purses | Graciemag https://www.graciemag.com The Original Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Magazine — BJJ news Tue, 06 Jul 2010 21:19:12 +0000 pt-BR hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://www.graciemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/cropped-WhatsApp-Image-2023-08-09-at-20.29.31-32x32.jpeg purses | Graciemag https://www.graciemag.com 32 32 Lesnar takes home 475K dollars https://www.graciemag.com/lesnar-takes-home-475k-dollars/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lesnar-takes-home-475k-dollars Tue, 06 Jul 2010 21:19:12 +0000 https://www.graciemag.com/en/?p=7141 The Nevada State Athletic Commission released the salaries for UFC 116. The biggest earner was heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar. On top of his 400k purse, the giant also received a bonus for submission of the night, an arm-triangle on Shane Carwin, worth an extra 75 grand. It’s worth noting that some of fighters on the…

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Brock added a bunch more of this to his bank account

The Nevada State Athletic Commission released the salaries for UFC 116. The biggest earner was heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar. On top of his 400k purse, the giant also received a bonus for submission of the night, an arm-triangle on Shane Carwin, worth an extra 75 grand. It’s worth noting that some of fighters on the card receive cuts of the pay-per-view broadcast revenues, which doesn’t figure into the sums released by the athletic commission.

Here’s a list of the payouts for UFC 116:

Brock Lesnar: US$400,000 + US$75,000 (best submission)
Shane Carwin: US$40,000

Chris Leben: US$86,000 + US$75,000 (fight of the night)
Yoshihiro Akiyama: US$45,000 + US$75,000 (fight of the night)

Chris Lytle: US$52,000
Matt Brown: US$10,000

Stephan Bonnar: US$50,000 + US$75,000 (fight of the night)
Krzysztof Soszynski: US$10,000 + US$75,000  (fight of the night)

George Sotiropoulos: US$24,000
Kurt Pellegrino: US $25,000

Brendan Schuab: $20,000 ($10,000 win bonus)
Chris Tuchscherer: $12,000

Ricardo Romero: US $16,000
Seth Petruzelli: US $10,000

Kendall Grove: US $50,000
Goran Reljic: US $5,000

Gerald Harris: US $20,000 + US$75,000 (best knockout nocaute)
David Branch: US $6,000

Daniel Roberts: US $12,000
Forrest Petz: US $6,000

Jon Madsen: US $16,000
Karlos Vemola: US $8,000

The post Lesnar takes home 475K dollars first appeared on Graciemag.]]> Couture highest paid of UFC 109 https://www.graciemag.com/couture-highest-paid-of-ufc-109/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=couture-highest-paid-of-ufc-109 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:49:35 +0000 https://www.graciemag.com/en/?p=2845 The Ultimate Fighting Championship released the disclosed payout for UFC 109, this past Saturday, February 6 in Las Vegas. The biggest purse went to veteran and former UFC champion Randy Couture, who defeated Mark Coleman in the evening’s main event. Couture pocketed $ 250,000. Here is the disclosed pay of each fighter on the card:…

The post Couture highest paid of UFC 109 first appeared on Graciemag.]]> The Ultimate Fighting Championship released the disclosed payout for UFC 109, this past Saturday, February 6 in Las Vegas. The biggest purse went to veteran and former UFC champion Randy Couture, who defeated Mark Coleman in the evening’s main event. Couture pocketed $ 250,000.

Randy Couture as he finishes off Mark Coleman. Photo: Josh Hedges

Here is the disclosed pay of each fighter on the card:

Randy Couture: $ 250,000

Mark Coleman: $ 60,000

Chael Sonnen: U.S. $ 64,000 + $ 60,000 (bonus best fight)

Nate Marquardt: $ 45,000 + $ 60,000 (bonus best fight)

Paulo Thiago: $ 30,000 + $ 60,000 (bonus scoring)

Mike Swick: U.S. $ 43,000

Demian Maia: U.S. $ 62,000

Dan Miller: $ 15,000

Matt Serra: U.S. $ 150,000 + $ 60,000 (bonus best knockout)

Frank Trigg: $ 30,000

Mac Danzig: $ 40,000

Justin Buchholz: U.S. $ 8,000

Melvin Guillard: U.S. $ 28,000

Ronys Torres: U.S. $ 4,000

Rob Emerson: $ 24,000

Phillipe Nover: $ 10,000

Phil Davis: U.S. $ 10,000)

Brian Stann: $ 17,000

Chris Tuchscherer: $ 20,000

Tim Hague: U.S. $ 7,000

Joey Beltran: $ 12,000

Rolles Gracie: $ 15,000

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