WEC 35 Fighter Salaries: Carlos Condit Earns $44,000 For Title Defense
The Nevada State Athletic Commission today released the official fighter salaries for WEC 35.
The ten-bout event took place on Sunday, August 3rd, at The Joint at The Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada and aired live on Versus.
Reigning WEC welterweight champion Carlos Condit was the highest paid fighter of the event, taking home $44,000 for his fourth-round TKO victory over Hiromitsu Miura in the WEC 35 main event. WEC lightweight champion Jamie Varner received $30,000 for successfully defending his 155-pound title with a first-round technical knockout of Marcus Hicks. Brock Larson, who defeated Carlo Prater via first-round TKO, also earned $30,000. Newly-crowned WEC light heavyweight champion Steve Cantwell received $10,000 for his upset victory over Brian Stann, who took home $11,000.
The disclosed payroll for the event was $230,000.
The salaries listed below represent the official fighter salaries as reported by the promoter to the NSAC and do not include some bonuses, fees, or sponsorships.
Carlos Condit (c) def. Hiromitsu Miura
WEC Welterweight Championship
Condit — $44,000 ($22,000/$22,000)
Miura — $5,000
Steve Cantwell def. Brian Stann (c)
WEC Light Heavyweight Championship
Cantwell — $10,000 ($5,000/$5,000)
Stann — $11,000
Jamie Varner (c) def. Marcus Hicks
WEC Lightweight Championship
Varner — $30,000 ($15,000/$15,000)
Hicks — $16,000
Brian Bowles def. Damacio Page
Bowles — $8,000 ($4,000/$4,000)
Page — $6,000
Josh Grispi def. Micah Miller
Grispi — $8,000 ($4,000/$4,000)
Miller — $5,000
Brock Larson def. Carlo Prater
Larson — $30,000 ($15,000/$15,000)
Prater — $7,000
Blas Avena def. Dave Terrel
Avena — $12,000 ($6,000/$6,000)
Terrel — $3,000
Shane Roller def. Todd Moore
Roller — $12,000 ($6,000/$6,000)
Moore — $4,000
Mike Budnik def. Greg McIntyre
Budnik — $6,000 ($3,000/$3,000)
McIntyre — $2,000
Scott Jorgensen def. Kenji Osawa
Jorgensen — $6,000 ($3,000/$3,000)
Osawa — $5,000
For complete results from WEC 35 click here.
Tags: Blas Avena, Brian Bowles, Brian Stann, Brock Larson, Carlo Prater, Carlos Condit, Damacio Page, Dave Terrel, Greg McIntyre, hiromitsu miura, Jamie Varner, Josh Grispi, kenji osawa, marcus hicks, Micah Miller, Mike Budnik, Scott Jorgensen, Shane Roller, steve cantwell, Todd Moore
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I figured Stann was making more because of all the promotion behind him. Carlos is going to be looking for a payday soon.
wow! really?! Wow! I wonder how many of these guys have to live at home with mom and dad to continue chasing after there dream.
my guess is alot. after you factor in alot of the costs associated with getting to the point where you can fight, i’d picture alot of these guys not only livin at home but workin normal jobs and still bein broke ass. hopefully the sport will grow to a point where even the minimum pay is enough to make a decent living off of.
I can’t beleive all Miura got was $5,000 for that war he put Condit through. Condit could barely open his eyes at the end of that fight! I think at least $1,000 for each Judo throw, as a bonus! I haven’t even seen Karo Parisian use his Judo throws that effectively in MMA.
I can almost guarantee Miura took home quite a bit more than the $5,000 that was officially reported as Condit-Miura was definitely “Fight of the Night” and they probably received at least an additional $10,000 each for that plus any other bonuses the WEC may have given.
I hope your right kris. Besides Condit and Larson, that’s just not enough money to live off of. I mean seriously, these guys can only fight like a maximum of 6 times a year. And that’s really pushing it.
yeah this money is not counting sponsorships. just another example as to why fighters might want to move to the UFC…title holders are making much more.
CONDIT NEEDS TO STEP UP TO UFC OR SOMETHING HE AIN’T GETTIN PAID SH1T FOR BEING A TOP 10 WW FIGHTER… POOR GUY HE DESERVES SO MUCH MORE
i mean i treshed barnet otherday for demanding more money but these guys should get atleast 10k a fight i mean they gota eat lol
man these guys dont make near the ammount that their big brothers in the ufc. why doesnt these good guys move up ie condit faber i know faber would have to put on like 10 pounds or ufc branch to a new weight class
All of these guys are getting paid ****!!!!!
As much of their lives are dedicated to this sport there needs to be real compensation. I know they have sponsors and the such, but golfers and tennis players are a bunch of overpaid pussies. Tiger Woods has probably never been punched in the face. Damn shame.
This money is only what they got paid for the fight itself. It does not include what they get from sponsors to live while training. I know one of the fighters personally, and I can assure you, he’s not living with mom and dad. Is he rich? No (most athletes aren’t) but I’m bringing home 60k a year in my job and he’s doing better than me.
I’m pretty sure with UFC hitting the $1 billion dollar mark that they COULD pay their fighters more… they just won’t until another ogranization gives them a reason to.
The industry hasn’t escaped its funding model from the past. Before it was tapes and seminars gave the fighters cash now its t-shirts and after parties…
How in the hell does Brock Larson make more than Bian Stann? The money these guys make is a joke, Zuffa should be embarrassed. The owners make billions while the guys who get their heads pounded can’t even pay for their training. They deserve more than what they are getting!
I think what people are forgetting is that when you say I’m going to be a pro fighter, you have to go in knowing that you will most likely struggle and like any pro sport there’s a 90% chance you never become a star. These guys get paid to do something they love, I’m sure most gave up better paying stable jobs to do this. So lets ease up on the moral outrage over how much these fighters get paid, this is the life THEY wanted. And with the few exceptions of the premadonna’s and big headed guys who think they are better than they are, no one complains cause its understood you don’t do this to be a millionare and if that’s the reason you get into fighting you won’t make it.
Hey, there is no way that WEC 35 brought such ridiculously low fighter payments. Uriah Faber makes millions. There is no way in H-E-Double Toothpicks that Carlos “Tha Natural Born Killer” Condit made $44,000 for that fight. If that was the case, all of these guys would be in the UFC, not the WEC. There is a ton of money missing in the WEC’s dislosure. I know that Condit had to make a half-million. He wouldn’t be in the WEC otherwise.
I think to say that all fighters know what they are getting into when they sign a contract with Dana is extremely naive.
Agree…some just don’t know…Kind of like the recording industry..