UFC Fight Night 96 contracted salaries:
John Lineker: $72,000 (Lineker was contracted to earn $40,000 to show and $40,000 to win, but forfeited 20% of the show purse to Dodson for missing weight)
beat John Dodson: $38,000 ($30,000 base to show, plus $8,000 from Lineker’s purse)
Alex Oliveira: $43,200 (Oliveira was contracted to earn $24,000 to show and $24,000 to win, but forfeited 20% of his show purse to Brooks for missing weight)
Beat Will Brooks: $57,800 ($53,000 base, plus $4,800 from Oliveira’s purse)
Zak Ottow: $24,000 (includes $12,000 win bonus)
beat Josh Burkman: $54,000
Brandon Moreno: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
beat Louis Smolka: $32,000
Luis Henrique da Silva: $24,000 (includes $ win bonus)
beat Joachim Christensen: $10,000
Andre Fili: $39,200 (Contracted $18,000 to show and $18,000 to win, plus $3,200 from Dias’ purse for missing weight
beat Hacran Dias: $12,800 (Dias was contracted to earn $16,000 to show and $16,000 to win, but forfeited 20 percent of his show purse to Fili for missing weight)
Shamil Abdurakhimov: $28,000 (includes $14,000 win bonus)
beat Walt Harris: $12,000
Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos: $24,000 (includes $12,000 win bonus)
beat Keita Nakamura: $19,000
Nate Marquardt: $112,000 (includes $56,000 win bonus)
beat Tamdan McCrory: $15,000
Ion Cutelaba: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
beat Jonathan Wilson: $12,000
Curtis Blaydes: $20,000 (includes $ win bonus)
beat Cody East: $10,000
Ketlen Vieira: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
beat Kelly Faszholz: $10,000
Total disclosed payroll: $737,000.
(H/T MMAjunkie)
The above figures are the fighter payout information that promoters are required by State law to submit to the state athletic commissions; they do not represent a full accounting of each fighter’s income.
Fighters bear significant costs including training expenses, a percentage to management, a percentage to the trainer, plus insurance, licenses, and taxes.
On the income side, fighters earned sponsorship of between $2,500 and $50,000 for wearing Reebok apparel in the Octagon, and during the week before it. Out-of-event sponsorship money too can be a significant, although it is smaller for many fighters than it was in the past. In addition, four $50,000 ‘of the Night’ Performance Bonuses, are awarded.
Further, main event PPV fighters can receive a percentage of the PPV gross, as contracted, generally at a rate that escalates with increased PPV buys.
Lastly, many fighters earn income from teaching, from appearances, and in many cases from regular employment in the non-fight
