

Li Jingliang: $14,500 ($12,000 to show, $2,500 Reebok sponsorship)

Mizuto Hirota: $12,500 ($10,000 to show, $2,500 Reebok sponsorship)

Teruto Ishihara: $12,500 ($10,000 to show, $2,500 Reebok sponsorship)

Yusuke Kasuya: $12,500 ($10,000 to show, $2,500 Reebok sponsorship)

Roger Zapata: $12,500 ($10,000 to show, $2,500 Reebok sponsorship)