UFC 94 Pay Days
February 2, 2009 by Scott Wharton
Filed under MMA-UFC
Here are the purses for UFC 94. A much more realistic pay scale, even for an established promotion. Rumors are floating around that the Affliction MMA promotion may be having financial difficulties after their fighters purses for Affliction: Day Of Reckoning was more than what they grossed in ticket sales. No word yet on how much they made in PPV earnings.
WB= Win Bonus
- Georges St. Pierre – $200k w/$200k= $400k Total WB (Fedor Emelianenko was paid $300k with no win bonus)
- BJ Penn – $125k (Andrei Arlovski was paid $1.5 million and lost)
- Lyoto Machida – $60k w/$60 WB and $65k Knock Out Of The Night bonus= $185k total. This is a well deserving bonus!
- Thiago Silva – $29k
- Jon Jones – $7k w/$7k WB
- Stephan Bonnar – $22k
- Karo Parisyan – $40K w/$40k WB
- Dong Hyun Kim – $26 k
- Clay Guida – $20 w/$20 WB and $65k Fight Of The Night bonus= $105k total.
- Nate Diaz – $20k and $65k Fight Of The Night Bonus= $105k total.
Gate for UFC 94 was announced at $4.3 Million.
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