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UFC 117 Fighter Salaries.

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 […]

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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

Patrick Cote’s Take On Anderson Silva Vs. Chael Sonnen.

Patrick Cote has already fought and lost to UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva so his thoughts on the UFC 117 main event bout between Silva and then number one contender Chael Sonnen are interesting to say the least. Cote looked good in the match against “The Spider” but suffered a knee injury that left […]

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Patrick Cote has already fought and lost to UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva so his thoughts on the UFC 117 main event bout between Silva and then number one contender Chael Sonnen are interesting to say the least. Cote looked good in the match against “The Spider” but suffered a knee injury that left him unable to continue to fight and since then he’s lost to Alan Belcher as well. Cote recently talked to BuddaSport and here’s his take on Silva Vs. Sonnen:

It’s more about the Chael performance we have to talk. He kept an incredible pace and had a really good gameplan. Unfortunately, he got cut in the 5th round. I’m not really even a fan of Sonnen.

Cote is set to take on Tom Lawlor at UFC 121, and with another loss there’s a chance that “The Predator” could be looking for another job. Still Cote has shown that he can hang with the middleweight big boys, but the question will be whether Cote will return to the form that made him number one contender almost two years ago.

UFC 118 Interview Video With Randy Couture.

UFC 118: Edgar Vs. Penn II will also feature an attraction style matchup between Randy “The Natural” Couture and former boxing champion James Toney. Toney certainly should be one of the most powerful punchers in UFC history, but can he win his first bout when facing a UFC Hall of Famer? We’ll find […]

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UFC 118: Edgar Vs. Penn II will also feature an attraction style matchup between Randy “The Natural” Couture and former boxing champion James Toney. Toney certainly should be one of the most powerful punchers in UFC history, but can he win his first bout when facing a UFC Hall of Famer? We’ll find out soon enough.

Dominick Cruz Not Surprised to Be Facing Joseph Benavidez Again

The next couple of weeks are looking pretty, pretty, pretty sweet for MMA fans; first we have this Wednesday’s WEC, Saturday night will feature Strikeforce’s “King Mo vs. Feijao” card, as well as, Sengoku 14 (that’s a promotion in Japan for you MMA-lite fans), and then next Saturday of course is UFC 118. Not too […]

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The next couple of weeks are looking pretty, pretty, pretty sweet for MMA fans; first we have this Wednesday’s WEC, Saturday night will feature Strikeforce’s “King Mo vs. Feijao” card, as well as, Sengoku 14 (that’s a promotion in Japan for you MMA-lite fans), and then next Saturday of course is UFC 118. Not too shabby.

First things first is Wednesday’s WEC, which will feature a rematch between bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz and Joseph Benavidez, and if you’ve seen these guys throw down before you know that there’s a damn good chance you’re going to be entertained. Cruz earned a UD win over Benavidez last September, and based off that experience, it doesn’t sound like he was too surprised when Benavidez took out Rani Yahya and Miguel Torres. Speaking to MMA Weekly about his upcoming title defense Cruz said:

“I always knew he had the potential to do what he did for those fights,” Cruz told MMAWeekly Radio. “Everything about fights comes down to style match-up, and if you stand in front of Joseph and let him punch you, you’re going to get punched. The key is fighting him a specific way, making sure he can’t unload on you.”… “You’ve got to be able to change your style up, and unfortunately those guys weren’t quite able to figure it out.”

It’s also interesting to note that Cruz took the belt from Brian Bowles, who ended the long reign of Torres, who in turn was taken out by Benavidez. Well, we think that makes the fight interesting at least.

To bet on Wednesday’s action head here.

Report: Mirko “Cro Cop” to Replace Injured “Minotauro” Nogueira vs. Frank Mir

If you’re a huge “Minotauro” Nogueira fan and have had September 25th marked down on your calendar, in anticipation of your boy getting another shot at Frank Mir, well, you may want to put the coffee down (or any other object that could be thrown courtesy a temper tantrum). According to a report from Fighters Only […]

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If you’re a huge “Minotauro” Nogueira fan and have had September 25th marked down on your calendar, in anticipation of your boy getting another shot at Frank Mir, well, you may want to put the coffee down (or any other object that could be thrown courtesy a temper tantrum). According to a report from Fighters Only Magazine Nogueira has been forced to withdraw from UFC 119 due to an injury. In a follow up report from MMA Junkie, a source has confirmed with the outlet, that a rib injury has in fact punted the legendary heavyweight from the card.

So, for big time Nog fans this news has to be very disappointing, as Nogueira has consistently said that a serious staph infection and a messed up knee, were key reasons as to why he got absolutely pasted by Mir at UFC 92. Looks like Nog learned his lesson in terms of trying to fight through an injury no?

Now, the sh-tty news regarding Nogueira’s injury aside, Fighters Only is reporting that Mirko “Cro Cop” will step in to fight Mir at UFC 119. Our first reaction was ‘cool—wait—what?’ Now Cro Cop has clearly fought some of the best in the sport, and if he has indeed agreed to fight Mir then that’s awesome, but it wasn’t long ago we were hearing reports that he was humming and hawing about retirement. Now he’s stepping up against one the world’s best on 6 week’s notice? Guess he’s still looking to make a run.