Evans tops UFC on FOX 19 payroll

Today the Florida State Boxing Commission released the full salary information for Saturday’s UFC on FOX 19 event in Las Vegas:

Glover Teixeira: $120,000 (includes $60,000 win bonus)

def. Rashad Evans: $150,000

Rose Namajunas: $86,000 (includes $43,000 win bonus)

def. Tecia Torres: $20,000

Khabib Nurmagomedov: $48,000 (includes $24,000 win bonus)

def. Darrell Horcher: $12,000

Cub Swanson: $88,000 (includes $44,000 win bonus)

def. Hacran Dias: $16,000

Michael Chiesa: $66,000 (includes $33,000 win bonus)

def. Beneil Dariush: $28,000

Raquel Pennington: $40,000 (includes $20,000 win bonus)

def. Bethe Correia: $25,000

Santiago Ponzinibbio: $32,000 (includes $16,000 win bonus)

def. Court McGee: $27,000

Michael Graves: $24,000 (includes $12,000 win bonus)

def. Randy Brown: $12,000

John Dodson: $70,000 (includes $35,000 win bonus)

def. Manny Gamburyan: $33,000

Cezar Ferreira: $48,000 (includes $24,000 win bonus)

def. Oluwale Bamgbose: $12,000

Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)

def. Omari Akhmedov: $18,000

source: mmajunkie.com

The above figures are the fighter salary information that promoters are required by law to submit to the state athletic commissions, including the winners’ bonuses.

The figures 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, sponsorship money is earned by each fighter from Reebok, the UFC’s exclusive apparel brand. As well there are explicit ‘of the Night’ performance bonuses, and less formal ‘locker room’ bonuses.

Main event PPV fighters can receive a percentage of the PPV gross, variously determined.