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MMA Manifesto Releases Total Career Earnings for 772 UFC Fighters

(Ladies and gentleman, #69. There is no God.)

I am going to apologize right from the get-go, Potato Nation, because as I’m writing this, I’m also trying to wrap my brain around the fight I just saw on Super Fight League’s latest installment of Friday Fight Nights and it’s all but completely crippling my ability to focus on my actual task.

While I appreciate the new format that SFL has taken — forgoing freak show fights in mega stadiums in favor of local talent in scaled down arenas — to describe the skill level of some of SFL’s fighters as amateur would be a disservice to amateur MMA fighters around the world. I’m talking specifically, about the heavyweight clash between Virender Singh and Naveen Rao I just witnessed, in which Rao seemingly refused to even attempt to get back to his feet after being taken down, like Butterbean trapped in the YAMMA pit all over again. Singh, on the other hand, was content to dance around and throw one or two GnP shots at a time instead of finishing the fight outright, as if he was unaware of what to do when an opponent literally offers zero defense. Anyway, Rao tapped to strike (yes, it appeared to be just one) and then the camera cut to the crowd engaging in synchronized dance for approximately 3 minutes. BOLLYWOOD IS CRAZY.

What does any of this have to do with the topic at hand? Nothing really, except that even for their completely subpar skill levels, most of the fighters participating on SFL 11 will likely walk away with more money than Tiki Ghosn did from his entire UFC career, at least according to the figures recently released by MMA Manifesto, which tabulated the approximate career earnings of every fighter to fight for the UFC over the past seven years. Of course, the figures only date back to UFC 46, and are void of any sponsorship or locker room bonus money, so perhaps the $2,000 Ghosn was paid should be taken with a grain of salt. Still though, makes you wonder even more how he pulled off this for years.

In either case, join us after the jump to find out how much each of your favorite fighters have made over the course of their UFC careers. And while you might not be shocked at the top few entries on the list, there are definitely more than a few totals that will leave you scratching your head.

(Ladies and gentleman, #69. There is no God.)

(updated after UFC on Fuel: Franklin vs Le)

