Official UFC 82 Fighter Salaries
Posted by Kris Karkoski on Mar 3, 2008 at 3:18 pm ET13 Comments
MMAFrenzy.com has obtained the official fighter salaries for UFC 82 as reported to the Ohio Athletic Commission by the UFC. The mandatory figures reported to the athletic commission include base salaries and win bonuses but do not include fees, other bonuses, and sponsor payments.
- Anderson Silva def. Dan Henderson
Silva — $140,000 ($70,000 win bonus)
Henderson — $100,000 - Heath Herring def. Cheick Kongo
Herring — $140,000 ($70,000 win bonus)
Kongo — $30,000 - Chris Leben def. Alessio Sakara
Leben — $50,000 ($25,000 win bonus)
Sakara — $17,000 - Yushin Okami def. Evan Tanner
Okami — $28,000 ($14,000 win bonus)
Tanner — $25,000 - Jon Fitch def. Chris Wilson
Fitch — $60,000 ($30,000 win bonus)
Wilson — $12,000 - Andrei Arlovski def. Jake O’Brien
Arlovski — $170,000 ($65,000 win bonus)
O’Brien — $11,000 - Luigi Fioravanti def. Luke Cummo
Fioravanti — $16,000 ($8,000 win bonus)
Cummo — $16,000 - Josh Koscheck def. Dustin Hazelett
Koscheck — $20,000 ($10,000 win bonus)
Hazelett — $12,000 - Diego Sanchez def. David Bielkheden
Sanchez — $60,000 ($30,000 win bonus)
Bielkheden — $8,000 - Jorge Gurgel def. John Halverson
Gurgel — $14,000 ($7,000 win bonus)
Halverson — $3,000
The total disclosed fighter payroll for the event was $932,000.
Tags: Alessio Sakara, Anderson Silva, Andrei Arlovski, Cheick Kongo, Chris Leben, Chris Wilson, Dan Henderson, david bielkheden, Diego Sanchez, Dustin Hazelett, Evan Tanner, Heath Herring, Jake O'Brien, John Halverson, Jon Fitch, Jorge Gurgel, Josh Koscheck, Luigi Fioravanti, Luke Cummo, Yushin Okami
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damn shame the pound for pound best fighter makes less than brock lesnar. even after fight of the night and sub of the night it was still almost equal to lesnar.. LOL
I completely agree! I was surprised at how little Kos and Sanchez made.
I just noticed that henderson’s base salary is also higher than Silva’s.. Wow! can we say renegotiation?
Silva should be the highest paid fighter at a record setting price. Just my opinion. 30 years from now when we’re talking Anderson Silva we may very well be talking about the greatest ever. If the UFC still had old school rules(tournament/no weight classes) Silva would be the multi time champ. I would like to see St. Pierre move up and challenge Silva. I think Silva would win but just want to see it. I would also like to see Bruce Lee vs Chuck Norris in the cage but I am sh!t out of luck on that one. Chuck would get knocked the f out anyway.
Am I missing something from the Herring/Kongo fight? I didn’t think either of them were very impressive yet Herring’s been getting loads of praise. Standing up he just put his head down and swung wildly. OK, I give him credit for the knees to Kongo’s body on the ground but when Kongo had the dominant position Herring just held onto his arm and kept looking round, hoping to get stood up.
Don’t want to sound like a Herring-hater, as I wasn’t impressed with Kongo either. Even listening to Joe Rogan I thought I’d watched another fight.
i want 2 c anderson silva vs chuck liddell
Is it me or are these guys getting ripped off I mean oscar dela hoya made 55 million last year mayweather 45 million anderson silva is just as good at this sport as they are at theres so whats the deal…
It’s too bad that these fighters train a lot, get hurt and then paid so low. I wish that they would be given enough benefits/salaries like boxers do. Dana White, please open your eyes!!!
wow, Arlovski made $30,000.00 more in base salary than Silva, In fact he was the highest paid fighter for the whole event! Silva needs a new manager!! Herring made identical money to Silva as well for a non title match that he barely won…
Silva needs to Hire Arlovski’s or Herring’s manager, Arlovski’s $170,000.00+ for a prelim. bout that was not even broadcast… incredible…
That was Arlovski’s last fight of his contract, and it was offered to him while he was still the Heavyweight champ. He has sinced pissed off Dana and was placed un the under card to better the UFC’s position for a future contract.
You need to understand that these contracts were signed before the fights possibly well before the fights. Silva i doubt was the champ when he signed his contract. I am sure when he resisgns he will get paid Dana loves him.
And I thought Don King was Greedy
Anderson Silva is the worst thing for the UFC. He is so good, and Dana wants to see him defeated to create parody. All of dana’s boys are gone or losers: Matt Hughes, Lesnar Tito, Dan Henderson, Cro Cop, Couture, Liddell and rich franklin. The boring guys are the best and it is killing White.