The Ultimate Fighter 6 Finale Official Fighter Salaries
Posted by Kris Karkoski on Dec 12, 2007 at 11:47 am ET12 Comments
The Nevada State Athletic Commission has released the official fighter salaries for The Ultimate Fighter 6 Finale.
Keep in mind that the numbers listed below are strictly the reported salaries and do not include sponsor payments, fees, and bonuses. All of the winning fighter’s salaries are composed half of a base salary and half of a win bonus.
- Roger Huerta ($38,000) def. Clay Guida ($11,000)
- Mac Danzig ($16,000) def. Tommy Speer ($8,000)
- Jon Koppenhaver ($16,000) def. Jared Rollins ($8,000)
- George Sotiropoulos ($16,000) def. Billy Miles ($8,000)
- Ben Saunders ($16,000) def. Dan Barrera ($8,000)
- Troy Mandaloniz ($16,000) def. Richie Hightower ($8,000)
- Matt Arroyo ($16,000) def. John Kolosci ($8,000)
- Roman Mitichyan ($16,000) def. Dorian Price ($8,000)
- Jonathan Goulet ($14,000) def. Paul Georgieff ($8,000)
The total disclosed payroll for the event was $239,000.
Tags: Ben Saunders, Billy Miles, Clay Guida, Dan Barrera, Dorian Price, George Sotiropoulos, Jared Rollins, John Kolosci, john koppenhaver, Jonathan Goulet, Mac Danzig, Matt Arroyo, Paul Georgieff, Richie Hightower, Roger Huerta, roman mitichyan, tommy speer, Troy Mandaloni
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Glad to see Huerta make the most money on the list. He had the toughest fight and he was able to pull off the miracle victory. He deserves to be paid the most that night.
I want to see the ACTUAL bonus list. I know they release the fight of vthe night,KO, and sub, but we all know there’s more.
i thought if u get fight of the night they get paid more??
You make a great point scotchydow; it would be nice to see the actual bonus list and see how much all the fighters really got paid.
eltz, That is just the base sarary, no bonuses attatched.
Doesn’t Clay Guida’s (favorite going in) base salary seem low for a guy with his experience in a headliner. I compare this especially to some of the TUF fighters (who I enjoyed watching) who have very limited Octagon experience and unproven records (Barrera, Arroyo, Georgieff…) I know it’s not pay per view, but the ratings were huge and anticipated to be so….
Yeah… someone with Guida’s experience and how he always shows up should be making a lot more money than that. He was the favorite going in. Maybe he needs to wear an Italian flag on his ass.
I’m sure Guida made more than the “announced” amount. Dana has revealed in the past that they give numerous unpublished bonuses (above and beyond match of the night, and Sub/KO of the night). I’m sure he made more than the 11k listed.
Jon & Jared had to get fight of the night tho and Jon may have gotten KO of the night too. I’d give the sub to Mac.
I realize that they each make much more than this after bonuses and such, but it kind of rubs me the wrong way that Guida got paid less (11,000) for losing in the main event than some guys made for winning on the undercard. IMO he put on a better show in losing than a lot of guys did that won.
Well I’m pretty sure the base salary is established long before the fight even takes place so it doesn’t matter who looked better than who in that aspect.. I guess that’s where the bonuses kick in…
Wow, I was surprised also by Clay Guida’s low pay. I think that was fight of the night. I hope those boys got PAID.
I think I read that fight of the night was $45K each, and submission of the night was $15K, but was for pay-per-views, I hope that kind on bonus on the TV shows. There is also the “bonus” for ‘you did great kid,’ here’s $50K. I think that ‘bonus’ goes to guys that Dana does not want to see bought away from the UFC. Clay Guida should get one of those payday’s, he is a thrilling fighter to watch.
Guida has a similar style to Sean “the roidshark” Sherk with aggressive attacking take downs, but he is not boring. Sherk is floor and bore style, Guida looks similar in aggression, take downs, but on the ground he is exciting, and ferocious. I don’t know what is next for Guida in the UFC. He is to good to let go, but can only play the gate keeper role for so long. I am all for Clay going down to the WEC 145lbs. I would dig seeing him fight it out with Curran, Pulver, & Faber. That was a good WEC event on Wednesday.
Also, good to see that base salary has again been bumped up, I don’t see anyone making the 3-4 range even in a loss, that’s cool.
Cheers,
Bob
Well, I know what Jon Koppenhaver will spend his 16 Gs on, a good lawyer to get him out of hard time. He is being brought up on charges for beating the **** out of some dude outside of his gym. Aparently, the dude had four fractures and is pretty f***ed up. Guess it will be awhile til we see him in the octagon again.