UFC 109 Salaries

The full payouts included:

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


Adding in the bonuses:

Chael Sonnen - $124,000
Nate Marquardt - $105,000
Paulo Thiago - $90,000
Matt Serra - $210,000

Got to love Ronys Torres not only getting robbed, but getting only 4k for his efforts.

Wow a lot of incentive for Paulo. He would have earned 15K with a loss and he walks away a winner sub of the night with 90K

Paulo Thiago > AKA

Until Koscheck manhandles him in a rematch anyway.

Ninja\Rua/Fan wrote:

Got to love Ronys Torres not only getting robbed, but getting only 4k for his efforts.

Plus now that he is in the UFC he will only be allowed to fight at the maximum 2 more times this year. Not good

Melvin will have more crack money now.

Torres was robbed? A lot of the analysis thought the decision was just?

Wolfgangsta wrote:

Torres was robbed? A lot of the analysis thought the decision was just?

I agreed with the decision. I think the reversal and gnp flurry at the end tipped it in his favor. If torres had finished that slam and ended up in control he may have won.

Good fight though, i was impressed by both guys.

Yeah, I thought Melvin lost that fight too.

redvexx8 wrote:

Ninja\Rua/Fan wrote:

Got to love Ronys Torres not only getting robbed, but getting only 4k for his efforts.

Plus now that he is in the UFC he will only be allowed to fight at the maximum 2 more times this year. Not good

Lots of UFC fighters fight more than 3 times a year. The fighters that don't are usually the guys that don't want to, get injured, or have bad luck with fights canceled when their opponents get hurt. Is there something in his contract that says he can only fight two more times in the next 10.75 months?