Luke Thomas over at BloodyElbow.com has gotten his hands on the fighter payouts from the Strikeforce/EliteXC Judgment Day show last weekend.
-Frank Shamrock ($1.3 million) def. Phil Baroni ($75,000)
-Cung Le ($100,000) def. Tony Fryklund ($12,000)
-Murilo “Ninja” Rua ($50,000) def. Joey Villasenor ($32,000)
-Paul Buentello ($50,000) def. Carter Wiliams ($25,000)
-Paul Daley ($30,000) def. Duane “Bang” Ludwig ($15,000)
-Edson Berto ($25,000) def. Victor Valenzuela ($30,000)
-Josh Thomson ($15,000) def. Nick Gonzalez ($10,000)
With numbers like these it’s easy to see why guys like Nick Diaz, Sokoudjou, and many others are taking a long hard look at all their options before just “giving in” to the UFC.
** UPDATE **
It appears that there might be some question about the fighter payouts as The Fight Network is reporting much different numbers.
Frank Shamrock - $200,000
Phil Baroni - $100,000
Cung Le - $45,000
Tony Fryklund - $8,000
Paul Daley - $6,000 (plus $6,000 win bonus)
Duane Ludwig - $15,000
Josh Thomson - $15,000 (plus $5,000 win bonus)
Nick Gonzalez - $4,000
Murilo Rua - $25,000 (plus $25,000 win bonus)
Joey Villasenor - $15,000
Paul Buentello - $25,000 (plus $25,000 win bonus)
Sean Bassett - $3,700
David Smith - $1,000 (plus $1,000 win bonus)
Sam Spengler - $3,000
Seth Kleinbeck - $3,000 (plus $3,000 win bonus)
Chris Cariaso - $3,000 (plus $1,000 win bonus)
Anthony Figueroa - $3,000
Rex Richards - $2,000 (plus $2,000 win bonus)
Ray Seraille - $4,000
Jason Von Flue - $10,000
Luke Stewart - $10,000
Mike Pyle - $10,000 (plus $10,000 win bonus)
Aaron Wetherspoon - $4,000
Nik Theotikos - $2,800
Nikk Covert - $1,500
Edson Berto - $7,000 (plus $7,000 win bonus)
Victor Valenzuela - $4,000
Carter Williams - $13,340
** UPDATE **
MMAWeekly.com is now confirming the same numbers as The Fight Network.
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These guys are making tons more money than the guys in the ufc. Didnt Liddell only make 500 000? **** these guys are getting paid twice as much. Guys like Keith JArdine only made 7000 for there fight. And he was a big name in his weight class. Ufc needs to start raising the salaries a bit
Not so fast. There is a discrepancy in the numbers reported. The Fight Network is reporting via the CSAC very different figures.
I can guarantee that Frank made over a mil for that fight.. he doesnt fight for any less.. thats how he moves.. even tho hes a prick, hes not stupid.. as a fighter, or a businessman..
I give Frank mad respect for standing up with Baroni, I really want to see him fight some higher ranked opponents. Hes always been talking about how great he is, but hes been reluctant to prove it. He won back a chunk of respect after his disrespectful performance against Renzo..
drj
some of these antispam words aint coming up