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Originally Published 1 month ago "UFC 109 Relentless" Numbers: Randy Couture seals $250k paycheck, 10,687 attendees at Mandalay Bay Events Center
Posted By antong UFC News
According to the official reports, UFC 109: Relentless was one of the Top 10 UFC events ever, in terms of gate income. Randy Couture vs. Mark Coleman headliner drew 10,687 spectators for a live gate of $2.3 million. UFC 100 stays the most profitable UFC event ever, with an incredible $5,101,740 gate receipt.
UFC Hall of Famer Randy "The Natural" Couture banked a neat $250,000 paycheck, which was nearly a 1/4 of overall $944K fighter payroll at UFC 109: Relentless. Couture's fellow Hall of Famer Mark Coleman paid only $60,000 for his Rear Naked Choke defeat. Loudmouth Chael Sonnen received $64,000 dollars, including his 100% Win Bonus, while Nate Marquardt received $45,000 for his lackluster performance.
Fighter Payouts (Not including Awards):
Randy Couture: $250,000 (no win bonus)
def. Mark Coleman: $60,000
Chael Sonnen: $64,000 (includes $32,000 win bonus)
def. Nate Marquardt: $45,000
Paulo Thiago: $30,000 ($15,000 win bonus)
def. Mike Swick: $43,000
Demian Maia: $62,000 ($31,000 win bonus)
def. Dan Miller: $15,000
Matt Serra: $150,000 ($75,000 win bonus)
def. Frank Trigg: $30,000
Mac Danzig: $40,000 ($20,000 win bonus)
def. Justin Buchholz: $8,000
Melvin Guillard: $28,000 ($14,000 win bonus)
def. Ronys Torres: $4,000
Rob Emerson: $24,000 ($12,000 win bonus)
def. Phillipe Nover: $10,000
Phil Davis: $10,000 ($5,000 win bonus)
def. Brian Stann: $17,000
Chris Tuchscherer: $20,000 ($10,000 win bonus)
def. Tim Hague: $7000
Joey Beltran: $12,000 ($6,000 win bonus)
def. Rolles Gracie: $15,000
Top 10 UFC Gate Receipts:
- $5,101,740: UFC 100 (July 2009)
- $4,994,050: UFC 79 (December 2007)
- $3,350,773: UFC 61 (July 2006)
- $3,350,730: UFC 86 (July 2008)
- $3,307,790: UFC 74 (August 2007)
- $3,040,880: UFC 62 (August 2006)
- $3,003,250: UFC 106 (November 2009)
- $2,767,130: UFC 67 (February 2007)
- $2,437,890: UFC 81 (February 2008)
- $2,300,000: UFC 109 (February 2010)
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1 month ago
It don't add up
So let me get this straight, Thiago wins with a bonus and still made less than the guy he beat. Phil Davis got 10,000 WITH a bonus? Does he even get a dime of that after training costs and taxes?
Wow what a screwy system.
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1 month ago
This excludes under the table bonus'/sponsorship deals so he probably made double or even triple that.
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1 month ago
i don't know...I don't know....
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4 weeks ago
also they get percentages of the ppv and as well as the gate along with the sponsorships. even after fighting they will get paid everytime their fight is aired on tv so the pay might not be that bad.
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1 month ago
And Serra got a bonus that adds up to more than like 6 of the lower fighters paychecks together for knocking out a washed up Frank Trigg.
So I guess it's get a Bonus or starve in the Ufc...
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1 month ago
How can sponsors afford tens of thousands on multiple guys every three weeks or so? They can't be making that much off this.
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4 weeks ago
"tens of thousands" is nothing for a big company to spend on sponsorships. Most of them spend millions on sponsoring athletes, race cars, events, etc.
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1 month ago
i wonder how much Dana makes with each event?
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1 month ago
i even got paid from 109 cus im just so badazz
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1 month ago
Randy Couture: $250,000 (no win bonus)
how come randy is the only winning fighter with no win bonus seems abit unfair he steped up and made this card i mean no 1 would of bought it if it was Chael Sonnen vs Nate Marquardt main event
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1 month ago
cuz if he lost he would still get the same amount. i'm sure he prefered it that way. plus he gets a nice % from ppv sales and sponsors
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1 month ago
What would you prefer, a base pay of 250,000 just coming to the fight or 150,000 base pay with a win bonus of 100,000?
Once you get high enough in base pay you don't get a win bonus. I remember Josh Barnett had a base pay in one of his fights for 500,000 and no win bonus.
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1 month ago
yea thats not good at all. The lowest paid was 4K, imagine if you suffered life long problems from one of those 4K fights, hell even lawsuits in real life for something like that would payout 100 times better.
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1 month ago
a fan could earn more betting than some of them get paid lol...
hmmm just have a freind bet against you about 20K and lose lol....theres a new idea for low paid fighters lmao////joking of course, they wouldnt get anymore fights would they.
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1 month ago
sad how Gracie got more than Beltran even though he lost and sucked balls
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1 month ago
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its cause he's a gracie lol
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4 weeks ago
gracies where only good when no one else knew BJJ. they are the past now.
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