UFC on FOX 19 Salaries: Rashad Evans Leads The Way
By FCF Staff
Following UFC on FOX 19 this Saturday in Tampa, Florida officials have released the payroll figures for the card, and former light-heavyweight champ Rashad Evans led the way.
According to the figures that the Florida State Boxing Commission has released (via MMA Junkie.com), Evans earned $150,000 for his main event bout with Glover Teixeira. The latter, meanwhile, earned $120,000 for the fight, which included a $60,000 win bonus. Teixeira knocked Evans out in the opening round.
Here are the salaries that were disclosed to the Florida Commission by the UFC. They do not included any additional money a fighter may have earned through performance bonuses or the Reebok sponsorship deal. Win bonuses are reflected in brackets, and are included in the total to the left where applicable.
Glover Teixeira: $120,000 ($60,000 win bonus)
def. Rashad Evans: $150,000
Rose Namajunas: $86,000 ($43,000 win bonus)
def. Tecia Torres: $20,000
Khabib Nurmagomedov: $48,000 ($24,000 win bonus)
def. Darrell Horcher: $12,000
Cub Swanson: $88,000 ($44,000 win bonus)
def. Hacran Dias: $16,000
Michael Chiesa: $66,000 ($33,000 win bonus)
def. Beneil Dariush: $28,000
Raquel Pennington: $40,000 ($20,000 win bonus)
def. Bethe Correia: $25,000
Santiago Ponzinibbio: $32,000 ($16,000 win bonus)
def. Court McGee: $27,000
Michael Graves: $24,000 ($12,000 win bonus)
def. Randy Brown: $12,000
John Dodson: $70,000 ($35,000 win bonus)
def. Manny Gamburyan: $33,000
Cezar Ferreira: $48,000 ($24,000 win bonus)
def. Oluwale Bamgbose: $12,000
Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos: $20,000 ($10,000 win bonus)
def. Omari Akhmedov: $18,000