Monday, April 6

UFC Fight Night 63 salaries: Clay Guida, Chad Mendes earn largest disclosed paydays

Clay Guida

Clay Guida



Main-card winner Clay Guida ($100,000) and main-event victor Chad Mendes ($96,000) were the top earners this past weekend at UFC Fight Night 63.


MMAjunkie today obtained the list of disclosed paydays from the Virginia Boxing, MMA and Wrestling Advisory Board via the Virginia Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation.


UFC Fight Night 63 took place this past Saturday, April, 4 at Fairfax, Va.’s Patriot Center and aired on FOX Sports 1.


The total disclosed payroll for the event was $691,000.


The full list of payouts included:


Chad Mendes: $96,000 (includes $48,000 win bonus)

def. Ricardo Lamas: $35,000


Al Iaquinta: $46,000 (includes $23,000 win bonus)

def. Jorge Masvidal: $51,000


Michael Chiesa: $48,000 (includes $24,000 win bonus)

def. Mitch Clarke: $12,000


Julianna Pena: $30,000 (includes $15,000 win bonus)

def. Milana Dudieva: $10,000


Clay Guida: $100,000 (includes $50,000 win bonus)

def. Robbie Peralta: $18,000


Dustin Poirier: $68,000 (includes $34,000 win bonus)

def. Diego Ferreira: $15,000


Liz Carmouche: $34,000 (includes $17,000 win bonus)

def. Lauren Murphy: $8,000


Alexander Yakovlev: $16,000 (includes $8,000 win bonus)

def. Gray Maynard: $48,000


Timothy Johnson: $16,000 (includes $8,000 win bonus)

def. Shamil Abdurahimov: $12,000


Ron Stallings: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)

def. Justin Jones: $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 discretionary bonuses the UFC oftentimes pays.


For example, as previously reported, UFC officials handed out additional $50,000 UFC Fight Night 63 bonuses to Mendes, Poirier, Pena and Johnson, all of whom earned “Performance of the Night” awards.


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


For complete coverage of UFC Fight Night 63, check out the UFC Events section of the site.




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