"EliteXC: Unfinished Business" Salary Information
Posted by Bren Oliver on 07.30.2008
How much did your favorite fighter earn at last weekend's event?
The following information was released to 411Mania courtesy of the California State Athletic Commission:
Jeremy Freitag - $2,500
Anthony Ruiz - $5,001 ($2,001 to show / $3,000 win bonus)
David Douglas - $4,000 ($2,500 to show / $1,500 win bonus)
Marlon Mathias - $2,500
Brandon Tarn - $2,000
Drew Montgomery - $3,000 ($1,500 to show / $1,500 win bonus)
Mike Cook - $2,000
Carl Seumanutafa - $4,000 ($2000 to show / $2,000 win bonus)
Wilson Reis - $5,000 ($2,500 to show / $2,500 win bonus)
Bryan Caraway - $2,000
Rafael Feijao - $20,000 ($10,000 to show / $10,000 win bonus)
Travis Galbraith - $5,000
Shayna Baszler - $8,000
Cristiane Cyborg - $6,000 ($3,000 to show / $3,000 win bonus)
Nick Diaz - $60,000
Thomas Denny - $8,500
Nick Thompson - $25,000
Jake Shields - $45,000 ($35,000 to show / $10,000 win bonus)
Antonio Silva - $200,000 ($100,000 to show / $100,000 win bonus)
Justin Eilers - $20,000
Scott Smith - $14,000
Robbie Lawler - $90,000 ($45,000 to show / $45,000 win bonus)
Holy mackeral...they had $268,715 in ticket sales but it looks as though they topped $530,000 in salaries?
Uh...hope they moved a lot of Kimbo t-shirts....? Maybe CBS gave them a sweet payday but if ratings keep slipping that will be gone, too.
Pity, because this last card was 10x better than the first. I think the first one gave them a black eye as 50% of viewers didn't return for the encore.
Posted By: Ken B. (Guest) on July 30, 2008 at 07:21 PM
so they paid Antonio Silva 200k and he wasnt even on the televised CBS card, bankrupt waiting to happen
Posted By: IJ (Guest) on July 30, 2008 at 08:38 PM
I love it how the most paid guy didn't even make it to the cbs portion of the show.
Posted By: Ed (Guest) on July 30, 2008 at 09:18 PM
The reality is, they didn't have any names or hype for this show. The CBS portion was the female fight, Diaz/Denny (in what should have been a showcase fight for Diaz), a 60 second victory for a vacant title, & a 2 round decent fight between 2 guys that couldn't make it in the UFC. It may have been better than the first card, but it was by no means stellar. (I'm not including the Showtime portion, for the record).
BTW, was the CBS portion simulcast on Showtime?
Posted By: Anon (Guest) on July 30, 2008 at 09:18 PM
where everbody crying about fighter salaries here? Oh, that's right we're only allowed to complain about the UFC because everybody else is super.
Posted By: guest guest (Guest) on July 30, 2008 at 09:57 PM
Last time I checked, the UFC has the ability to pay people better than EliteXC. This is being generous for how big a promotion XC is. UFC is down right ripping there fighters off when you figure how much they make in PPV,DVDS,Shirts,advertising etc.God dang,Affliction keeps looking better and better as these piss poor payouts keep coming.
Posted By: hyi (Guest) on July 31, 2008 at 01:56 AM
