The UFC’s latest foray in to Sweden could have been an absolute disaster if main eventer Gegard Mousasi (who injured his knee in the lead up to the fight) pulled himself from the card in addition to Alexander Gustafsson absence. But The Dreamcatcher gutted out a victory over Ilir Latifi in the main event, and walked away with the biggest 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.
Ericsson Globe Arena
Stockholm, Sweden
Attendance: 14,506
Gate: $2,710,530
Gegard Mousasi: $175,000
Brad Pickett: $94,000 ($17,000 to show, $17,000 win bonus, $60,000 Fight of the Night bonus)
Mike Easton: $85,000 ($25,000 to show, $60,000 Fight of the Night bonus)
Conor McGregor: $76,000 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 win bonus, $60,000 Knockout of the Night bonus)
Reza Madadi: $76,000 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 win bonus, $60,000 Submission of the Night bonus)
Ross Pearson: $54,000 ($27,000 to show, $27,000 win bonus)
Tom Lawlor: $34,000 ($17,000 to show, $17,000 win bonus)
Diego Brandao: $30,000 ($15,000 to show, $15,000 win bonus)
Matt Mitrione: $24,000 ($12,000 to show, $12,000 win bonus)
Adlan Amagov: $20,000 ($10,000 to show, $10,000 win bonus)
Akira Corassani: $16,000 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 win bonus)
Ryan Couture: $15,000
Michael Johnson: $14,000
Tor Troeng: $12,000 ($6,000 to show, $6,000 win bonus)
Papy Abedi: $12,000 ($6,000 to show, $6,000 win bonus)
Ryan LaFlare: $12,000 ($6,000 to show, $6,000 win bonus)
Robbie Peralta: $12,000
Phil De Fries: $8,000
Pablo Garza: $8,000
Marcus Brimage: $8,000
Ben Alloway: $8,000
Ilir Latifi: $6,000
Adam Cella: $6,000
Chris Spang: $6,000
Michael Kuiper: $6,000
Besam Yousif: $6,000
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