CSAC(California State Athletic Commission) has released the fighter payouts for last Saturday’s Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Werdum card and as expected Fedor was the top earner, collecting a solid $400,000 for his losing effort. Keep in mind the numbers above are base salary and don’t include things such as fight bonuses, unofficial payments, or sponsorships which can add up to far more than the amount listed below. However the numbers also don’t deduct for things such as taxes, insurance, licensing and other expenses.
Fabricio Werdum: $100,000
Fedor Emelianenko: $400,000
Cung Le: $100,000
Scott Smith: $55,000
Cristiane Santos: $35,000 ($15,000 to show, $15,000 to win, $5,000 champion bonus)
Jan Finney: $6,000
Josh Thomson: $60,000
Pat Healy: $8,000
Chris Cope: $3,000 ($2,000 to show, $1,000 to win)
Ron Keslar: $1,500
Bret Bergmark: $3,000 ($1,500 to show, $1,500 to win)
Vagner Rocha: $2,500
Yancy Medeiros: $8,000 ($4,000 to show, $4,000 to win)
Gareth Joseph: $2000
Bobby Stack: $2,800 ($1,300 to show, $1,500 to win)
Derrick Bernsed: $2,000
Base fighter payroll totalled $788,800 and the live gate for the event came to $1,066,739.