1	Chuck Liddell*	$4,320,000
2	Tito Ortiz*	$4,075,000
3	Quinton Jackson*	$3,240,000
4	Michael Bisping*	$3,135,000
5	Georges St-Pierre *	$3,102,000
6	Randy Couture*	$3,045,000
7	Anderson Silva *	$2,871,000
8	Brock Lesnar	$2,825,000
9	Rashad Evans*	$2,697,000
10	B.J. Penn *	$2,650,000
11	Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira *	$2,640,000
12	Lyoto Machida*	$2,075,000
13	Matt Hughes*	$2,045,000
14	Mauricio Rua*	$2,040,000
15	Wanderlei Silva*	$2,020,000
16	Forrest Griffin*	$1,907,000
17	Mirko Cro Cop*	$1,885,000
18	Jon Jones*	$1,852,000
19	Vitor Belfort*	$1,844,000
20	Frank Mir *	$1,433,000
21	Dan Henderson*	$1,400,000
22	Rich Franklin*	$1,326,000
23	Josh Koscheck *	$1,302,000
24	Junior dos Santos*	$1,190,000
25	Diego Sanchez*	$1,187,000
26	Cheick Kongo*	$1,183,000
27	Nate Diaz*	$1,113,000
28	Jon Fitch *	$1,068,000
29	Brandon Vera*	$1,051,000
30	Demian Maia *	$ 996,000
31	Chris Lytle *	$ 960,000
32	Cain Velasquez *	$ 918,000
33	Tim Sylvia	$ 915,000
34	Fabricio Werdum*	$ 910,000
35	Gabriel Gonzaga*	$ 907,000
36	Frankie Edgar *	$ 891,000
37	Kenny Florian *	$ 836,000
38	Nate Marquardt*	$ 834,000
39	Chris Leben*	$ 828,000
40	Clay Guida*	$ 801,000
41	Martin Kampmann*	$ 788,000
42	Andrei Arlovski*	$ 768,000
43	Joe Stevenson *	$ 761,000
44	Cung Le*	$ 760,000
45	Donald Cerrone	$ 737,600
46	Joe Lauzon*	$ 694,000
47	Melvin Guillard*	$ 650,800
48	Thiago Alves*	$ 643,000
49	Antonio Rogerio Nogueira*	$ 625,000
50	Jake Shields*	$ 600,000
51	Stefan Struve*	$ 596,000
52	Jim Miller*	$ 584,000
53	Chael Sonnen*	$ 582,000
54	Carlos Condit*	$ 574,000
55	Nick Diaz*	$ 568,500
56	Dong Hyun Kim*	$ 559,000
57	Alan Belcher *	$ 558,000
58	Stephan Bonnar*	$ 557,000
59	Jason MacDonald *	$ 556,200
60	Thiago Silva*	$ 555,000
61	Sam Stout*	$ 552,000
62	Tyson Griffin*	$ 532,500
63	Matt Wiman*	$ 528,000
64	Matt Hamill*	$ 524,000
65	Gleison Tibau *	$ 523,000
66	Matt Serra*	$ 515,000
67	Johny Hendricks*	$ 504,000
68	Spencer Fisher*	$ 504,000
69	James Toney	$ 500,000
70	Takanori Gomi*	$ 500,000
71	Ken Shamrock*	$ 490,000
72	Dennis Siver *	$ 485,000
73	Marcus Davis*	$ 478,000
74	Yoshihiro Akiyama*	$ 475,000
75	Jake Ellenberger*	$ 465,000
76	Mark Munoz*	$ 463,000
77	Heath Herring*	$ 460,000
78	Ed Herman*	$ 454,000
79	Jeremy Stephens *	$ 445,000
80	Mac Danzig*	$ 445,000
81	Sean Sherk*	$ 436,000
82	Mike Swick*	$ 423,000
83	Terry Etim*	$ 417,000
84	Kendall Grove *	$ 410,000
85	Ricardo Almeida*	$ 410,000
86	Keith Jardine *	$ 405,000
87	Brian Stann*	$ 404,000
88	Ryan Bader*	$ 401,000
89	Royce Gracie	$ 400,000
90	Wilson Gouveia*	$ 396,800
91	Evan Dunham*	$ 393,000
92	Gray Maynard*	$ 392,000
93	Edson Barboza*	$ 390,000
94	Yushin Okami*	$ 386,000
95	Alistair Overeem	$ 385,714
96	Anthony Johnson*	$ 385,000
97	Cole Miller*	$ 381,000
98	Kurt Pellegrino *	$ 369,000
99	Ben Rothwell*	$ 369,000
100	Mike Pyle*	$ 367,000
101	Roy Nelson*	$ 366,000
102	Dan Hardy*	$ 365,000
103	Thiago Tavares*	$ 353,000
104	Rick Story*	$ 342,000
105	Charles Oliveira*	$ 341,000
106	Urijah Faber*	$ 337,000
107	Aaron Simpson*	$ 336,000
108	Paulo Thiago*	$ 332,000
109	Benson Henderson*	$ 318,000
110	DaMarques Johnson *	$ 318,000
111	Krzysztof Soszynski *	$ 312,000
112	Vladimir Matyushenko*	$ 307,000
113	Nik Lentz*	$ 307,000
114	Ross Pearson*	$ 306,000
115	George Sotiropoulos *	$ 304,000
116	Hector Lombard*	$ 300,000
117	Alessio Sakara*	$ 299,000
118	C.B. Dollaway *	$ 293,000
119	Phil Davis*	$ 290,000
120	Mark Bocek*	$ 289,000
121	Dan Miller*	$ 283,000
122	Amir Sadollah*	$ 282,000
123	Shane Carwin*	$ 281,000
124	Rafael dos Anjos*	$ 281,000
125	Nate Quarry*	$ 280,000
126	Tom Lawlor*	$ 278,000
127	Karo Parisyan*	$ 277,000
128	Paul Taylor*	$ 275,000
129	Jose Aldo*	$ 273,000
130	Jorge Rivera *	$ 273,000
131	Chan-Sung Jung	$ 264,000
132	Marcus Aurelio*	$ 263,000
133	Patrick Cote*	$ 263,000
134	Chris Weidman*	$ 262,000
135	Rousimar Palhares*	$ 255,000
136	Josh Neer*	$ 251,000
137	Mark Coleman*	$ 250,000
138	Matt Riddle*	$ 248,000
139	TJ Grant*	$ 245,000
140	Mark Hominick*	$ 241,000
141	Dustin Hazelett*	$ 240,800
142	Matt Brown*	$ 240,000
143	Hermes Franca*	$ 238,000
144	Tim Boetsch*	$ 238,000
145	Mike Pierce*	$ 237,000
146	Evan Tanner*	$ 232,000
147	Travis Browne*	$ 229,000
148	Pat Barry*	$ 224,000
149	Eddie Sanchez*	$ 222,000
150	Lavar Johnson*	$ 220,000
