Strikeforce HW Grand Prix Finale Salaries
Posted on 21 May 2012
by MMAScoops.com Staff

Here is the disclosed payroll for this weekend's Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix Finale. The total payroll for the event was $768,500.

Daniel Cormier: $100,000 (includes $50,000 win bonus)
def. Josh Barnett: $200,000

Gilbert Melendez: $175,000 (no win bonus)
def. Josh Thomson: $90,000

Rafael "Feijao" Cavalcante: $66,000 (includes $33,000 bonus)
def. Mike Kyle: $25,000

Chris Spang: $12,000 (includes $6,000 win bonus)
def. Nah-Shon Burrell: $7,000

Isaac Vallie-Flagg: $6,000 (includes $3,000) win bonus)
def. Gesias "JZ" Cavalcante: $18,000

Guto Inocente: $4,000 (includes $2,000 win bonus)
def. Virgil Zwicker: $3,000

Gian Villante: $24,000 (includes $12,000 win bonus)
def. Derrick Mehman: $3,000

Quinn Mulhern: $12,000 (includes $6,000 win bonus)
def. Yuri Villefort: $2,500

Bobby Green: $12,000 (includes $6,000 win bonus)
def. James Terry: $9,000

DISCLAIMER: : The figures do not include deductions for items such as insurance, licenses and taxes; they also do not include money paid by sponsors, which can oftentimes be a substantial portion of a fighter's income. The figures do not include any other "locker room" or special discretionary bonuses the UFC oftentimes pays. Finally, they also do not include portions of the pay-per-view revenue that some top-level fighters receive.