Following the UFC Fight Night 81 event, which saw Dominick Cruz recapture the UFC Bantamweight Championship that he never lost in the Octagon with a decision victory over T.J. Dillashaw in his second comeback fight in the past few years, the Massachusetts State Athletic Commission has released the reported salaries paid to fighters on the card.
As seen below, the winners have two dollar amounts listed, as they received their contracted “show purses” as well as their contracted “win bonuses” for getting the victory. Their opponents obviously receive only their “show purses.”
It’s important to note that the following salaries are strictly those reported to the local state athletic commission, and do not include the discretionary post-fight bonuses, non-Reebok sponsorship money some fighters make, pay-per-view points or other income that is not reported to the commission.
UFC Fight Night 81 took place on Sunday, January 17, 2016 from the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts.
Main Card (FOX Sports 1)
Dominick Cruz ($55,000 + $55,000 = $110,000) def. T.J. Dillashaw ($70,000)
Eddie Alvarez ($100,000 + no win bonus = $100,000) def. Anthony Pettis ($80,000)
Travis Browne ($60,000 + $60,000 = $120,000) def. Matt Mitrione ($36,000)
Francisco Trinaldo ($27,000 + $27,000 = $54,000) def. Ross Pearson ($48,000)
Preliminary Card (FOX Sports 1)
Patrick Cote ($43,000 + $43,000 = $86,000) def. Ben Saunders ($18,000)
Ed Herman ($47,000 + $47,000 = $94,000) def. Tim Boetsch ($52,000)
Chris Wade ($17,000 + $17,000 = $34,000) def. Mehdi Baghdad ($12,000)
Luke Sanders ($10,000 + $10,000 = $20,000) def. Maximo Blanco ($25,000)
Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass)
Paul Felder ($18,000 + $18,000 = $36,000)def. Daron Cruickshank ($20,000)
Ilir Latifi ($22,000 + $22,000 = $44,000) def. Sean O’Connell ($18,000)
Charles Rosa ($12,000 + $12,000 = $24,000) def. Kyle Bochniak ($10,000)
Rob Font ($10,000 + $10,000 = $20,000) def. Joey Gomez ($10,000)
Francimar Barroso ($15,000 + $15,000 = $30,000) def. Elvis Mutapcic ($16,000)
Following the UFC Fight Night 81 event, which saw Dominick Cruz recapture the UFC Bantamweight Championship that he never lost in the Octagon with a decision victory over T.J. Dillashaw in his second comeback fight in the past few years, the Massachusetts State Athletic Commission has released the reported salaries paid to fighters on the card.
As seen below, the winners have two dollar amounts listed, as they received their contracted “show purses” as well as their contracted “win bonuses” for getting the victory. Their opponents obviously receive only their “show purses.”
It’s important to note that the following salaries are strictly those reported to the local state athletic commission, and do not include the discretionary post-fight bonuses, non-Reebok sponsorship money some fighters make, pay-per-view points or other income that is not reported to the commission.
UFC Fight Night 81 took place on Sunday, January 17, 2016 from the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts.
Main Card (FOX Sports 1)
Dominick Cruz ($55,000 + $55,000 = $110,000) def. T.J. Dillashaw ($70,000)
Eddie Alvarez ($100,000 + no win bonus = $100,000) def. Anthony Pettis ($80,000)
Travis Browne ($60,000 + $60,000 = $120,000) def. Matt Mitrione ($36,000)
Francisco Trinaldo ($27,000 + $27,000 = $54,000) def. Ross Pearson ($48,000)
Preliminary Card (FOX Sports 1)
Patrick Cote ($43,000 + $43,000 = $86,000) def. Ben Saunders ($18,000)
Ed Herman ($47,000 + $47,000 = $94,000) def. Tim Boetsch ($52,000)
Chris Wade ($17,000 + $17,000 = $34,000) def. Mehdi Baghdad ($12,000)
Luke Sanders ($10,000 + $10,000 = $20,000) def. Maximo Blanco ($25,000)
Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass)
Paul Felder ($18,000 + $18,000 = $36,000)def. Daron Cruickshank ($20,000)
Ilir Latifi ($22,000 + $22,000 = $44,000) def. Sean O’Connell ($18,000)
Charles Rosa ($12,000 + $12,000 = $24,000) def. Kyle Bochniak ($10,000)
Rob Font ($10,000 + $10,000 = $20,000) def. Joey Gomez ($10,000)
Francimar Barroso ($15,000 + $15,000 = $30,000) def. Elvis Mutapcic ($16,000)
UFC Fight Night 81 averaged 2.288 million viewers from 10 PM – 12:40 AM ET on FOX Sports 1. The prelims from 8 PM – 10 PM averaged 1.767 million viewers. Fight Night 81 took place on January 17, 2016 at the TD Garden in Boston, MA. The event was attended by 12,022 people for a total gate of $1,300,00.