151	Cub Swanson*	$ 220,000
152	Joey Beltran *	$ 218,000
153	Shane Roller*	$ 218,000
154	Rich Clementi*	$ 217,000
155	Leonard Garcia*	$ 217,000
156	Brock Larson*	$ 207,000
157	Paul Kelly*	$ 204,000
158	Joseph Benavidez*	$ 200,500
159	Danny Castillo*	$ 199,600
160	Luiz Cane*	$ 199,000
161	Demetrious Johnson*	$ 198,000
162	Brian Ebersole*	$ 195,000
163	Kyle Kingsbury*	$ 194,000
164	Pablo Garza*	$ 191,000
165	Jeremy Horn*	$ 185,000
166	Antoni Hardonk*	$ 184,000
167	Paul Sass*	$ 184,000
168	Brendan Schaub*	$ 182,000
169	Dustin Poirier	$ 181,000
170	Nam Phan*	$ 181,000
171	Mike Russow	$ 179,000
172	Miguel Torres	$ 178,800
173	Rory MacDonald*	$ 178,000
174	Michael McDonald	$ 177,000
175	John Hathaway*	$ 177,000
176	Roger Huerta*	$ 176,000
177	Jared Hamman*	$ 171,000
178	Jorge Gurgel*	$ 170,000
179	Yves Edwards*	$ 170,000
180	Dave Herman*	$ 169,000
181	Matt Mitrione*	$ 168,000
182	Jacob Volkmann *	$ 168,000
183	Bart Palaszweski*	$ 167,500
184	Akihiro Gono*	$ 167,000
185	Gerald Harris *	$ 167,000
186	Drew McFedries*	$ 165,000
187	Daniel Roberts	$ 164,000
188	Erick Silva*	$ 162,000
189	Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou	$ 160,000
190	Thales Leites*	$ 157,000
191	Rob Emerson*	$ 156,000
192	Michael Johnson*	$ 156,000
193	Dominick Cruz*	$ 155,000
194	Kyle Noke*	$ 155,000
195	Brian Foster *	$ 153,000
196	Alexander Gustafsson*	$ 152,000
197	Renato Sobral*	$ 151,000
198	Manny Gamburyan*	$ 150,000
199	Din Thomas*	$ 148,000
200	Stipe Miocic*	$ 148,000
201	Josh Burkman*	$ 146,000
202	Mike Brown*	$ 146,000
203	Luke Cummo*	$ 144,000
204	Diego Nunes*	$ 144,000
205	Riki Fukuda*	$ 144,000
206	James Irvin*	$ 143,000
207	Scott Jorgensen	$ 143,000
208	Duane Ludwig*	$ 142,000
209	Jason Brilz*	$ 141,000
210	Diego Brandao*	$ 141,000
211	Antonio Silva	$ 140,000
212	Dennis Bermudez*	$ 140,000
213	Jonathan Goulet*	$ 138,500
214	Paul Daley*	$ 138,200
215	Charlie Brenneman*	$ 136,000
216	Carlos Eduardo Rocha*	$ 152,000
217	Chris Wilson*	$ 133,000
218	Anthony Njokuani*	$ 132,400
219	Tony Ferguson*	$ 131,000
220	Court McGee*	$ 131,000
221	Frank Trigg*	$ 128,000
222	Dennis Hallman*	$ 128,000
223	Ryan Jensen	$ 127,000
224	Brian Bowles*	$ 127,000
225	James Te-Huna*	$ 126,000
226	Aaron Riley*	$ 125,000
227	Ricardo Lamas*	$ 125,000
228	Igor Pokrajac*	$ 125,000
229	Brad Pickett*	$ 124,000
230	Paul Buentello*	$ 122,000
231	Cody McKenzie*	$ 122,000
232	Kevin Burns*	$ 120,000
233	Alex Caceres*	$ 120,000
234	Mark Hunt*	$ 117,000
235	John Dodson	$ 116,000
236	Anthony Pettis*	$ 115,000
237	Jake Rosholt	$ 114,000
238	John Howard*	$ 114,000
239	Karlos Vemola*	$ 114,000
240	Kuniyoshi Hironaka*	$ 113,000
241	Joe Riggs*	$ 111,000
242	Ivan Menjivar*	$ 111,000
243	Takeya Mizugaki*	$ 108,000
244	Rony Mariano Bezerra*	$ 106,000
245	Efrain Escudero*	$ 104,000
246	Justin Lawrence*	$ 104,000
247	TJ Waldburger*	$ 103,000
248	Ben Saunders *	$ 102,000
249	Luigi Fioravanti*	$ 102,000
250	Che Mills*	$ 102,000
251	Rob Kimmons*	$ 100,000
252	John-Olav Einemo*	$ 100,000
253	Steve Cantwell*	$ 100,000
254	Tim Credeur*	$ 98,000
255	Bryan Carraway	$ 97,000
256	Goran Reljic *	$ 96,000
257	Mike Massenzio*	$ 96,000
258	Chris Camozzi*	$ 96,000
259	Dean Lister*	$ 95,000
260	Erik Koch*	$ 94,000
261	Jason Miller	$ 92,000
262	Chad Mendes*	$ 92,000
263	Justin Edwards*	$ 92,000
264	Jamie Varner	$ 91,000
265	Tomasz Drwal*	$ 90,600
266	Louis Gaudinot	$ 90,200
267	Gilbert Yvel	$ 90,000
268	Houston Alexander*	$ 90,000
269	Eric Schafer*	$ 90,000
270	Edwin Figueroa*	$ 89,000
271	Travis Lutter*	$ 88,000
272	Raphael Assuncao*	$ 88,000
273	Jake O’Brien	$ 87,000
274	Stephen Thompson	$ 85,000
275	Rodrigo Damm*	$ 85,000
276	Marcos Vinicius*	$ 85,000
277	Ryo Chonan*	$ 84,000
278	Jorge Santiago*	$ 84,000
279	Fabio Maldonado*	$ 84,000
280	Rodney Wallace*	$ 83,000
281	Eliot Marshall*	$ 83,000
282	Constantinos Philippou*	$ 83,000
283	Mitch Gagnon*	$ 83,000
284	Jason Lambert*	$ 82,000
285	Pascal Krauss*	$ 82,000
286	Matt Grice*	$ 82,000
287	Brad Tavares*	$ 82,000
288	John Lineker*	$ 81,800
289	Eddie Yagin*	$ 81,000
290	Vaughan Lee*	$ 81,000
291	Caol Uno *	$ 80,000
292	Phil Baroni	$ 80,000
293	Darren Elkins*	$ 80,000
294	Eddie Wineland*	$ 80,000
295	Seth Baczynski*	$ 80,000
296	Kalib Starnes*	$ 79,000
297	Lance Benoist*	$ 79,000
298	Andre Winner *	$ 78,000
