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LAS VEGAS – Competing in the second bout of a new seven-fight deal with the UFC, five-time champion Randy Couture picked up the biggest check at Saturday’s “UFC 109: Relentless” event for his winning effort against Mark Coleman. Couture made an event-high $250,000 in disclosed pay (with no win bonus) to lead UFC 109’s official fighter [...] World Extreme Cagefighting is making the big move to pay-per-view for the first time with its Jose Aldo-Urijah Faber fight on Apr. 24. It’s a risk. Zuffa may be alienating some fans by asking for more of their entertainment dollars. Dates are also being scooped up quickly that month. Will a WEC PPV work if [...] Main-card winners Matt Hamill and Frankie Edgar both earned $46,000 and were top earners at this past weekend’s UFC event, The Ultimate Fighter 10 Finale. Additionally, while cast members from “TUF 10″ made $8,000 to show and $8,000 to win, including show champion Roy Nelson, Kevin “Kimbo Slice” Ferguson’s special contract paid him a base amount [...] Despite topping the fellow ex-champ via split decision in the main event of Saturday’s UFC 106 event, Forrest Griffin earned $250,000, the same as his opponent, Tito Ortiz. Griffin earned $100,000 to show and $150,000 as an addition win bonus. Ortiz earned a flat rate of $250,000 and wasn’t eligible for a win bonus even if [...] UFC 100’s two successful title defenders, heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar and welterweight title-holder Georges St. Pierre, each earned event-high $400,000 paydays from the July 11 event. MMAjunkie.com today requested and received the list of official disclosed salaries from Nevada State Athletic Commission executive director Keith Kizer. UFC 100, which took place at the Mandalay Bay Events Center [...] |
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