UFC Fight Night: Shields vs Ellenberger Fighter Salaries

The “battle of the Jakes” at last weekend’s UFC Fight Night: Shields vs Ellenberger resulted in a clear winner. Jake Ellenberger battered Jake Shields in the Octagon, then bested him also at pay cheque time.

Before we go any further, we should note that the Louisiana 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 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). These numbers obviously also don’t include any PPV revenue, undisclosed bonuses and/or sponsorship money any of these fighters may have made.

Jake Ellenberger: $103,000 ($24,000 to show, $24,000 win bonus, $55,000 Knockout of the Night bonus)

Jake Shields: $75,000

TJ Waldburger: $71,000 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 win bonus, $55,000 Submission of the Night bonus)

Matt Riddle: $67,000 ($12,000 to show, $55,000 Fight of the Night bonus)

Lance Benoist: $63,000 ($4,000 to show, $4,000 win bonus, $55,000 Fight of the Night bonus)

Alan Belcher: $38,000 ($19,000 to show, $19,000 win bonus)

Court McGee: $30,000 ($15,000 to show, $15,000 win bonus)

Evan Dunham: $26,000 ($13,000 to show, $13,000 win bonus)

Jason MacDonald: $26,000

Seth Baczynski: $16,000 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 win bonus)

Justin Edwards: $16,000 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 win bonus)

Erik Koch: $16,000 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 win bonus)

Jonathan Brookins: $15,000

Vagner Rocha: $12,000 ($6,000 to show, $6,000 win bonus)

Ken Stone: $10,000 ($5,000 to show, $5,000 win bonus)

Robert Peralta: $8,000 ($4,000 to show, $4,000 win bonus)

Dongi Yang: $8,000

Cody McKenzie: $8,000

Shamar Bailey: $8,000

Clay Harvison: $8,000

Donny Walker: $6,000

Mike Stumpf: $4,000

Mike Lullo: $4,000