299	Ian McCall*	$ 77,000
300	Ryan Jimmo*	$ 77,000
301	John Maguire*	$ 76,000
302	Christian Morecraft*	$ 75,000
303	Hatsu Hioki*	$ 75,000
304	Jon Madsen *	$ 74,000
305	Damacio Page*	$ 74,000
306	Pete Sell*	$ 72,000
307	Tamdan McCrory*	$ 72,000
308	Matt Lindland	$ 70,000
309	Rafaello Oliveira*	$ 70,000
310	James Wilks*	$ 69,000
311	Jonathan Brookins*	$ 69,000
312	Brad Blackburn *	$ 68,000
313	Mark Scanlon*	$ 68,000
314	Sean Pierson*	$ 68,000
315	Michihiro Omigawa*	$ 67,000
316	George Roop*	$ 66,000
317	Rich Attonito*	$ 64,000
318	Nick Denis*	$ 63,000
319	Nick Osipczak*	$ 62,000
320	Siyar Bahadurzada*	$ 62,000
321	Jens Pulver*	$ 60,000
322	Seth Petruzelli*	$ 60,000
323	Daniel Pineda*	$ 60,000
324	Glover Teixeira*	$ 60,000
325	Drew Fickett*	$ 58,000
326	Reuben Duran*	$ 58,000
327	Yves Jabouin*	$ 58,000
328	Ivan Salaverry	$ 57,500
329	Dennis Kang*	$ 56,000
330	Michael Chiesa	$ 56,000
331	Nick Ring*	$ 56,000
332	David Loiseau*	$ 55,000
333	Jason Dent	$ 55,000
334	Kimo Leopoldo	$ 55,000
335	Marvin Eastman*	$ 55,000
336	Chris Tuchscherer*	$ 54,000
337	Jason Black	$ 54,000
338	Waylon Lowe*	$ 54,000
339	Yoshiyuki Yoshida*	$ 54,000
340	Anthony Perosh*	$ 54,000
341	Renan Barao	$ 54,000
342	Matthew Riddle*	$ 52,000
343	Pete Spratt*	$ 52,000
344	Francis Carmont*	$ 52,000
345	Jeff Monson	$ 51,000
346	Scott Smith*	$ 51,000
347	Rani Yahya*	$ 51,000
348	Elvis Sinosic*	$ 50,000
349	Kimbo Slice *	$ 50,000
350	Ramsey Nijem*	$ 49,200
351	Diego Saraiva	$ 49,000
352	Junie Browing*	$ 49,000
353	Nick Catone*	$ 49,000
354	Mike Easton*	$ 48,800
355	Phillipe Nover	$ 48,000
356	Shane Nelson*	$ 48,000
357	Terry Martin	$ 48,000
358	Cyrille Diabate*	$ 48,000
359	John Cofer	$ 48,000
360	Steven Siler*	$ 48,000
361	T.J. Dillashaw*	$ 48,000
362	Marcus Brimage*	$ 48,000
363	Christian Wellisch	$ 45,000
364	Norifumi Yamamoto*	$ 45,000
365	Josh Grispi	$ 45,000
366	Rafael Natal*	$ 44,000
367	Fabricio Camoes *	$ 44,000
368	Claude Patrick*	$ 42,000
369	Dave Kaplan	$ 41,000
370	Matt Veach*	$ 41,000
371	Mike Van Arsdale	$ 41,000
372	Dave Branch*	$ 40,000
373	Kazuhiro Nakamura	$ 40,000
374	Khabib Nurmagomedov*	$ 40,000
375	Roland Delorme*	$ 40,000
376	Dustin Pague*	$ 40,000
377	Carlo Prater*	$ 40,000
378	Robert Peralta*	$ 40,000
379	John Makdessi*	$ 39,600
380	Roan Carneiro*	$ 39,000
381	Sam Hoger*	$ 39,000
382	Junior Assuncao*	$ 39,000
383	Forrest Petz*	$ 38,000
384	Joe Doerksen*	$ 38,000
385	Tim Hague*	$ 38,000
386	Josh Haynes*	$ 36,000
387	Justin Bucholz*	$ 36,000
388	Justin McCully	$ 36,000
389	Mario Miranda	$ 36,000
390	Ricardo Romero	$ 36,000
391	Jimy Hettes*	$ 36,000
392	Mike Guymon	$ 34,000
393	Dan Lauzon	$ 33,000
394	Shannon Gugerty*	$ 33,000
395	Corey Hill*	$ 32,000
396	David Bielkheden*	$ 32,000
397	James McSweeney*	$ 32,000
398	Matt Arroyo*	$ 32,000
399	Roli Delgado*	$ 32,000
400	Dongyi Yang*	$ 32,000
401	Clay Harvison*	$ 32,000
402	Chris Cariaso*	$ 32,000
403	Ronny Markes*	$ 32,000
404	John Albert*	$ 32,000
405	Tim Means*	$ 32,000
406	Vinny Malgahaes*	$ 32,000
407	Wagner Prado*	$ 32,000
408	Rob MacDonald*	$ 31,000
409	Shamar Bailey*	$ 30,400
410	Ken Stone*	$ 30,000
411	Carolos Newton	$ 30,000
412	David Heath	$ 30,000
413	John Salter *	$ 30,000
414	Reese Andy	$ 30,000
415	Rory Singer*	$ 30,000
416	Felipe Arantes*	$ 30,000
417	James Head*	$ 30,000
418	Yuri Alcantara*	$ 30,000
419	Max Hollaway*	$ 30,000
420	Jason Young*	$ 30,000
421	John Gunderson*	$ 29,000
422	Kamal Shalorus	$ 29,000
423	Jesse Lennox*	$ 28,000
424	Sean McCorkle*	$ 28,000
425	Steve Bruno*	$ 28,000
426	Tony DeSouza*	$ 28,000
427	Mackens Semerzier*	$ 28,000
428	Francisco Rivera*	$ 28,000
429	Darren Uyenoyama*	$ 28,000
430	Chad Griggs	$ 27,000
431	Assueiro Silva	$ 26,000
432	David Terrell	$ 26,000
433	Greg Soto	$ 26,000
434	Kris McCray*	$ 26,000
435	Marcio Cruz*	$ 26,000
436	Javier Vazquez*	$ 26,000
437	John Alessio*	$ 26,000
438	Sergio Moraes*	$ 26,000
439	Jeff Hougland*	$ 26,000
440	Renato Verissimo*	$ 25,000
441	Dan Cramer*	$ 24,000
442	Jon Koppenhaver	$ 24,000
443	Kyle Bradley	$ 24,000
444	Kyle Watson*	$ 24,000
445	Roman Mitichyan*	$ 24,000
446	Troy Mandaloniz*	$ 24,000
447	Rob Broughton*	$ 24,000
448	Vagner Rocha*	$ 24,000
449	Aaron Rosa*	$ 24,000
450	Chris Cope	$ 24,000
451	Jake Hecht*	$ 24,000
452	Justin Salas*	$ 24,000
453	Erik Perez*	$ 24,000
