MMAjunkie obtained the figures for contracted show/win purses at UFC Fight Night 103.
Yair Rodriguez: $100,000 (includes $50,000 win bonus)
beat B.J. Penn: $150,000
Joe Lauzon: $116,000 (includes $58,000 win bonus)
beat Marcin Held: $20,000
Ben Saunders: $40,000 (includes $20,000 win bonus)
beat Court McGee: $35,000
Sergio Pettis: $54,000 (includes $27,000 win bonus)
beat John Moraga: $28,000
Drakkar Klose: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
beat Devin Powell: $10,000
Augusto Mendes: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
beat Frankie Saenz: $20,000
Aleksei Oleinik: $48,000 (includes $24,000 win bonus)
beat Viktor Pesta: $10,000
Tony Martin: $32,000 (includes $16,000 win bonus)
beat Alex White: $14,000
Nina Ansaroff: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
beat Jocelyn Jones-Lybarger: $10,000
Walt Harris: $24,000 (includes $12,000 win bonus)
beat Chase Sherman: $10,000
Joachim Christensen: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
beat Bojan Mihajlovic: $10,000
Cyril Asker: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
beat Dmitrii Smoliakov: $10,000
The above figures are the fighter payout information that promoters are required by Nevada 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 for the week before it. Some fighters receive discretionary “Locker Room” bonuses in the mail. Out-of-event sponsorship money too can be a significant, although it is much, much 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 receive a percentage of the PPV gross, as contracted, generally at a rate that escalates with increased PPV buys. And lastly, many fighters earn income from teaching, from appearances, and in many cases from regular employment in the non-fighting space.
