CSAC(California State Athletic Commision) has released the base fighter pay for UFC 117: Silva Vs. Sonnen which took place on August 7 from the Oracle Arena in Oakland, California. UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva and Matt Hughes both took home impressive pay checks in the amount of $200,000 while Anderson Silva’s opponent, Chael Sonnen […]
CSAC(California State Athletic Commision) has released the base fighter pay for UFC 117: Silva Vs. Sonnen which took place on August 7 from the Oracle Arena in Oakland, California. UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva and Matt Hughes both took home impressive pay checks in the amount of $200,000 while Anderson Silva’s opponent, Chael Sonnen took home a much smaller $35,000.
As always these numbers are strictly base pay and don’t include undisclosed bonuses, revenue sharing or sponsorships, nor do they take into account expenses such as insurance, taxes or medical costs.
Here is the salaries for UFC 117:
Anderson Silva: $200,000
Chael Sonnen: $35,000
Jon Fitch: $108,000 ($54,000 to show, $54,000 to win)
Thiago Alves: $60,000 ($48,000 after 20 percent was docked for missing weight)
Clay Guida: $56,000 ($28,000 to show, $28,000 to win)
Rafael dos Anjos: $12,000
Matt Hughes: $200,000 ($100,000 to show, $100,000 to win)
Ricardo Almeida: $35,000
Junior dos Santos: $80,000 ($40,000 to show, $40,000 to win)
Roy Nelson: $15,000
Ricky Story: $22,000 ($11,000 to show, $11,000 to win)
Dustin Hazelett: $18,000
Phil Davis: $18,000 ($9,000 to show, $9,000 to win)
Rodney Wallace: $6,000
Johny Hendricks: $40,000 ($20,000 to show, $20,000 to win)
Charlie Brenneman: $8,000
Tim Boetsch: $32,000 ($16,000 to show, $16,000 to win)
Todd Brown: $6,000
Stefan Struve: $30,000 ($15,000 to show, $15,000 to win)
Christian Morecraft: $6,000
Dennis Hallman: $30,000 ($15,000 to show, $15,000 to win)
Ben Saunders: $12,000
Randy Couture starring “The Expendables” which was written and directed by Sylvester Stallone and featuring a solid cast of past and present action stars, was the number one movie this past weekend as far as box office gross goes. The movie earned an impressive $35 million dollars, and shows that the simple formula of […]
Randy Couture starring “The Expendables” which was written and directed by Sylvester Stallone and featuring a solid cast of past and present action stars, was the number one movie this past weekend as far as box office gross goes. The movie earned an impressive $35 million dollars, and shows that the simple formula of big action and bigger personalities may be making a strong comeback.
The Expendables features a star studded cast, albeit from the eighty’s, and features UFC fighter Randy Couture. The movie had an impressive opening day, taking in $13 million in sales on Friday, and is expected to be the number one movie at the box office this week. Is it too early to talk […]
The Expendables features a star studded cast, albeit from the eighty’s, and features UFC fighter Randy Couture. The movie had an impressive opening day, taking in $13 million in sales on Friday, and is expected to be the number one movie at the box office this week. Is it too early to talk about sequels? Here’s the scoop as presented by the Hollywood Insider:
Hollywood’s battle of the sexes seems to be working out well for the studios and their male- and female-focused movies. The testosterone-fueled Expendables bowed to an impressive $13 million Friday, which could translate to $35 million weekend win. And the Julia Roberts-starrer Eat Pray Love opened to a strong $8 million, a number that should jump up to about $25 million by weekend’s end.
The California State Athletic Commision has released the base salary numbers for the UFC on Versus 2 event which took place on Sunday, August 1 from the San Diego Sports Arena in San Diego, California. Japanese fighter Takanori Gomi earned the most, taking home a very solid $80,000 for his first round effort. […]
The California State Athletic Commision has released the base salary numbers for the UFC on Versus 2 event which took place on Sunday, August 1 from the San Diego Sports Arena in San Diego, California. Japanese fighter Takanori Gomi earned the most, taking home a very solid $80,000 for his first round effort. Jon Jones also did well, taking home $46,000 as did middleweight standout Yushin Okami. Keep in mind the figures below are base numbers and don’t include sponsorships(which usually add to a large portion of what a fighter earns), unannounced bonuses or other percentage based payouts, and don’t deduct for insurance, taxes or other costs.
Here’s the payouts bout by bout:
Jon Jones: $46,000 total. Jones earned $23,000 to show, and another $23,000 with the win.
Vladimir Matyushenko: $31,000 total.
Yushin Okami: $46,000. Okami earned $23,000 to show, and another $23,000 with the win.
Mark Munoz: $22,000 total.
Jake Ellenberger: $24,000 total. Ellenberger earned $12,000 to show, and another $12,000 with the win
John Howard: $15,000 total.