454	Walel Watson*	$ 24,000
455	Sam Sicilia*	$ 24,000
456	Cristiano Marcello*	$ 24,000
457	Zhang Tiequan*	$ 24,000
458	Alvin Robinson	$ 23,000
459	Trevor Prangley	$ 23,000
460	Mike Ciesnolevicz*	$ 22,400
461	Nate Mohr*	$ 22,000
462	Ricardo Funch*	$ 22,000
463	Hugo Viana*	$ 22,000
464	Carmelo Marrero*	$ 21,000
465	Jess Liaudin*	$ 21,000
466	Justin Eilers*	$ 21,000
467	Mustafa Al Turk*	$ 21,000
468	Ian Loveland	$ 21,000
469	Chase Gormley	$ 20,000
470	Jason Day*	$ 20,000
471	Jason Von Flue	$ 20,000
472	Clifford Starks	$ 20,000
473	Shane del Rosario	$ 20,000
474	Cezar Ferreira*	$ 20,000
475	Francisco Drinaldo*	$ 20,000
476	Thiago Perpetuo*	$ 20,000
477	Reza Madadi*	$ 20,000
478	Jeff Curran	$ 18,500
479	Brad Imes*	$ 18,000
480	Todd Duffee	$ 18,000
481	Curt Warburton*	$ 18,000
482	Cole Escovedo*	$ 18,000
483	Johnny Eduardo*	$ 18,000
484	Henry Martinez	$ 18,000
485	Shawn Jordan*	$ 18,000
486	Chris Clements*	$ 18,000
487	Antonio Carvalho*	$ 18,000
488	Anton Kuivanen*	$ 18,000
489	John Moraga	$ 18,000
490	Buddy Roberts*	$ 18,000
491	Michael Kuiper*	$ 18,000
492	Simeon Thoresen*	$ 18,000
493	Marcus LeVesseur*	$ 18,000
494	Jay Hieron*	$ 18,000
495	Stanislav Nedkov*	$ 18,000
496	Alex Karalexis*	$ 17,000
497	Oli Thompson*	$ 16,000
498	Dokonjonosuke Mishima	$ 16,000
499	Genki Sudo	$ 16,000
500	Mike Kyle	$ 16,000
501	Robbie Lawler*	$ 16,000
502	Tommy Speer*	$ 16,000
503	Paul Bradley*	$ 16,000
504	Johnny Bedford	$ 16,000
505	Daron Cruickshank	$ 16,000
506	Myles Jury	$ 16,000
507	Joe Proctor	$ 16,000
508	Keith Wisniewski	$ 16,000
509	Antonio McKee	$ 15,000
510	Jesse Forbes*	$ 15,000
511	Mike Nickels*	$ 15,000
512	Rolles Gracie	$ 15,000
513	Josh Thomson	$ 14,000
514	Philip De Fries*	$ 14,000
515	John Cholish*	$ 14,000
516	Keita Nakamura	$ 13,000
517	Shonie Carter*	$ 13,000
518	Jason Reinhart*	$ 13,000
519	Maximo Blanco	$ 13,000
520	Nick Pace*	$ 12,600
521	Amilcar Alves*	$ 12,000
522	Anthony Waldburger*	$ 12,000
523	Branden Lee Hinkle*	$ 12,000
524	Charles McCarthy*	$ 12,000
525	Dale Hartt*	$ 12,000
526	Jay Silva	$ 12,000
527	Julio Paulino*	$ 12,000
528	Lucio Linhares*	$ 12,000
529	Maiquel Falcao*	$ 12,000
530	Mark Holst*	$ 12,000
531	Nate Loughran*	$ 12,000
532	Pat Audinwood*	$ 12,000
533	Per Eklund*	$ 12,000
534	Rory Markham*	$ 12,000
535	Steve Steinbeiss	$ 12,000
536	Todd Brown	$ 12,000
537	Wes Correira	$ 12,000
538	Xavier Foupa-Pokam*	$ 12,000
539	Jesse Bongfelt*	$ 12,000
540	David Mitchell*	$ 12,000
541	Donny Walker*	$ 12,000
542	Yuri Alcantara*	$ 12,000
543	Dustin Jacoby	$ 12,000
545	Eric Wisely*	$ 12,000
546	Issei Tamura*	$ 12,000
547	Andrew Craig*	$ 12,000
548	Alex Soto	$ 12,000
549	Jared Papazian*	$ 12,000
550	Pat Schilling*	$ 12,000
551	Bernardo Malgalhaes*	$ 12,000
552	Yoislandy Izquierdo*	$ 12,000
553	Luis Ramos*	$ 12,000
554	Hacran Dias*	$ 12,000
555	Tommy Hayden*	$ 12,000
556	Eiji Mitsuoka*	$ 12,000
557	Chico Camos*	$ 12,000
558	Joey Gambino*	$ 12,000
559	Jimi Manuwa*	$ 12,000
560	Akira Corassani*	$ 12,000
561	Gunnar Nelson*	$ 12,000
562	Yashuhiro Urishitani*	$ 12,000
563	Tom DeBlass*	$ 12,000
564	Jon Tuck*	$ 12,000
565	Dan Christison	$ 11,000
566	Gabe Ruediger	$ 11,000
567	Nick Thompson	$ 11,000
568	Peter Sobotta*	$ 11,000
569	Charlie Valencia*	$ 10,000
570	Danny Abaddi*	$ 10,000
571	Dave Menne*	$ 10,000
572	Denis Stojnic*	$ 10,000
573	Edgar Garcia*	$ 10,000
574	Jordan Radev	$ 10,000
575	Justin Levens*	$ 10,000
576	Mike Patt	$ 10,000
577	Rob Yundt*	$ 10,000
578	Ross Pointon*	$ 10,000
579	Tom Murphy	$ 10,000
580	Wes Sims	$ 10,000
581	Mike Lullo*	$ 10,000
582	Joseph Sandoval*	$ 10,000
583	Papy Abedi*	$ 10,000
584	Mitch Clarke*	$ 10,000
585	Anistavio Medeiros*	$ 10,000
586	Godofredo Pepy*	$ 10,000
587	Delson Heleno*	$ 10,000
588	Leonardo Mafra*	$ 10,000
589	Wagner Campos*	$ 10,000
590	Antonio Banuelos	$ 9,000
591	Steve Lopez*	$ 9,000
592	Tra Telligman	$ 9,000
593	T.J. O’Brien*	$ 9,000
594	Jussier da Silva	$ 9,000
595	Aaron Wilkinson	$ 8,000
596	Alberto Crane	$ 8,000
597	Alexandre Ferreira*	$ 8,000
598	Antonio Mendes*	$ 8,000
599	Billy Miles	$ 8,000
600	Brad Morris*	$ 8,000
601	Brandon Wolff*	$ 8,000
602	Cale Yarborough	$ 8,000
603	Cameron Dollar	$ 8,000
604	Chuck O’Neil	$ 8,000
605	Dan Barrera	$ 8,000
606	Dan Evenson*	$ 8,000
607	Darril Schoonover	$ 8,000
608	Dorian Price	$ 8,000
