UFC Fight Night 35 salaries: Rockhold ($80K), Miller ($56K) earn top disclosed paydays
Main-event winner Luke Rockhold ($80,000) and main-card victor Cole Miller ($56,000) were the top earners at Wednesday’s UFC Fight Night 35 event.
MMAjunkie today obtained the list of disclosed paydays from the Georgia Athletic and Entertainment Commission, which oversaw the Jan. 15 event. It aired on FOX Sports 1 from Gwinnett Center in Duluth.
The total disclosed payroll for the event was $530,000.
The full UFC on FOX 35 payouts included:
Luke Rockhold: $80,000 (includes $40,000 win bonus)
def. Constantinos Philippou: $23,000
Brad Tavares: $32,000 (includes $16,000 win bonus)
def. Lorenz Larkin: $26,000
T.J. Dillashaw: $28,000 (includes $14,000 win bonus)
def. Mike Easton: $14,000
Yoel Romero: $28,000 (includes $14,000 win bonus)
def. Derek Brunson: $19,000
John Moraga: $34,000 (includes $17,000 win bonus)
def. Dustin Ortiz: $10,000
Cole Miller: $56,000 (includes $28,000 win bonus)
def. Sam Sicilia: $10,000
Ramsey Nijem: $28,000 (includes $14,000 win bonus)
def. Justin Edwards: $10,000
Elias Silverio: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
def. Isaac Vallie-Flagg: $12,000
Trevor Smith: $16,000 (includes $8,000 win bonus)
def. Brian Houston: $8,000
Louis Smolka: $16,000 (includes $8,000 win bonus)
def. Alptekin Ozkilic: $10,000
Vinc Pichel: $16,000 (includes $8,000 win bonus)
def. Garett Whiteley: $8,000
Beneil Dariush: $16,000 (includes $8,000 win bonus)
def. Charlie Brenneman: $10,000
Now, the usual disclaimer: The figures do not include deductions for items such as insurance, licenses and taxes. Additionally, the figures do not include money paid by sponsors, which can oftentimes be a substantial portion of a fighter’s income. They also do not include any other “locker room†or special discretionary bonuses the UFC oftentimes pays.
For example, as previously reported, UFC officials handed out additional $50,000 UFC Fight Night 35 bonuses to Rockhold (“KO of the Nightâ€), Miller (“Submission of the Nightâ€) and Romero and Brunson (“Fight of the Nightâ€).
In other words, the above figures are simply base salaries reported to the commission and do not reflect entire compensation packages for the event.
