Ultimate Fighter 5 Finale Fighter Salaries

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Ultimate Fighter 5 Finale Fighter Salaries

Event took place on June 23, 2007


Main Event Fighters

-BJ Penn: $100,000 (11th fight in UFC; defeated Jens Pulver)

-Jens Pulver: $30,000 (9th fight in UFC; lost to BJ Penn)


Main Card Fighters

-Roger Huerta: $24,000 (4th fight in UFC; defeated Doug Evans)

-Nate Diaz: $16,000 (1st fight in UFC; defeated Manny Gamburyan)

-Thales Leites: $14,000 (3rd fight in UFC; defeated Floyd Sword)

-Manny Gamburyan: $8,000 (1st fight in UFC; lost to Nate Diaz)

-Floyd Sword: $3,000 (1st fight in UFC; lost to Thales Leites)

-Doug Evans: $3,000 (1st fight in UFC; lost to Roger Huerta)


Preliminary Match Fighters

-Joe Lauzon: $16,400 (2nd fight in UFC; defeated Brandon Melendez; original purse was $16,000 and he also received $400 from Brandon Melendez' fine)

-Cole Miller: $16,000 (1st fight in UFC; defeated Andy Wang)

-Matt Wiman: $16,000 (2nd fight in UFC; defeated Brian Geraghty)

-Brian Geraghty: $8,000 (1st fight in UFC; lost to Matt Wiman)

-Allen Berube: $8,000 (1st fight in UFC; lost to Leonard Garcia)

-Andy Wang: $8,000 (1st fight in UFC; lost to Cole Miller)

-Robert Emerson: $8,000 (1st fight in UFC; fought to a no contest with Gray Maynard)

-Gray Maynard: $8,000 (1st fight in UFC; fought to a no contest with Robert Emerson)

-Brandon Melendez: $7,200 (1st fight in UFC; lost to Joe Lauzon; original purse was $8,000 and he was fined $800 for failing to make weight)

-Leonard Garcia: $4,000 (2nd fight in UFC; defeated Allen Berube)

Disclosed Fighter Payroll: $297,600

[MMA_Fan]

$100K for BJ, way to go.

It looks like UFC paid those TUF guys pretty well. Normally, these no name guys get $3K/$6K depending on whether they loss/win. But, this time, they got paid $8K/$16K.