PAY-PER-VIEW: Complete Fighter Salaries for UFC 104 – Machida vs. Shogun

October 27th, 2009 | By Rick From Chicago | 308 views

UFC 104 - Machida vs. Shogun

Lyoto “The Dragon” Machida — $200,000
Mauricio “Shogun” Rua — $155,000
Machida defeated Rua via unanimous decision

Cain Velasquez — $70,000 ($35,000 to show, $35,000 to win)
Ben Rothwell — $50,000
Velasquez defeated Rothwell via technical knockout (strikes) in round two

Gleison Tibau — $38,000 ($19,000 to show, $19,000 to win)
Josh Neer — $14,000
Tibau defeated Neer via unanimous decision

Joe Stevenson — $94,000 ($47,000 to show, $47,000 to win)
Spencer Fisher — $26,000
Stevenson defeated Fisher via technical knockout (strikes) in round two

Anthony “Rumble” Johnson — $30,000 ($15,000 to show, $15,000 to win)*
Yoshiyuki “Zenko” Yoshida — $12,000
Johnson defeated Yoshida via technical knockout (strikes) in round one

Ryan “Darth” Bader — $30,000 ($15,000 to show, $15,000 to win)
Eric “Red” Schafer — $13,000
Bader defeated Schafer via unanimous decision

Pat Barry — $14,000 ($7,000 to show, $7,000 to win)
Antoni Hardonk –
Barry defeated Hardonk via technical knockout (strikes) in round two

Chael Sonnen — $54,000 ($27,000 to show, $27,000 to win)
Yushin “Thunder” Okami — $18,000
Sonnen defeated Okami via unanimous decision

Jorge “El Conquistador” Rivera — $36,000 ($18,000 to show, $18,000 to win)
Rob “The Rosedale Reaper” Kimmons — $9,000
Rivera defeated Kimmons via technical knockout (strikes) in round three

Kyle Kingsbury — $16,000 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 to win)
Razak Al-Hassan — $3,000
Kingsbury defeated Razak Al-Hassan via split decision

Stefan “Skyscraper” Struve — $14,000 ($7,000 to show, $7,000 to win)
Chase Gormley — $10,000
Struve defeated Gormley via submission (triangle choke) in round one

*Required to forfeit 20 percent of purse and pay it to Yoshida for missing the 170-pound division limit at the official weigh in.

Keep in mind the salaries listed above do not include fight bonuses, sponsorships, percentages and other unofficial payments. It also does not include deductions for expenses such as insurance, taxes, etc.

[Credit: MMA Mania]

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