{"id":185436,"date":"2016-02-08T11:15:44","date_gmt":"2016-02-08T19:15:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=185436"},"modified":"2016-02-08T11:15:44","modified_gmt":"2016-02-08T19:15:44","slug":"ufc-fight-night-82-salary-report-highest-paid-fighter-card-goes-home-125000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc-fight-night-82-salary-report-highest-paid-fighter-card-goes-home-125000\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC Fight Night 82 salary report: Highest paid fighter on card goes home with $125,000"},"content":{"rendered":"

UFC Fight Night 82<\/a> took place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday and presented an exciting night of fights. <\/p>\n

The UFC welterweight division was put on watch after Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson<\/a> dismanlted former UFC welterweight champion Johny Hendricks in the very first round. <\/p>\n

However, Roy “Big Country” Nelson and Joseph Benavidez went home with the biggest contracted paychecks with Nelson earning $125,000 for defeating Jared Rosholt. Benavidez took home $118,000 in his winning performance over Zach Makovsky.<\/p>\n

The total disclosed payroll for UFC Fight Night 82 was $1,054,000.<\/p>\n

The full list (via MMA Junkie<\/a>) of UFC Fight Night 82 payouts included:<\/p>\n

Stephen Thompson: $48,000 (includes $24,000 win bonus)
\ndef. Johny Hendricks: $100,000<\/p>\n

Roy Nelson: $125,000 (includes $50,000 win bonus)
\ndef. Jared Rosholt: $33,000<\/p>\n

Ovince Saint Preux: $102,000 (includes $51,000 win bonus)
\ndef. Rafael Cavalcante: $42,000<\/p>\n

Joseph Benavidez: $118,000 (includes $59,000 win bonus)
\ndef. Zach Makovsky: $19,000<\/p>\n

Misha Cirkunov: $24,000 (includes $12,000 win bonus)
\ndef. Alex Nicholson: $10,000<\/p>\n

Mike Pyle: $106,000 (includes $53,000 win bonus)
\ndef. Sean Spencer: $17,000<\/p>\n

Josh Burkman: $90,000 (includes $45,000 win bonus)
\ndef. K.J. Noons : $34,000<\/p>\n

Derrick Lewis: $50,000 (includes $25,000 win bonus)
\ndef. Damian Grabowski: $17,000<\/p>\n

Justin Scoggins: $34,000 (includes $17,000 win bonus)
\ndef. Ray Borg: $18,000<\/p>\n

Diego Rivas: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
\ndef. Noad Lahat: $17,000<\/p>\n

Mickey Gall: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
\ndef. Mike Jackson: $10,000<\/p>\n

Alex White: $24,000 (includes $12,000 win bonus)
\ndef. Artem Lobov: $13,000<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

These figures do not include deductions for items such as licenses, insurance, and taxes. In addition, the figures do not include sponsor pay, such as the official UFC-Reebok sponsorship program. They also do not include any other \u201clocker room\u201d or special discretionary bonuses the UFC oftentimes pays to their fighters.<\/p>\n

Stephen Thompson and Diego Rivas took an additional $50,000 \u201cPerformance of the Night\u201d bonus home while Mike Pyle and Sean Spencer each took home a $50,000 \u201cFight of the Night\u201d bonus.<\/p>\n

Are there any fighter’s paychecks that you are surprised by? Share your thoughts on the salaries from UFC Fight Night 82 in the comments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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