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The official fighter purses for those who competed at UFC 102: “Couture vs. Nogueira” this past Saturday night (August 29) from the Rose Garden in Portland, Oregon, were released earlier today and come courtesy of MMAWeekly.
Two former champions — Randy Couture and Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira — were the big winners of the night, taking home a combined $650,000. Not too shabby considering they also tacked on another 60 grand with their sensational “Fight of the Night” performance.
Former number one heavyweight contender Gabriel Gonzaga was the only other competitor to break six figures (along with breaking the sack of C-Tuch). “Napao” raked in $120,000 for his nut-cracking win.
Thiago Silva, Brandon Vera and Nate Marquardt also made off with boku bucks following their winning performances.
Here is the complete list of UFC 102 payouts:
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira — $400,000 ($250,000 to show, $150,000 to win)
Randy Couture — $250,000
Nogueira defeated Couture via unanimous decision
Thiago Silva — $58,000 ($29,000 to show, $29,000 to win)
Keith Jardine — $55,000
Silva defeated Jardine via technical knockout (strikes)
Jake Rosholt — $26,000 ($13,000 to show, $13,000 to win)
Chris Leben — $30,000
Rosholt defeated Leben via submission (arm-triangle choke)
Nate Marquardt — $80,000 ($40,000 to show, $40,000 to win)
Demian Maia — $28,000
Marquardt defeated Maia via knockout (punch)
Brandon Vera — $70,000 ($35,000 to show, $35,000 to win)
Krzystzof Soszynski — $8,000
Vera defeated Soszynski via unanimous decision
Aaron Simpson — $18,000 ($9,000 to show, $9,000 to win)
Ed Herman — $24,000
Simpson defeated Herman via technical knockout (knee injury)
Gabriel Gonzaga — $120,000 ($60,000 to show, $60,000 to win)
Chris Tuchscherer — $10,000
Gonzaga defeated Tuchscherer via technical knockout (strikes)
Mike Russow — $20,000 ($10,000 to show, $10,000 to win)
Justin McCully — $15,000
Russow defeated McCully via unanimous decision
Todd Duffee — $10,000 ($5,000 to show, $5,000 to win)
Tim Hague ($7,000)
Duffee defeated Hague via knockout (punches)
Mark Munoz — $24,000 ($12,000 to show, $12,000 to win)
Nick Catone — $5,000
Munoz defeated Catone via split decision
Evan Dunham — $14,000 ($7,000 to show, $7,000 to win)
Marcus Aurelio — $13,000
Dunham defeated Aurelio via split decision
Keep in mind the salaries listed above do not include fight bonuses, sponsorships, percentages and other unofficial payments. It also does not include deductions for expenses such as insurance, taxes, etc.
For example, the UFC often hands out extra cash for “Fight of the Night,” “Knockout of the Night” and “Submission of the Night.” To check out these figures for UFC 102 go here.
The total base fighter payroll for the blockbuster pay-per-view (PPV) event, which attracted an official crowd of 16,088 attendees and a solid gate of $1.92 million, was $1,285,000.
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why would they pay "big" nog same as Randy? Randy is known, Nog is not
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why would they pay "big" nog same as Randy? Randy is known, Nog is not
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haha I make more than 75% of the fighters in the UFC...wow...
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why would they pay "big" nog same as Randy? Randy is known, Nog is not
You're right who the f*ck is Minotauro? ::)
Pride career
MMA record
Total 39
Wins 32
By knockout 2
By submission 20
Losses 5
By knockout 1
Draws 1
No contests 1
Nogueira's notable victories in Pride include wins over Dan Henderson, Mark Coleman, Heath Herring, former UFC heavyweight champions Ricco Rodriguez and Josh Barnett, Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipović, and Bob Sapp.
Following the end of Akira Maeda's Rings federation, Nogueira was signed by Pride. He debuted in July 2001 at Pride 15, quickly submitting Gary Goodridge by triangle choke. In Pride 16, he submitted UFC and Pride Grand Prix champion Mark Coleman by armbar. He was crowned as the inaugural Pride World Heavyweight Champion after defeating Heath Herring by decision.
He next defeated Enson Inoue, and then fought for Antonio Inoki's UFO organisation, scoring his first MMA KO victory against Sanae Kikuta.
He then represented Pride at a co-promotion with K-1, Pride Shockwave, against the super heavyweight former American footballer Bob Sapp. Sapp manhandled the much smaller Nogueira, spiking him onto the ring canvas and dominating the fight, until tiring and falling to an armbar submission. His battle with Sapp (who outweighed him by over 150 lb) made him a fan favorite for his seemingly inhuman ability to take punishment before recovering to win.
Dutch karate fighter Semmy Schilt was his next opponent. Again heavily outsized, he scored another victory by triangle choke. He then avenged his sole loss at this point by submitting Dan Henderson via armbar, who had previously beaten him in Rings by decision.
[edit] Losing the title
Nogueira's first Pride title defense was against Russian Sambo champion Fedor Emelianenko at Pride 25 where he suffered his second career loss, a judges' decision after Emelianenko dominated the fight with characteristic ground-and-pound through the guard.
