UFC 106 headliners Forrest Griffin and Tito Ortiz, former light heavyweight champions who squared off at Saturday’s pay-per-view event in Las Vegas, each earned $250,000 for their matchup, which saw Griffin pick up a split decision victory to even their career series at 1-1.
The Nevada State Athletic Commission released the event’s official fighter salaries on Monday.
Griffin and Ortiz accounted for nearly half of the event’s $1,021,000 payroll, with Josh Koscheck and Antonio Rogerio each earning over $100,000 for their UFC 106 main card wins.
The official salaries for UFC 106 were:
- Forrest Griffin ($250,000 – includes $150,000 win bonus) def. Tito Ortiz ($250,000)
- Josh Koscheck ($106,000 – $53,000 win bonus) def. Anthony Johnson ($17,000)
- Paulo Thiago ($16,000 – $8,000 win bonus) def. Jacob Volkmann ($6,000)
- Antonio Rogerio Nogueira ($100,000 – $30,000 win bonus) def. Luiz Cane ($19,000)
- Amir Sadollah ($30,000 – $15,000 win bonus) def. Phil Baroni ($25,000)
- Ben Saunders ($20,000 – $10,000 win bonus) def. Marcus Davis ($27,000)
- Kendall Grove ($44,000 – $22,000 win bonus) def. Jake Rosholt ($15,000)
- Brian Foster ($12,000 – $6,000 win bonus) def. Brock Larson ($26,000)
- Caol Uno ($20,000) vs. Fabricio Camoes ($10,000)
- George Sotiropoulos ($20,000 – $10,000 win bonus) def. Jason Dent ($8,000)
Remember, the salaries listed above are simply those reported by the UFC to the Nevada State Athletic Commission and do not represent a fighter’s actual earnings as they exclude additional earnings such as bonuses, sponsorships, and pay-per-view revenue.
In addition to their salaries above, Koscheck earned an additional $140,000 in “fight night” bonuses while Johnson and Nogueira each took home an extra $70,000 each.
ALSO: UFC 106 Results, UFC 106 Recap, UFC 106 Coverage
Pictured: Tito Ortiz and Forrest Griffin
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Let the complaining begin, despite the lowest take being 6k…
Interesting to note that if Tito had won this fight, he would have presumably bagged $250k + 150k win bonus for a total of 400k, and Forrest Griffin would have taken home 100k, without the 150k win bonus.
REPORTEDLY of course.
Despite any other monies paid, I have to wonder is Tito Ortiz worth paying, even disclosed, 4 times what Forrest Griffin would have made for the fight if he’d lost?
Not a complaint here, just an observation and enquiry, so keep your troll blaster in its holster, dbiz…
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titos stand up was pretty bad…..he will never be more than a doorman into the 205’s again…sorry.
off the point……the ufc should make a card called, for example “UFC 120: The Night of Legends” and have chuck, randy, tito, mark coleman and matt hughes all on the main card, feed them all decent b level fighters that they would have a legit chance against, so they can all go out on a high note, and then have them all bow out graciously. the game has passed all these legends by….
the card would sell huge, anyone agree?
Sounds a bit insensetive….but i kind of like it…catchy.
Really, the game has passed Randy Couture by?
You do realize that when Couture beats Coleman he’s most likely getting a 205 title shot if he wants one, right?
Did you not see Couture a week ago or so completely neutralize Brandon Vera for like 80% of their fight?
And you did just see Tito Ortiz hang with Forrest Griffin, who is one of the top 205ers in the world? Some people thought Ortiz did enough to win that fight, so that “doorman” theory of yours might be a bit premature.
And if you had been in Portland at UFC 102, you would have see exactly how much the game HAS NOT in fact passed the Natural by. At 46 years of age he’s performing better than men 10 years younger than he is.
Only a handful of men on the planet can hang with BigNog, so maybe you want to factor that into your future postings, my friend…
Good thing johnson got the FOTN bonus. 17k is a bit harsh considering his co-main event status.
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ok i agree a case can be made for couture, i shouldnt have put him in there
but tito looked terrible, 3 takedowns and a few elbows is not enough to hang with any top fighters. tito was dominant back when but take i think he would get embarrased by machida, shogun, rampage, and even evans (who is twice the fighter he was in their first match) or thiago silva. i just dont want to see tito demoted to being a stepping stone for up and coming 205ers or a guy they throw on a card just cause his name can sell.
i like all these guys i just want to see them go out on a high note and not watch my childhood heros get blugeoned for their last five or so fights (ie chuck vrs rampage, chuck vrs rashad, chuck vrs shogun etc etc)
People may want to complain about the Salaries, but let it be known that Kim Couture topped the payroll for Strikeforce Challengers 5 at 10k, only two people on this card made less.