The Nevada State Athletic Commission has released the fighter salaries from UFC 66.
Chuck Liddell: $250,000
Tito Ortiz: $210,000
Andrei Arlovski: $145,000
Michael Bisping: $24,000
Forrest Griffin: $16,000
Keith Jardine: $14,000
Jason MacDonald: $10,000
Chris Leben: $7,000
Marcio Cruz: $5,000
Eric Schafer: $4,000
Thiago Alves: $22,000
Gabriel Gonzaga: $18,000
Yushin Okami: $16,000
Tony DeSouza: $7,000
Christian Wellisch: $6,000
Rory Singer: $5,000
Carmelo Marrero: $5,000
Anthony Perosh: $3,000
Disclosed Fighter Payroll: $767,000
Well, the last UFC of 2006 is in the books and I think overall the PPV was a very good card. The coming year should provide some of the best MMA fight cards we have ever seen, and UFC 66 was a nice way to cap off 2006.
Here are my thoughts on a few [...]
This Saturday night in Las Vegas, UFC 66: Liddell vs. Ortiz 2 will take place and overall the fight card looks very promising. Of course, the main even between Liddell and Ortiz has been anticipated ever since Tito’s return to the UFC was announced. Well, the waiting is over, and this Saturday night [...]
In addition to the already “official” fights of Chuck Liddell vs. Tito Ortiz and Andre Arlovski vs. Marcio Cruz, the UFC has officially announced a third fight for UFC 66: Forrest Griffin vs. Keith Jardine. Griffin last fought Stephan Bonnar at UFC 62 while Jardine last fought Wilson Gouveia at the Ultimate Fighter 3 [...]
Randy Harris and Joe Rogan have teamed up and put together a special auction to raise money for the Ryan Bennett Memorial Fund to help Bennett’s family.
You can find the aution on eBay right now. I’ve posted the text from the eBay listing below.
You are bidding on a trip of a lifetime with every [...]