http://www.mmaweekly.com/this_week/weekly_columns/index.html#salaries

Good read.

UFC 44- Fighter Salaries
-Randy Couture: $175,000 ($105,000 for fighting; $70,000 win bonus)
-Tito Ortiz: $125,000 ($125,000 for fighting; win bonus would have been $50,000)
-Tim Sylvia: $60,000 ($30,000 for fighting; $30,000 win bonus)
-Andrei Arlovski: $18,000 ($6,000 for fighting; $12,000 win bonus)
-Caol Uno: $17,500 ($17,500 for fighting; win bonus would have been $17,500)
-Gan McGee: $13,000 ($13,000 for fighting; win bonus would have been $13,000)
-Vladimir Matyushenko: $10,000 ($10,000 for fighting; win bonus would have been $10,000)
-Rich Franklin: $10,000 ($5,000 for fighting; $5,000 win bonus)
-Hermes Franca: $8,000 ($4,000 for fighting; $4,000 win bonus)
-Jorge Rivera: $6,000 ($3,000 for fighting; $3,000 win bonus)
-David Loiseau: $4,000 ($4,000 for fighting; win bonus would have been $4,000)
-Karo Parisyan: $4,000 ($2,000 for fighting; $2,000 win bonus)
-Nick Diaz: $4,000 ($2,000 for fighting; $2,000 win bonus)
-Josh Thomson: $4,000 ($2,000 for fighting; $2,000 win bonus)
-Dave Strasser: $3,000 ($3,000 for fighting; win bonus would have been $3,000)
-Edwin Dewees: $2,000 ($2,000 for fighting; win bonus would have been $2,000)
-Jeremy Jackson: $2,000 ($2,000 for fighting; win bonus would have been $2,000)
-Gerald Strebendt: $2,000 ($2,000 for fighting; win bonus would have been $2,000)
-Total Fighter Payroll: $467,500

Very good read

and very interesting also

2000 is way to low.

that's dick. i can't believe that they pay that ****ty.

Did you guys even read past the listing of the salaries?

Good read but their WWE comparison with percentages and so on isn't accurate.

$2,000 is way too low
My friend is making more in a match in Reality fighting

that's chump change 2,000 dollars is a joke and an insult you could get paid that going to gladiator challenge

yeah, but if you end up being a champ like Ortiz or Couture.....look what they make.

I mean, no one would like to see the UFC go under. They need to pay what they can afford

yeah but they're not counting in the money they make off of PPVs and merchandise. They can afford more.

Yeah, but they need to make money. I mean, they need to turn a profit.

No wonder Pulver left.

some of those people make more in one night that the average person makes a year, still 2 grand is ****. The UFC should just have a few less fights every show. It's better for a fighter to develop himself else where nad then when ready to enter the UFC a contender. Then to high tail it to Pride.

yah i understand they need to make money but it's not like they have stadium costs or something they could afford to pay more