UFN 81 was headlined by T.J. Dillashaw and Dominick Cruz for the bantamweight title, while Eddie Alvarez vs. Anthony Pettis served as the co-main event.
UFC Fight Night 81 averaged 2.288 million viewers from 10 PM – 12:40 AM ET on FOX Sports 1. The prelims from 8 PM – 10 PM averaged 1.767 million viewers. Fight Night 81 took place on January 17, 2016 at the TD Garden in Boston, MA. The event was attended by 12,022 people for a total gate of $1,300,00.
UFN 81 was headlined by T.J. Dillashaw and Dominick Cruz for the bantamweight title, while Eddie Alvarez vs. Anthony Pettis served as the co-main event.
Dominick Cruz (21-1) returned in a big way at UFC Fight Night 81 when he beat T.J. Dillashaw (13-3) to regain the bantamweight title. Now, the UFC as some options on the table for his first challenger. It’s no secret that Cruz was dealing with a foot injury going into the fight this past Sunday
Dominick Cruz (21-1) returned in a big way at UFC Fight Night 81 when he beat T.J. Dillashaw (13-3) to regain the bantamweight title. Now, the UFC as some options on the table for his first challenger. It’s no secret that Cruz was dealing with a foot injury going into the fight this past Sunday night so all of the options that the UFC has will be determined by how long Cruz will be out.
Former UFC fighter and current FOX Sports analyst Kenny Florian have been in the news for his plagiarized article about Cruz before UFC Fight Night 81. Florian once again made headlines when he looked at the UFC’s options for Cruz’s next challenger. The UFC could give T.J. Dillashaw a rematch for the bantamweight title, which would make sense or the UFC could make a trilogy fight between Cruz and Urijah Faber, who have no love lost for each other. Faber and Dillashaw have been very vocal about wanting the next title shot while Cruz has gone on record by saying he doesn’t care who he fights next.
Florian explained on a recent edition of his podcast that he believes if the UFC gives Faber another chance against Cruz then Faber will be beaten worse than ever before because Faber has not improved that much since their last fight, which was at UFC 132.
“I think the guy most deserving [of the title shot] is Dillashaw. Listen, I love Urijah Faber, I really do, I just don’t see that fight being close between he and Dominick. I just don’t, if I’m being honest. I think the last fight [at UFC 132 in 2011] was semi-close, but really it was just Urijah scrambling his brain to try to find out where Cruz was going to be in that cage.
“It’s going to be even worse this time around. Urijah really hasn’t changed that much. I don’t think he’s changed too much from the WEC days. Cruz just continues to get better. I don’t think there’s anyone else at 135 pounds who is close besides T.J. Dillashaw.”
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UFC Fight Night 81 is in the books, and now it’s time for Reebok to pay the fighters their sponsorship money. Dominick Cruz, who beat T.J. Dillashaw for the bantamweight title in the main event, earned $30,000. Dillashaw topped the list with $40,000. Anthony Pettis earned $2,500 for beating Anthony Pettis in the co-main event.
UFC Fight Night 81 is in the books, and now it’s time for Reebok to pay the fighters their sponsorship money. Dominick Cruz, who beat T.J. Dillashaw for the bantamweight title in the main event, earned $30,000. Dillashaw topped the list with $40,000. Anthony Pettis earned $2,500 for beating Anthony Pettis in the co-main event. Pettis earned $10,000.
Travis Browne and Matt Mitrione earned $10,000 each for their odd fight.
UFC Fight Night 81 took place Sunday, January 17th, 2016, at TD Garden in Boston. The event was shown on FOX Sports 1 and UFC Fight Pass.