609	Ediberto Crocata	$ 8,000
610	James Hammortree	$ 8,000
611	Jamie Yager	$ 8,000
612	Jared Rollins	$ 8,000
613	Jesse Taylor	$ 8,000
614	Joe Brammer	$ 8,000
615	John Kolosci	$ 8,000
616	John Polakowski	$ 8,000
617	Johnny Rees*	$ 8,000
618	Josh Bryant	$ 8,000
619	Josh Hendricks	$ 8,000
620	Jules Bruchez	$ 8,000
621	Justin Wren	$ 8,000
622	Marcus Jones	$ 8,000
623	Paul Georgieff	$ 8,000
624	Richie Hightower	$ 8,000
625	Ronys Torres*	$ 8,000
626	Ryan McGillivray	$ 8,000
627	Sam Morgan*	$ 8,000
628	Savo Chivitchian	$ 8,000
629	Shane Primm	$ 8,000
630	TJ O’Brien	$ 8,000
631	Danny Downes	$ 8,000
632	Edward Faaloloto*	$ 8,000
633	Stephen Bass	$ 8,000
634	Josh Ferguson	$ 8,000
635	Dustin Neace	$ 8,000
636	Al Iaquinta	$ 8,000
637	Chris Tickle	$ 8,000
638	Chris Saunders	$ 8,000
639	Jeremy Larsen	$ 8,000
640	Caio Malgalhaes	$ 8,000
641	John Texeira*	$ 8,000
642	Ulysses Gomez	$ 8,000
643	Francisco Trinaldo*	$ 8,000
644	Phil Harris	$ 8,000
645	Will Campuzano*	$ 7,300
646	Gideon Ray*	$ 7,000
647	Jeff Cox*	$ 7,000
648	Brodie Faber*	$ 6,000
649	Chad Reiner	$ 6,000
650	Chris Price*	$ 6,000
651	Colin Robinson*	$ 6,000
652	Doug Evans*	$ 6,000
653	Edwin DeWess*	$ 6,000
654	Fabiano Scherner*	$ 6,000
655	Hector Ramirez*	$ 6,000
656	Jason Gilliam	$ 6,000
657	Jason High*	$ 6,000
658	Jason Tan*	$ 6,000
659	Joe Vedepo*	$ 6,000
660	Joe Veres	$ 6,000
661	John Halverson	$ 6,000
662	Kenny Robertson	$ 6,000
663	Kevin Jordan*	$ 6,000
664	Lee Murray	$ 6,000
665	Luke Caudillo*	$ 6,000
666	Matt Horwich*	$ 6,000
667	Naoyuki Kotani*	$ 6,000
668	Razak Al-Hassan*	$ 6,000
669	Ryan Thomas*	$ 6,000
670	Samy Schiavo*	$ 6,000
671	Sean Salmon	$ 6,000
672	Victor Valimaki	$ 6,000
673	Vinicius Queiroz*	$ 6,000
674	Willamy Freire*	$ 6,000
675	Matt Lucas	$ 6,000
676	Josh Clopton	$ 6,000
677	Ednaldo Oliveira*	$ 6,000
678	Dan Stittgen	$ 6,000
679	Nick Penner*	$ 6,000
680	Magnus Cedenblad*	$ 6,000
681	Besam Yousef*	$ 6,000
682	Tim Elliot*	$ 6,000
683	Brock Jardine*	$ 6,000
684	Milton Vieira*	$ 6,000
685	Roger Hollett*	$ 6,000
686	Tom Watson*	$ 6,000
687	Andy Ogle*	$ 6,000
688	Renee Forte*	$ 6,000
689	Motonobu Tezuka*	$ 6,000
690	Andre Gusmao	$ 5,000
691	Anthony Torres*	$ 5,000
692	Mike Whitehead	$ 5,000
693	Soa Palelei	$ 5,000
694	C.J. Keith*	$ 4,800
695	Ansar Chalangov	$ 4,000
696	David Lee	$ 4,000
697	Fredson Paixao	$ 4,000
698	Gilber Aldana	$ 4,000
699	Joe Jordan	$ 4,000
700	Jonathan Wiezorek	$ 4,000
701	Logan Clark	$ 4,000
702	Maciej Jewtuszko*	$ 4,000
703	Mike Wessel*	$ 4,000
704	Scott Junk	$ 4,000
705	Sherman Pendergarst	$ 4,000
706	Tom Blackledge*	$ 4,000
707	Tony Fryklund*	$ 4,000
708	Travis Wiuff	$ 4,000
709	Vernon White	$ 4,000
710	Wes Combs*	$ 4,000
711	Mike Stumpf*	$ 4,000
712	Jorge Lopez*	$ 4,000
713	Byron Bloodworth*	$ 3,200
714	Alex Schoenaur*	$ 3,000
715	Alexandre Barros*	$ 3,000
716	Allen Berube*	$ 3,000
717	Andy Wang*	$ 3,000
718	Bill Mahood*	$ 3,000
719	Bobby Southworth*	$ 3,000
720	Brandon Melendez*	$ 3,000
721	Brian Geraghty*	$ 3,000
722	Brian Cobb*	$ 3,000
723	Chris Sanford*	$ 3,000
724	Crafton Wallace*	$ 3,000
725	Curtis Stout	$ 3,000
726	Danillo Villefort*	$ 3,000
727	Dante Rivera*	$ 3,000
728	David Baron*	$ 3,000
729	Derek Downey	$ 3,000
730	Derrick Noble	$ 3,000
731	Floyd Sword*	$ 3,000
732	Icho Larenas	$ 3,000
733	Ivan Serati*	$ 3,000
734	James Giboo	$ 3,000
735	James Lee*	$ 3,000
736	Jason Thacker*	$ 3,000
737	Jeff Joslin	$ 3,000
738	Jeremy Jackson*	$ 3,000
739	Jesse Sanders*	$ 3,000
740	Josh Rafferty*	$ 3,000
741	Josh Shockman	$ 3,000
742	Justin James	$ 3,000
743	Keigo Kunihara*	$ 3,000
744	Kerry Schall*	$ 3,000
745	Kit Cope*	$ 3,000
746	Koji Oishi*	$ 3,000
747	Kristian Rothaermel*	$ 3,000
748	Lodune Sincaid*	$ 3,000
749	Mario Neto	$ 3,000
750	Neil Grove*	$ 3,000
751	Neil Wann*	$ 3,000
752	Nissen Osterneck*	$ 3,000
753	Rex Holman	$ 3,000
754	Ron Faircloth*	$ 3,000
755	Ronald Jhun	$ 3,000
756	Ryan Madigan	$ 3,000
757	Ryan Roberts*	$ 3,000
758	Sean Gannon*	$ 3,000
759	Solomon Hutcherson*	$ 3,000
760	Steve Byrnes	$ 3,000
761	Stevie Lynch*	$ 3,000
762	Thomas Egan*	$ 3,000
763	Tim McKenzie*	$ 3,000
764	Tyler Toner	$ 3,000
765	Joe Marsh	$ 2,500
766	Brian Gassaway	$ 2,000
767	Cory Walmsley	$ 2,000
768	Jeff Newton	$ 2,000
769	Rick Davis	$ 2,000
770	Steve Vigneault	$ 2,000
771	Tiki Ghosn	$ 2,000
772	Wade Shipp	$ 2,000

