The California State Athletic Commission has release fighter payout for UFC 73 and Tito was the big winner with a $210,000 paycheck.  Not too shabby for a guy who hasn’t finished a fight outide of Ken Shamrock since 2001 when he scored a TKO over Elvis Sinosic.

Here is the complete reported fighter payouts for UFC 73:

Tito Ortiz — $210,000
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira — $200K ($100K base + $100k win bonus)
Anderson Silva — $90K ($45K base + $45K win bonus)
Heath Herring — $70K
Stephan Bonnar — $32K ($16K base + $16K win bonus)
Sean Sherk — $28K ($14K base + 14K win bonus)
Nathan Marquardt — $24K
Chris Lytle — $20K ($10K base + $10K win bonus)
Rashad Evans — $16K
Kenny Florian — $16K ($8K base + $8K win bonus)
Jorge Gurgel — $14K ($7K base + $7K win bonus)
Hermes Franca — $14K
Frank Edgar — $10K ($5K base + $5K win bonus)
Mike Nickels — $5K
Diego Saraiva — $3K
Alvin Robinson — $3K
Jason Gilliam — $3K
Mark Bocek— $3K

*Signing bonuses, sponsorships, pay-per-view percentages and other unofficial payments are not disclosed nor included in the list above.

The total fighter payroll for the UFC 73 was $761,000.

Any truth to the rumor that Frank Shamrock got $1.3 million for his fight with Phil Baroni?  Not hardly, at least according to the California State Athletic Commission.  As required by law, MMA promoters must disclose event attendance and fighter salaries to the CSAC. 

Here are the numbers from the recent EliteXC show:

-Frank Shamrock: $200,000
-Phil Baroni: $100,000
-Murilo “Ninja” Rua: $50,000
-Paul Buentello: $50,000
-Cung Le: $45,000
-Josh Thomson: $20,000
-Mike Pyle: $20,000
-Joey Villasenor: $15,000
-Duane Ludwig: $15,000
-Edson Bert: $14,000
-Carter Williams: $13,340
-Paul Daley: $12,000
-Luke Stewart: $10,000
-Jason Von Flue: $10,000
-Tony Fryklund: $8,000
-Seth Kleinbeck: $6,000
-Nick Gonzalez: $4,000
-Victor Valenzuela: $4,000
-Chris Cariaso: $4,000
-Ray Seraille: $4,000
-Rex Richards: $4,000
-Aaron Wetherspoon: $4,000
-Sean Bassett: $3,700
-Anthony Figueroa: $3,000
-Sam Spengler: $3,000
-Nik Theotikis: $2,800
-David Smith: $2,000
-Nikk Covert: $1,500

Disclosed Fighter Payroll: $628,340

The Nevada State Athletic Commission has released fighter payouts for The Ultimate Fighter Finale.  BJ was top dog as expected, but interestingly all the fighters from the TUF show who won Saturday night were all paid the same salary.  Complete fighter payouts are as follows:

BJ Penn - $100,000
Jens Pulver - $30,000
Roger Huerta - $24,000
Nate Diaz - $16,000
Joe Lauzon - $16,000
Cole Miller - $16,000
Matt Wiman - $16,000
Thales Leites - $14,000
Gray Maynard - $8,000
Manny Gamburyan - $8,000
Brandon Melendez - $8,000
Andy Wang - $8,000
Rob Emerson - $8,000
Allen Berubie - $8,000
Brian Geraghty - $8,000
Leonard Garcia - $4,000
Floyd Sword - $3,000
Doug Evans - $3,000
Total Fight Purse - $298,000

Damn, only $3k for Sword and Evans? I hope they at least threw in a free buffet at the Palms for the guys.

The Florida State Boxing Commission has released the fighter salaries for UFC Fight Night 10. Jon Fitch and pulled in the biggest payday of the event with $36,000. The total payout for the event, which do not include bonuses for the fight awards, sponsorships, or any other non-salary payments, was a reported $175,500.
Here is a full breakdown of the night’s fighter payouts:

Spencer Fisher ($26,000) def. Sam Stout ($6,000)

Jon Fitch ($36,000) def. Roan Carneiro ($5,000)

Drew McFedries ($14,000) vs. Jordan Radev ($5,000)

Nate Mohr ($6,000) def. Luke Caudillo ($3,000)

Forrest Petz ($8,000) def. Luigi Fioravanti ($8,000)

Tamdan McCrory ($8,000) vs. Pete Spratt ($12,000)

Gleison Tibau ($10,000) def. Jeff Cox ($3,500)

Thiago Tavares ($10,000) def. Jason Black ($6,000)

Anthony Johnson ($6,000) def. Chad Reiner ($3,000)