Oh yeah, UFC Fight Night 81 is here, and it goes down today from the TD Garden in Boston. The event will be shown on FOX Sports 1 and UFC Fight Pass. The event will be headlined by T.J. Dillashaw and Dominick Cruz for the bantamweight title while Eddie Alvarez vs. Anthony Pettis will serve
Oh yeah, UFC Fight Night 81 is here, and it goes down today from the TD Garden in Boston. The event will be shown on FOX Sports 1 and UFC Fight Pass. The event will be headlined by T.J. Dillashaw and Dominick Cruz for the bantamweight title while Eddie Alvarez vs. Anthony Pettis will serve as the co-main event.
According to oddsmakers at 5Dimes.com, Dillashaw is a -145 favorite over Cruz, who is a +125 underdog. Other odds for the main card include Mitrione being a +130underdog against Browne, who is a -150favorite and Alvarez being a +280 underdog against Pettis, who is a -340 favorite.
Here are all of the betting odds:
Joey Gomez +180Over 1½ -135
Rob Font -220Under 1½ +115
Kyle Bochniak+220Over 2½ +110
Charles Rosa-260Under 2½ -130
Sean O’Connell +225Over 1½ -105
Ilir Latifi -265Under 1½ -115
Luke Sanders+100 Over 2½ -200
Maximo Blanco -120 Under 2½ +170
Daron Cruickshank +215 Over 1½ -200
Paul Felder -255Under 1½ +170
Chris Wade -365Over 2½ -200
Mehdi Baghdad+305Under 2½ +170
Ed Herman +185Over 2½ -115
Tim Boetsch -225Under 2½ -105
Patrick Cote +105Over 2½ -125
Ben Saunders-125Under 2½ +105
Francisco Trinaldo+130Over 2½ -200
Ross Pearson-150Under 2½ +170
Matt Mitrione+130Over 1½ +160
Travis Browne-150Under 1½ -185
Eddie Alvarez+280Over 2½ -120
Anthony Pettis-340Under 2½ +100
Dominick Cruz+125Over 4½ -190
T.J. Dillashaw-145Under 4½ +165
The prelims start at 6 p.m. ET on UFC Fight Pass, and the main card will start at 10 p.m. ET on FOX Sports 1.
UFC bantamweight champion T.J. Dillashaw made a big change going into tonight’s UFC Fight Night 81 main event title bout against Dominick Cruz from TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. He left California and Team Alpha Male, which is owned by fellow UFC fighter Urijah Faber, for a more lucrative contract to train at Team Elevation
UFC bantamweight champion T.J. Dillashaw made a big change going into tonight’s UFC Fight Night 81 main event title bout against Dominick Cruz from TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts.
He left California and Team Alpha Male, which is owned by fellow UFC fighter Urijah Faber, for a more lucrative contract to train at Team Elevation in Colorado.
Team Alpha Male’s striking coach Duane Ludwig also left the team to move to Colorado to coach Dillashaw. These two moves made big waves not only in the gym but in the headlines as well. Why? Well, because Dillashaw and Faber are big talkers, who put their dirty laundry in the public eye.
Going into UFC Fight Night 81, Dillashaw discussed the move and said that training with Ludwig is a match made in heaven.
“I knew that first practice. It’s kind of crazy to say that after the first practice, but he came in and started running practice and the way he kind of demanded respect,” Dillashaw told FOX Sports about his first session with Ludwig. “Also, the way he ran practice is the way that I would run practice, the way that I actually drilling on my own in the past.
“When Duane showed up and started running practices that way, I knew me and him were going to be a match made in heaven.”
Dillashaw explained that Ludwig is a hard worker and that Ludwig’s goals are now his.
“I can’t do what Duane does because it would be too much for me,” Dillashaw said. “What Duane does is, my goals are now Duane’s goals. When you have a coach that works just as hard as you if not harder, that’s hard to find.”
Thus, this makes Dillashaw have confidence that a champion needs to have. Especially going into the main event of UFC Fight Night 81.
“It gives me so much more confidence to have that behind you. I feel very prepared. I feel confident and prepared and ready to show what I’ve been doing,” Dillashaw said. “Not only working with Duane but the other three or four coaches who have had eyes on me.”
Dillashaw will be defending his title tonight at UFC Fight Night 81 against former bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz.
