UFC Fort Lauderdale Salaries: Hardy ($150K) Earns More Than Headliner Hermansson ($82K)
Greg Hardy was compensated quite handsomely for his first Ultimate Fighting Championship triumph.
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The Florida State Boxing Commission released salary figures from the event on Tuesday.
Former heavyweight champion Andrei
Arlovski was the card’s top earner, as he took home $300,000
for a contentious split-decision loss to Augusto
Sakai ($24,000) in a preliminary bout. Other fighters to earn
six-figure salaries at UFC Fort Lauderdale were Glover Teixeiera
($210,000), Jim Miller
($180,000) and Mike Perry
($110,000).
Note: The disclosed purses reported by state athletic commissions do not include any performance-based or discretionary bonuses that may be awarded to a fighter by the promotion. Additionally, the reported figures do not reflect any deductions made by the commission for taxes, insurance, etc., and do not include any sponsorship money that a fighter may acquire for their performance.
UFC Fight Night 150 Salaries:
Jack Hermansson: $82,000 (includes $41,000 win bonus)
Ronaldo Souza: $210,000
Greg Hardy: $150,000 (includes $75,000 win bonus)
Dmitry Smolyakov: $10,000
Mike Perry: $110,000 (includes $55,000 win bonus)
Alex Oliveira: $64,000
Glover Teixeira: $210,000 (includes $105,000 win bonus)
Ion Cuțelaba: $22,000
Cory Sandhagen: $98,000 (includes $49,000 win bonus)
John Lineker: $33,000
Roosevelt Roberts: $24,000 (includes $12,000 win bonus)
Thomas Gifford: $12,000
Takashi Sato: $24,000 (includes $12,000 win bonus)
Ben Saunders: $35,000
Augusto Sakai: $24,000 (includes $12,000 win bonus)
Andrei Arlovski: $300,000
Carla Esparza: $90,000 (includes $45,000 win bonus)
Virna Jandiroba: $12,000
Gilbert Burns: $88,000 (includes $44,000 win bonus)
Mike Davis: $12,000
Jim Miller: $180,000 (includes $90,000 win bonus)
Jason Gonzalez: $12,000
Angela Hill: $48,000 (includes $24,000 win bonus)
Jodie Esquibel: $10,000
Dhiego Lima: $34,000 (includes $17,000 win bonus)
Court McGee: $48,000
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