Takanori Gomi: $80,000 total. Gomi earned $40,000 to show, and another $40,000 with the win
Tyson Griffin: $30,000 total.
Jacob Volkmann: $20,000. Volkmann earned $10,000 to show, and another $10,000 with the win
Paul Kelly: $17,000 total.
Matt Riddle: $24,000 total. Riddle earned $12,000 to show, and another $12,000 with the win
DaMarques Johnson: $10,000 tota.
Igor Pokrajac: $12,000 total. Pokrajac earned $6,000 to show, and another $6,000 with the win
James Irvin: $20,000 total.
Brian Stann: $34,000. Stann earned $17,000 to show, and another $17,000 with the win
Mike Massenzio: $5,000 total.
Charles Oliveira: $12,000 total. Oliveira earned $6,000 to show, and another $6,000 with the win
Darren Elkins: $8,000 total.
Rob Kimmons: $18,000 total. Kimmons earned $9,000 to show, and another $9,000 with the win
Steve Steinbeiss: $6,000 total.
Former WEC featherweight champion Urijah Faber and partner Mark Miller helped to create the FORM Athletic clothing company earlier this year based in Laguna Beach, Calif..
The MMA News recently had a chance to speak to both Urijah (click HERE for that interview) and Miller about the company.
Just last week it was announced that sneaker giant […]
Former WEC featherweight champion Urijah Faber and partner Mark Miller helped to create the FORM Athletic clothing company earlier this year based in Laguna Beach, Calif..
The MMA News recently had a chance to speak to both Urijah (click HERE for that interview) and Miller about the company.
Just last week it was announced that sneaker giant K-Swiss had acquired the clothing company, MMAFighting.com had the news.
Form will continue to operate as a division under the publicly traded K-Swiss. Previously the CEO, Miller remains on board as president and will also head K-Swiss’s new Orange County division with a focus towards youth consumers.
Here’s our interview with Mark.
You and Urijah Faber both founded Form Athletics, how did this company come about and what was
your inspiration?
I’ve been a senior executive at a few lifestyle apparel companies in the course of my career, the last one being DC shoes. Much of our growth came on the heels of our athletes appearing on television with TV shows season after season. MMA is on TV more than almost any other sport and the viewership numbers are fantastic. I used to watch the fights and dream about the business opportunity. When I left DC in July 09, I started working on a plan the next week. When I met Urijah it all came together and we started FORM Athletics.
You are quite the entrepreneur having worked for several clothing companies such as Triple M Apparel, K2 Inc, and DC Shoes. Could you compare your experiences working with those companies and that of being the CEO of Form Athletics?
Most of my career has been spent working in the winter and action sports industries that cater to a 10-19 year old consumer, and MMA is more about a 19-34 year old male consumer. There are big differences in the mindset of the consumers between action sports and MMA, but some common business principles that translate. The way I see it, all those action sports kids grow up and then we get them at FORM Athletics.
Your past experience has been in the Skateboard and Snowboard industries amongst other things, is Form Athletic more of a MMA based brand or is the demographic still the Skateboard and Snowboard crowd?
FORM Athletics definitely caters toward a 19-34 year old athletic male customer which is not the action sports kid. We think that there are downlines to different consumer groups that FORM Athletics will be able to access – wrestling, general fitness, training, etc.
Do you see similarities between the rise of mixed-martial-arts clothing and that of skateboarding and snowboarding apparel?
Not really, there are some similar requirements but the style and the quality levels are totally different. 19-34 year old men tend to be brand loyal and they care about the quality of a garment, where a 15 year old kid for the most part wants to be cool at school and would wrap himself in a garbage bag if it elevated his status with his peers.
Would you describe yourself as a fan of the sport of mixed martial arts?
Yes, a HUGE fan.
How has the experience of working with Urijah Faber and the MMA community been for you?
I have worked with some of the best action sports and athletes in the world and Urijah is at the top of my list, he possesses something unique and special and I know that partnering up with him was a very smart move.
What other projects are you currently working on aside from Form Athletics?
When I left DC shoes, I joined the board of a company called BillMyParents, which is a youth payment system for teens and tweens to shop online without a credit card. Rob Dyrdek, Travis Pastrana, and Ryan Sheckler are endorsing the company. It’s a fun project.
Is there anyone you would like to thank?
My wife for supporting me and putting up with me, my daughters for watching the fights with me. My team at FORM for believing in the brand and joining the company, and of course Urijah.
We have some very exciting things happening in the near future: the new tee shirt line breaks in July, all of our fighters fight in August, we are at UFC EXPO and MAGIC, we are working on a high performance range of compression training apparel for spring, new short fabrications. Some cool stuff with some TV & movie people, and a HUGE deal that we can’t talk about until it happens.
**Obviously the “HUGE deal” was the companies acquisition by K-Swiss and with the backing of a large company such as that, fans could see more fighters wearing the FORM Athletics brand in the cage.
