Liddell Loses Fight, Wins $500,000
The Iceman brought in a cool half a million dollars at UFC 76. The guy who many thought would be the next Iceman, Mauricio Rua, was second in line with a $150,000 payday. And the guy who beat Liddell? Jardine received all of $14k (which includes his win bonus), ouch. Hopefully the payday of his next fight makes up for it.
Once again, Dana White has deemed another UFC event as a success. The numbers seem to back it up as 12,134 tickets were sold and total gate attendance revenue came in at $1,984,880. Add in merchandise and Pay-Per-View numbers and you come in well above the $954,00 that was dished out to the fighters.
Here are the official numbers from the California State Athletic Commission:
Honda Event CenterTickets Sold: 12,134
Exempt Passes: 1,953 (1,636 turnstile)
Deadwood: 2,374
Total Attendance: 13,770
Gate: $1,984,880
Fighters
Liddell - $500,000
Rua - $150,000
F. Griffin - $22,000 + $22,000 (win bonus)
Jardine - $7,000 + $7,000 (win bonus)
Machida - $25,000 + $25,000 (win bonus)
Fitch - $22,000 + $22,000 (win bonus)
Sanchez - $22,000
Omigawa - $5,000
Wiman - $8,000 + $8,000 (win bonus)
Junk - $4,000
Wellisch - $7,000 + $7,000 (win bonus)
Saraiva - $3,000
Stephens - $3,000 + $3,000 (win bonus)
Johnson - $5,000
Clementi - $12,000 + $12,000 (win bonus)
Tavares - $9,000
T. Griffin - $12,000 + $12,000 (win bonus)
Nakamura - $20,000
Seperately, Tyson Griffin and Thiago Tavares each took home an additional $40k for their performances in the “fight of the night.” Forrest Griffen also pocketed an additional $40k with his “submission of the night.”
