UFC pay scale by weight class

http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2011/7/8/2266131/ufc-light-heavyweights-rule-pay-scale
Purse information from UFC 132 once again highlighted the disparity in pay between guys like Tito Ortiz and Wanderlei Silva compared to bantamweight headliners Dominick Cruz and Urijah Faber.
Some of the disparity results from Ortiz and Silva being PPV stars.
Some of it is a product of Cruz and Faber likely having their WEC
contracts carried over after the assimilation into the UFC.
But there's also the issue of Silva and Ortiz both having 50+ pounds on their bantamweight counterparts.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao may have established
themselves as the biggest money makers in boxing, but in the UFC,
according to guaranteed base pay, the more you weigh, the more you get
paid.
The follow table includes data from every UFC pay-per-view show in
states that report purse information, all the way back to UFC 73. The
numbers represent base pay only. No win bonuses. No fight night bonuses.
And, obviously, no unreported bonuses or PPV percentages.

Mean	Median	Max	Min
265	66429	21000	500000	4000
205	75125	25000	500000	3000
185	31144	17000	275000	4000
170	24483	15000	200000	3000
155	16730	12000	150000	3000

The table didn't copy over right, but you can just shift the titles to the correct spot, easy to figure out.

I thought GSP was on more than $200,000?

freakzilla wrote:

I thought GSP was on more than $200,000?

This does not include win bonus. Most fighters get x to show and the same amount to win.

http://www.mma-manifesto.com/ufc-fighter-salary-database/salary-main/gsp-the-three-million-dollar-man.html

According to that article GSP earned about $2,500,000 total for UFC 129.

freakzilla wrote:

http://www.mma-manifesto.com/ufc-fighter-salary-database/salary-main/gsp-the-three-million-dollar-man.html

According to that article GSP earned about $2,500,000 total for UFC 129.

Yeah but that article also confirms the 200K shown on the table. As his base pay before any bonus. I wouldn't doubt it if GSP did pull in that kind of grip when it was all said and done.

and i would think GSP gets a fair chunk of the PPV