The Heavyweight Grand Prix participants in last Saturdays Strikeforce event took home the majority of the $942,000 disclosed payroll.
The Ohio State Athletic Commission released the figures today that show Josh Barnett in top position with $150,000.00 and his Grand Prix peers behind him with $100,000 each.
The rest of the salary figures are as follows:
Josh Barnett: $150,000 (no win bonus)
def. Sergei Kharitonov: $100,000
Daniel Cormier: $100,000 (includes $50,000 win bonus)
def. Antonio Silva: $100,000
Luke Rockhold: $50,000 (includes $25,000 win bonus)
def. Ronaldo Souza: $70,000
Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal: $85,000 (no win bonus)
def. Roger Gracie: $80,000
Pat Healy: $17,500 (includes $5,000 win bonus)
def. Maximo Blanco: $13,000
Mike Kyle: $44,000 (includes $22,000 win bonus)
def. Marcos Rogerio de Lima: $5,000
Rafael “Feijao” Cavalcante: $60,000 (includes $30,000 win bonus)
def. Yoel Romero: $10,000
Jordan Mein: $16,000 (includes $8,000 win bonus)
def. Evangelista “Cyborg” Santos: $20,000
Alexis Davis: $6,000 (includes $3,000 win bonus)
def. Amanda Nunes: $7,500
Dominique Steele: $5,000 (includes $2,000 win bonus)
def. Chris Mierzwiak: $3,000
Damn, so according to this Daniel Cormier would have only made 50k had he lost while BigFoot would have got 150k, and he was the replacement.
They’re all waaayyy underpaid.Pacquaio just got $23 million fighting vs. Mosley even the top fighters wont see 15% of that in their entire career.