Bouncing back from the loss, he won a decision against former UFC heavyweight champion Ricco Rodriguez. Rodriguez managed to score takedowns and maintain top position, but since Pride's scoring is determined primarily by "effort to finish the fight by KO or submission", Nogueira's multiple submission attempts won him the controversial decision victory.[7]
In November 2003, with heavyweight champion Emelianenko unable to fight due to injuries, Pride elected to crown an interim champion, so top contenders Nogueira and Mirko Filipović were matched up. Filipović managed to dominate the first round with his superior striking and landed his trademark left high kick, but in the second round, Nogueira managed to secure a takedown and roll into an armbar to submit Filipović.
On 25 April 2004 at Pride Total Elimination 2004, the first round of the 2004 Heavyweight Grand Prix, he faced the unbeaten professional wrestler and former judoka Hirotaka Yokoi, who he submitted with the debut of his anaconda choke. He then repeated this against Heath Herring in the next round to advance to the semi finals where he defeated Sergei Kharitonov with his superior boxing to again face Fedor Emelianenko in the finals. The fight was markedly different from their first, with Nogueira able to avoid the damage he suffered from ground-and-pound in their first meeting, but was stopped when Emelianenko suffered a cut after an accidental headbut and could not continue, resulting in a no contest. Another rematch was required to determine the tournament champion, and was scheduled for Pride Shockwave 2004 on 31 December 2004. Despite Nogueira's improved gameplan and striking technique, he suffered another unanimous decision loss to Emelianenko.
At Pride Critical Countdown 2005 he defeated Polish Olympic judoka Pawel Nastula by strikes and following this, at Pride 31 he beat professional wrestler and fighter Kiyoshi Tamura by armbar for the second time.
He then entered the 2006 Pride Open Weight Grand Prix, progressing to the semi final by defeating fellow Brazilians Zuluzinho and Fabricio Werdum. In the semi final, he faced the American catch wrestler Josh Barnett and lost to a split decision, as both had landed damaging blows and submission attempts without managing to secure a victory. Barnett went on to face Mirko Filipović in the finals, submitting to punches and kicks to the face.
Nogueira avenged the loss to Barnett with a unanimous decision win in their rematch at Pride Shockwave 2006.
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Can't believe Vera gets paid that much :o
Does Kim get half of Randy's money for this fight?
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why would they pay "big" nog same as Randy? Randy is known, Nog is not
NOG is well known, but nothing compared to the likeability that Randy has.
Another thing everyone is forgetting is that Randy most likely get's PPV percentages. I doubt Nog has anything like that in his
contract. Usually the big draw names have this. Chuck, Tito, Brock, GSP,etc....
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What's the top prize for a BB'ing contest? around 150K?
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What's the top prize for a BB'ing contest? around 150K?
they are getting there..... ;D
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You're right who the f*ck is Minotauro? ::)
Pride career
MMA record
Total 39
Wins 32
By knockout 2
By submission 20
Losses 5
By knockout 1
Draws 1
No contests 1
Nogueira's notable victories in Pride include wins over Dan Henderson, Mark Coleman, Heath Herring, former UFC heavyweight champions Ricco Rodriguez and Josh Barnett, Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipović, and Bob Sapp.
Following the end of Akira Maeda's Rings federation, Nogueira was signed by Pride. He debuted in July 2001 at Pride 15, quickly submitting Gary Goodridge by triangle choke. In Pride 16, he submitted UFC and Pride Grand Prix champion Mark Coleman by armbar. He was crowned as the inaugural Pride World Heavyweight Champion after defeating Heath Herring by decision.
He next defeated Enson Inoue, and then fought for Antonio Inoki's UFO organisation, scoring his first MMA KO victory against Sanae Kikuta.
He then represented Pride at a co-promotion with K-1, Pride Shockwave, against the super heavyweight former American footballer Bob Sapp. Sapp manhandled the much smaller Nogueira, spiking him onto the ring canvas and dominating the fight, until tiring and falling to an armbar submission. His battle with Sapp (who outweighed him by over 150 lb) made him a fan favorite for his seemingly inhuman ability to take punishment before recovering to win.
Dutch karate fighter Semmy Schilt was his next opponent. Again heavily outsized, he scored another victory by triangle choke. He then avenged his sole loss at this point by submitting Dan Henderson via armbar, who had previously beaten him in Rings by decision.
[edit] Losing the title
Nogueira's first Pride title defense was against Russian Sambo champion Fedor Emelianenko at Pride 25 where he suffered his second career loss, a judges' decision after Emelianenko dominated the fight with characteristic ground-and-pound through the guard.
Bouncing back from the loss, he won a decision against former UFC heavyweight champion Ricco Rodriguez. Rodriguez managed to score takedowns and maintain top position, but since Pride's scoring is determined primarily by "effort to finish the fight by KO or submission", Nogueira's multiple submission attempts won him the controversial decision victory.[7]
In November 2003, with heavyweight champion Emelianenko unable to fight due to injuries, Pride elected to crown an interim champion, so top contenders Nogueira and Mirko Filipović were matched up. Filipović managed to dominate the first round with his superior striking and landed his trademark left high kick, but in the second round, Nogueira managed to secure a takedown and roll into an armbar to submit Filipović.