Yes it’s a mess and yes it’s long as hell, but it’s a pretty damn comprehensive list on MMAManifesto’s part and it needed to be shared, so DEAL WITH IT.

Like we said, there are definitely some odd placements that need to be discussed amongst you Taters (Bisping over GSP?! Stefan Struve over Stephan Bonnar?!) as well as some whimsically hilarious ones (Terry Etim over Edson Barboza, Carlos Condit at #54, Nick Diaz at #55), but which figure strikes you as the most shocking? Personally, I gotta go with Brandon Vera. His last performance aside, the dude has underwhelmed and underperformed his way to six figures. But I guess that’s why they call it the American dream.

–J. Jones

UFC 145 Salaries: Jon Jones Tops the Payroll With 400 Grand, Polly

(The fighters of UFC 145 meet perhaps the single greatest interviewer of all time. Props to Creative Loafing for the vid.)

It’s good to be king, Potato Nation. We sure don’t need to tell that to Jon Jones, who walked away from UFC 145 with not only his pretty non-replicated belt, but a cool 400K for his troubles. As Pepper Brooks would surely tell you, that’ll buy one hell of a blumpkin. Not to be outdone, Rashad Evans picked up $300,000, which he immediately invested in a double D sized ocular implant. I know it probably gives you more confidence, “Suga,” but you’ll lose respect from the soccer moms is all we’re saying. Combined, the night’s main-eventers took in just over half of the total disclosed salary, which rang in at $1,241,000.

Check out the full list of salaries, along with our thoughts, after the jump. Per usual, these numbers do not include things like locker room bonuses, PPV cuts, insurance, licenses, taxes, etc., nor do they include the $65,000 end of the night bonuses handed out to those who earned them.

(The fighters of UFC 145 meet perhaps the single greatest interviewer of all time. Props to Creative Loafing for the vid.)

Check out the full list of salaries below. Per usual, these numbers do not include things like locker room bonuses, PPV cuts, insurance, licenses, taxes, etc., nor do they include the $65,000 end of the night bonuses handed out to those who earned them.

Jon Jones: $400,000 (no win bonus)
def. Rashad Evans: $300,000

Rory MacDonald: $36,000 (includes $18,000 win bonus)
def. Che Mills: $8,000

Ben Rothwell: $104,000 (includes $52,000 win bonus)
def. Brendan Schaub: $14,000

Michael McDonald: $16,000 (includes $8,000 win bonus)
def. Miguel Torres: $32,000

Eddie Yagin: $12,000 (includes $6,000 win bonus)
def. Mark Hominick: $17,000

Mark Bocek: $46,000 (includes $23,000 win bonus)
def. John Alessio: $10,000

Travis Browne: $24,000 (includes $12,000 win bonus)
def. Chad Griggs: $27,000

Matt Brown: $36,000 (includes $18,000 win bonus)
def. Stephen Thompson: $8,000

Anthony Njokuani: $24,000 (includes $12,000 win bonus)
def. John Makdessi: $12,000

Mac Danzig: $54,000 (includes $27,000 win bonus)
def. Efrain Escudero: $10,000

Chris Clements: $12,000 (includes $6,000 win bonus)
def. Keith Wisniewski: $10,000

Marcus Brimage: $16,000 (includes $8,000 win bonus)
def. Maximo Blanco: $13,000

Thoughts…

Overpaid: Who would’ve guessed that Ben Rothwell was making over 50K to show? Before UFC 145, the guy was 1-2 in the UFC and on the heels of a disastrous loss to Mark Hunt, but you would think he was a top contender with that kind of money. We aren’t here to dump haterade on “Big Ben,” because he seems like a pretty cool dude, as evident by his heartfelt post-fight speech. He’s earned his payday, as did everyone else on the card. It’s just a little surprising is all.

