It was just over a year ago that Tito Ortiz packed up his bags, hung up his gloves, and called it a career after a loss to Forrest Griffin at UFC 148. Ortiz’s retirement was planned well before the fight ever took place, and the UFC even inducted him into their Hall of Fame just […]
It was just over a year ago that Tito Ortiz packed up his bags, hung up his gloves, and called it a career after a loss to Forrest Griffin at UFC 148. Ortiz’s retirement was planned well before the fight ever took place, and the UFC even inducted him into their Hall of Fame just […]
From his time on The Ultimate Fighter: The Smashes to now, show winner Norman Parke has learned a lot, especially since uprooting his life to train exclusively in the United States. Parke has now spent two full fight camps at Alliance Training Center w…
From his time on The Ultimate Fighter: The Smashes to now, show winner Norman Parke has learned a lot, especially since uprooting his life to train exclusively in the United States. Parke has now spent two full fight camps at Alliance Training Center where he works alongside fighters like UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz, Phil […]
While a lot of fighters and MMA personalities are jumping on the Chris Weidman bandwagon leading up to his fight with UFC middleweight champ Anderson Silva next weekend, don’t count on Demian Maia to be one of them. The Brazilian jiu-jitsu ace, who’s been lucky enough to face both men inside the Octagon and live to […]
While a lot of fighters and MMA personalities are jumping on the Chris Weidman bandwagon leading up to his fight with UFC middleweight champ Anderson Silva next weekend, don’t count on Demian Maia to be one of them. The Brazilian jiu-jitsu ace, who’s been lucky enough to face both men inside the Octagon and live to […]
Bantamweight fighter Bryan Caraway may be ecstatic about getting $65,000 in UFC bonus money due to a failed drug test from Pat Healy, but Nate Diaz isn’t smiling. In fact, the former lightweight contender thinks that Caraway is “the biggest fag” for doing so. Those were the strong words that the Stocktonian recently posted on […]
Bantamweight fighter Bryan Caraway may be ecstatic about getting $65,000 in UFC bonus money due to a failed drug test from Pat Healy, but Nate Diaz isn’t smiling. In fact, the former lightweight contender thinks that Caraway is “the biggest fag” for doing so. Those were the strong words that the Stocktonian recently posted on […]
(Fitch finds himself on the wrong end of a Fitch’ing against Demian Maia at UFC 156. Photo via Getty Images)
In the wake of Jon Fitch‘s surprise firing during the Great UFC Bloodletting of February 2013, even die-hard Fitch-haters criticized the move. As the general argument goes, how the hell are you going to cut a fighter who’s one of the ten greatest welterweights in the world by your own rankings, and whose last victory over Erick Silva was a Fight of the Night performance that proved he still has greatness left in him?
“Jon Fitch was ranked number nine, OK, however you want to look at that, he’s ranked number nine, whether it’s right or wrong or the rankings are bullshit or whatever. Ranked number nine right now. Now, this isn’t a case where Jon Fitch was ranked No. 9, No. 7, No. 6, No. 4, No. 2 and then we cut him. He was ranked No. 1, fought for the title and then he was ranked No. 2. He was ranked No. 3, 6, 7, and now he’s 9. That’s called the downside of your career. He’s on the downside…
“He had a draw, then a loss, right, then a win, then a loss. It’s good, he got more money. He got Fight of the Night because it takes two guys to do that. Right? If Erick Silva’s wrestling wasn’t right there, that wouldn’t have been Fight of the Night. At the end of the day, when you really break it down, who did Erick Silva beat? This was Erick Silva’s first real big fight and big test. And it was a damn good fight. That’s called the downside. He’s not buzzsawing through guys, he’s not doing a [Johny] Hendricks. So it’s not like Jon Fitch was on this incredible fucking winning streak and ‘the greatest fucking welterweight in the history of the world and a fucking Hall of Famer. The guy’s never won a fucking title in his life.”
In other words, Fitch is #9 with a down-arrow, and Erick Silva was never that accomplished to begin with, though Silva nevertheless deserves all the credit for how good that fight was. [*I promise this is not a Scanners gif*] But let’s get back to the more important issue: That Jon Fitch, who makes $66,000 to show, is “super fucking expensive.” Please take a moment to realize what an absolute joke your favorite sport is. Ben Fowlkes puts it best on MMAJunkie:
(Fitch finds himself on the wrong end of a Fitch’ing against Demian Maia at UFC 156. Photo via Getty Images)
In the wake of Jon Fitch‘s surprise firing during the Great UFC Bloodletting of February 2013, even die-hard Fitch-haters criticized the move. As the general argument goes, how the hell are you going to cut a fighter who’s one of the ten greatest welterweights in the world by your own rankings, and whose last victory over Erick Silva was a Fight of the Night performance that proved he still has greatness left in him?