On 25 April 2004 at Pride Total Elimination 2004, the first round of the 2004 Heavyweight Grand Prix, he faced the unbeaten professional wrestler and former judoka Hirotaka Yokoi, who he submitted with the debut of his anaconda choke. He then repeated this against Heath Herring in the next round to advance to the semi finals where he defeated Sergei Kharitonov with his superior boxing to again face Fedor Emelianenko in the finals. The fight was markedly different from their first, with Nogueira able to avoid the damage he suffered from ground-and-pound in their first meeting, but was stopped when Emelianenko suffered a cut after an accidental headbut and could not continue, resulting in a no contest. Another rematch was required to determine the tournament champion, and was scheduled for Pride Shockwave 2004 on 31 December 2004. Despite Nogueira's improved gameplan and striking technique, he suffered another unanimous decision loss to Emelianenko.
At Pride Critical Countdown 2005 he defeated Polish Olympic judoka Pawel Nastula by strikes and following this, at Pride 31 he beat professional wrestler and fighter Kiyoshi Tamura by armbar for the second time.
He then entered the 2006 Pride Open Weight Grand Prix, progressing to the semi final by defeating fellow Brazilians Zuluzinho and Fabricio Werdum. In the semi final, he faced the American catch wrestler Josh Barnett and lost to a split decision, as both had landed damaging blows and submission attempts without managing to secure a victory. Barnett went on to face Mirko Filipović in the finals, submitting to punches and kicks to the face.
Nogueira avenged the loss to Barnett with a unanimous decision win in their rematch at Pride Shockwave 2006.
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Oh wow! You should change your name to Gracie Google-Fu.
Randy = PPV buys; Nog = apart from a few hardcore fans, nobody knows
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Oh wow! You should change your name to Gracie Google-Fu.
Randy = PPV buys; Nog = apart from a few hardcore fans, nobody knows
true.... but randy's record if now 16-10 right..... doesn't look good on paper for a hall of famer fighter
but he is popular
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It's a sad read seeing what these guys earn.
UFC gets huge revenue from sponsors, PPV's and what not.
Compare this to the NBA where the minimum wage is circa $400 000.
Assume Soszynski, who made $8 000, probably has to train 4-8 weeks for this fight.
And that he can do perhap 4 or 5 fights every year.
That would give him a yearly salary of around 32 000 - 40 000 dollars.
For risking his health I think that's a bullshit payday.
Not to mention his health insurance gets more expensive due to his work.
Even "big" earners like Nog or Randy are not earning more than perhaps double of what an NBA backup player earns.
The rest of their money comes from sponsorships they've managed to cut themselves.
It ain't cool when the fighters won't get their share.
I'd say at least 60% of the total revenue at a UFC should be dispensed among the fighters.
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It's a sad read seeing what these guys earn.
UFC gets huge revenue from sponsors, PPV's and what not.
Compare this to the NBA where the minimum wage is circa $400 000.
Assume Soszynski, who made $8 000, probably has to train 4-8 weeks for this fight.
And that he can do perhap 4 or 5 fights every year.
That would give him a yearly salary of around 32 000 - 40 000 dollars.
For risking his health I think that's a bullshit payday.
Not to mention his health insurance gets more expensive due to his work.
Even "big" earners like Nog or Randy are not earning more than perhaps double of what an NBA backup player earns.
The rest of their money comes from sponsorships they've managed to cut themselves.
It ain't cool when the fighters won't get their share.
I'd say at least 60% of the total revenue at a UFC should be dispensed among the fighters.
You have to realize that there are other payouts that do not have to be reported to the CSAC. The CSAC numbers only tell part of the story.
Another thing to consider is that by being in the UFC a fighter's sponsorship earnings/capabilities greatly increases.
These guys have managers and agents. They know what they are signing. It is just like the real world. I love what I do, but could be making a lot more money somewhere else. This is a choice I have made. Nobody is taking advantage of me. As long as the UFC is following the signed contracts, they are being fair.
The UFC is the best opportunity for an MMA fighter currently. You got to look at the big picture.
The NBA,NFL,MLB bring in much more revenue and are much more established. Really hard to compare these companies to the UFC.
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Boxing has declined in popularity and revenue from PPV dramatically over the years.Yet alot of boxers get millions per fight...the money is there.It's just Dana & company are greedy bastards...,.Hell I was watchin friday night fights a while back and there was a boxer on there I never heard of that made 800,000$ for the fight..thats on regular cable not PPV.
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Sounds to me that Randy is happy with his paycheck!
Couture would not comment on the figures.
“They’re taking care of me very well, and they have since I came back,” said Couture, who left the promotion for 11 months in 2007 over a contract dispute. “The pay-per-view deal that I had, with this last contract, was good and took care of me as well. I don’t have any complaints there.”
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