Underpaid: OK, now it’s time to dump some haterade. If someone has the balls to attempt and justify how Keith Wisneieiskiwiewi manages to have a higher base salary than bantamweight phenom Michael McDonald and Che Mills, then be our guest. We know that Mills has only had one fight in the UFC prior to UFC 145, but so did Whiskeytits (at least in his current run), and he required Face/Off surgery after his last performance against Josh Neer. This is not a knock on Winsnickerskew, because the dude’s a warrior, but more of a knock on the paltry base pay some fighters receive. Hopefully DW tossed Mills some undisclosed cash in the locker room, or else he might want to start considering the rare bird wrangling business. It may be more frustrating than MMA, but it’s a lot less painful.

As for McDonald, he now stands at 4-0 in the UFC with two straight knockouts, the most recent coming over a former WEC champ and top pound-for-pounder nonetheless, yet he gets paid like a sub-level TUF participant. Makes you wonder what he’s always smiling about.

-J. Jones

Josh Thompson Napped His Way to $80,000 and Other Musings From ‘Strikeforce: Tate vs. Rousey’

(Nick Diaz was right! If you listen close enough, you can hear the ocean!)

Last weekend’s Strikeforce: Tate vs. Rousey event gave us plenty to talk about, a rare feature of a Strikeforce card these days. Ronda Rousey officially became the most successful one trick pony of all time, Ronaldo Souza showed us that he is ever improving in the stand up department, and the Strikeforce matchmakers let Nazi pedophiles worldwide know that they could still earn a shot in the big time through hard work, *cough* rape *cough*, and dedication to your craft.

Nowadays, we all know that cash rules everything around us, so let’s first talk about the recently released salaries from this weekend’s “Tate vs. Rousey” card, as they are surprisingly generous for most parties involved. It’s good to know that all of Frank Shamrock’s hard work has paved the way for this new generation of fighters. Per usual, this list does not include any undisclosed/locker room bonuses or any of that noise.

Ronda Rousey: $32,000 (includes $17,000 win bonus)
Miesha Tate: $19,000

Josh Thomson: $80,000 (no win bonus)
K.J. Noons: $38,000

Kazuo Misaki: $50,000 (no win bonus)
Paul Daley: $45,000

Lumumba Sayers: $10,000 (includes $5,000 win bonus)
Scott Smith: $65,000

Ronaldo Souza: $92,000 (includes $22,000 win bonus)
Bristol Marunde: $10,000

Sarah Kaufman: $25,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
Alexis Davis: $4,000

Roger Bowling: $16,000 (includes $8,000 win bonus)
Brandon Saling: $5,000

Pat Healy: $22,500 (includes $5,000 win bonus)
Caros Fodor: $12,000

Ryan Couture: $10,000 (no win bonus)
Conor Heun: $8,000

Join us after the jump for our thoughts on the payout, along with a look at the medical suspensions from the event.

(Nick Diaz was right! If you listen close enough, you can hear the ocean!)

Ronda Rousey: $32,000 (includes $17,000 win bonus)
Miesha Tate: $19,000

Josh Thomson: $80,000 (no win bonus)
K.J. Noons: $38,000

Kazuo Misaki: $50,000 (no win bonus)
Paul Daley: $45,000

Lumumba Sayers: $10,000 (includes $5,000 win bonus)
Scott Smith: $65,000

Ronaldo Souza: $92,000 (includes $22,000 win bonus)
Bristol Marunde: $10,000

Sarah Kaufman: $25,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
Alexis Davis: $4,000

Roger Bowling: $16,000 (includes $8,000 win bonus)
Brandon Saling: $5,000

Pat Healy: $22,500 (includes $5,000 win bonus)
Caros Fodor: $12,000

Ryan Couture: $10,000 (no win bonus)
Conor Heun: $8,000

Overpaid: I don’t know who Josh Thompson’s agent is, but I’m pretty sure I want him to represent me in the brutal divorce that will inevitably sidetrack my yet to be determined future. Sure, he’s the former lightweight champion, but 80 grand? That’s more than their last event cleared in ticket sales for Christ’s sake. I’d say that Scott Smith was overpaid, but that money was more than likely severance pay, so I’ll back off.

Underpaid: How about the former women’s bantamweight champion, for starters?Nineteen thousand dollars for a headliner is ridiculous, no matter how you slice it. Meisha helped sell the shit out of that fight, and will barely be able to pay for the ensuing months of physical therapy with that measly payday. Also, poor Brandon Sailing. Taking home only five thousand dollars for his second round TKO loss to Roger Bowling, he won’t be able to afford that Adolf Hitler ski sweater he always wanted. That will buy a LOT of meth though.

Speaking of Meisha Tate’s mangled arm, check out the full list of medical suspensions from “Tate vs. Rousey” below. Somehow, Tate was able to walk away without a broken arm on Saturday, but was suspended indefinitely by doctors with a case of “Punctured Stretch Armstrong Elbow.” The rest of the suspensions were less hilarious in nature.

– Miesha Tate suspended indefinitely until cleared by orthopedist for left arm injury

– Kazuo Misaki suspended 45 days for stitches

– Ronaldo ‘Jacare’ Souza suspended indefinitely for medical clearance on his hand

– Sarah Kaufman suspended 30 days for a rest period

– Alexis Davis suspended 30 days for stitches

– Roger Bowling suspended indefinitely until clearance for hand injury

– Brandon Saling suspended 30 days for TKO

– Pat Healy suspended 30 days for stitches

– Conor Heun suspended 30 days for TKO loss, also suspended indefinitely for medical clearance on hand and stitches

We’re not quite sure as to the extent of former Strikeforce middleweight champion Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza’s hand injury, but will keep you updated as we are made aware.

-J. Jones