Strikeforce: Tate vs. Rousey' salaries: Souza, Thomson lead $543K payroll

Former champs Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza ($92,000) and Josh Thomson ($80,000) took home the biggest paydays at this past weekend's "Strikeforce: Tate vs. Rousey" event.

Headliners Miesha Tate ($19,000) and Ronda Rousey ($32,000) lagged behind on the event's payroll, which totaled $543,500.

MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) today requested and received the list of official disclosed paydays from the Ohio Athletic Commission.

"Strikeforce: Tate vs. Rousey" took place this past Saturday, March 3, at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio. The event's main card aired live on Showtime while preliminary-card fights aired on Showtime Extreme.

The headliner saw the women's bantamweight title change hands when Rousey continued her streak of first-round armbars submission by forcing a tap-out from Tate.

The full "Strikeforce: Tate vs. Rousey" paydays included:

Ronda Rousey: $32,000 (includes $17,000 win bonus)
def. Miesha Tate: $19,000

Josh Thomson: $80,000 (no win bonus)
def. K.J. Noons: $38,000

Kazuo Misaki: $50,000 (no win bonus)
def. Paul Daley: $45,000

Lumumba Sayers: $10,000 (includes $5,000 win bonus)
Scott Smith: $65,000

Ronaldo Souza: $92,000 (includes $22,000) win bonus)
def. Bristol Marunde: $10,000

Sarah Kaufman: $25,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
def. Alexis Davis: $4,000

Roger Bowling: $16,000 (includes $8,000 win bonus)
def. Brandon Saling: $5,000

Pat Healy: $22,000 (includes $5,000 win bonus)
def. Carlos Fodor: $12,000

Ryan Couture: $10,000 (no win bonus)
def. Conor Heun: $8,000

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 bonuses Zuffa, LLC oftentimes pays.

In other words, the above figures are simply base salaries reported to the commission and do not reflect entire compensation packages for the event.

Now the usual bitching that ignores the disclaimer: how isnz the fuck ronsa an misha onlt gets a lol bit and scot smith gets a big money??? derp

Scot Smith robbing motha fuckas blind and he don't even try to win no mo

Ya, thats the last 60k payday homie gets until the class action in 30 years from fighters who have suffered traumatic brain injury pays him out.

Scott "Hands of Steal" Smith

i've always been a huge Scott Smith because despite being limited, he always brought it to where he could hang with good fighters because of his toughness, heart, and agressiveness. Now he's soft, heartless, and passive. Not that i totally blame him though, a man can only take so much damage without ever truly moving forward before he just says fuck it.

I think Scott just doesn't give a fuck anymore. Did anyone else notice that Sayers had the laziest guillotine ever? How the fuck do you tap from a guillotine in an OPEN GUARD? He could have passed to either side whenever he wanted to, he just wants to get his money and go home.

Yeah, even his tap was half hearted. It was one of those too quick, soft, tap once, give me my paycheck taps.