“Jon Fitch was ranked number nine, OK, however you want to look at that, he’s ranked number nine, whether it’s right or wrong or the rankings are bullshit or whatever. Ranked number nine right now. Now, this isn’t a case where Jon Fitch was ranked No. 9, No. 7, No. 6, No. 4, No. 2 and then we cut him. He was ranked No. 1, fought for the title and then he was ranked No. 2. He was ranked No. 3, 6, 7, and now he’s 9. That’s called the downside of your career. He’s on the downside…
“He had a draw, then a loss, right, then a win, then a loss. It’s good, he got more money. He got Fight of the Night because it takes two guys to do that. Right? If Erick Silva’s wrestling wasn’t right there, that wouldn’t have been Fight of the Night. At the end of the day, when you really break it down, who did Erick Silva beat? This was Erick Silva’s first real big fight and big test. And it was a damn good fight. That’s called the downside. He’s not buzzsawing through guys, he’s not doing a [Johny] Hendricks. So it’s not like Jon Fitch was on this incredible fucking winning streak and ‘the greatest fucking welterweight in the history of the world and a fucking Hall of Famer. The guy’s never won a fucking title in his life.”
In other words, Fitch is #9 with a down-arrow, and Erick Silva was never that accomplished to begin with, though Silva nevertheless deserves all the credit for how good that fight was. [*I promise this is not a Scanners gif*] But let’s get back to the more important issue: That Jon Fitch, who makes $66,000 to show, is “super fucking expensive.” Please take a moment to realize what an absolute joke your favorite sport is. Ben Fowlkes puts it best on MMAJunkie:
“You’re telling me that Fitch, who’s already had a better career than 90 percent of active welterweights, and who’s been with the same organization for more than seven years, has priced himself out of a job with $66,000 in show money? Seriously? Take away taxes, training expenses, his management’s cut, and all the other miscellaneous stuff that eats into a fighter’s pay, and that’s not a ton of take-home cash for a night of professional cage fighting. If that’s too much for a guy like Fitch, most other fighters should go ahead and start working on that law school application right now because the future is grim.”
Here’s something to consider: Would we even be having this conversation if the UFC’s pay-per-view numbers hadn’t fallen off last year, and the company had money to burn? Between all of the promotion’s television commitments — namely FOX stealing PPV-worthy fights for broadcast on free TV — as well as the UFC’s recent rush of international expansion, maybe the promotion is just over-leveraged. (You might have noticed that their end-of-night bonuses were lowered back to $50,000 apiece, another unexpected sign of belt-tightening.) No matter what the reasoning for the Fitch cut, it’s kind of an embarrassing admission for the UFC that a top-ten fighter who makes $66k to show has now become too expensive. I mean, what’s next — a freeze on no-show jobs for ex-champions?
“Viacom’s got plenty of money. Viacom MMA isn’t hurting for cash. There’s a lot of other places this guy can go and make some money…[Fitch] will end up at Bellator or one of these other organizations and he will win a world title. He’ll end up there and he’ll smash every single guy over there and he’ll be a champ. A guy goes outside, wins some fights, has some impressive runs and then comes back…the response that Jon Fitch has had (from fans) is awesome. I’m glad that many people are behind him and support him. That’s not a bad thing. Good for him. But I can tell you this: Jon Fitch isn’t cheap. Viacom MMA has some money, so he can go out on the free market right now and find out what he’s worth.”
“I have a lot of respect for Jon [Fitch] and I have a lot of respect for anyone who has to courage to do what these guys do and the athletic ability to do what they do but we are not going to be signing Jon Fitch…We have a stacked welterweight division right now. We have a lot of guys that we are developing that we anticipate are going to be world class fighters and break the top ten. We want to keep guys busy. We want to keep guys inside the cage and we have a plan in terms of the next year and who is going to be a part of the tournaments and it’s just not the time…
There is no hard and fast line in the sand with us. ‘King Mo’ Lawal came out of Strikeforce. He is one of my favorite fighters fighting in our organization. He is wildly exciting and awesomely talented. Ben ‘Killa B’ Saunders is another example and is fighting for us tonight. He came out and lost two straight in the UFC when we signed him. I just [liked] watching him fight. I love the knees and I love the clinch game and I thought he was exciting, so we signed him. There will be others like that. There will be other guys that get released from the UFC and it’s not a hard and fast rule.”
In short, top ten welterweight Jon Fitch is too expensive for the UFC, and not quite exciting enough for Bellator. If he’s lucky, maybe World Series of Fighting will let him fight the winner of Burkman vs. Simpson later this year. Jesus Christ, man, condolences.
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.)
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.
(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.
