With his successful main-event title defense over Hiromitsu Miura, Carlos Condit earned an event-high base salary of $44,000 at Sunday's WEC 35 event.
The event took place at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas and aired live on Versus.
With Condit, defending lightweight champ Jamie Varner ($30,000) and preliminary-card fighter Brock Larson ($30,000) leading the way, the total payroll for the event was $230,000.
The full payouts included:
Carlos Condit: $44,000 (includes $22,000 win bonus)
def. Hiromitsu Miura: $5,000
Steve Cantwell: $10,000 ($5,000 win bonus)
def. Brian Stann: $11,000
Jamie Varner: $30,000 ($15,000 win bonus)
def. Marcus Hicks: $16,000
Brian Bowles: $8,000 ($4,000 win bonus)
def. Damacio Page: $6,000
Josh Grispi: $8,000 ($4,000 win bonus)
def. Micah Miller: $5,000
Brock Larson: $30,000 ($15,000 win bonus)
def. Carlo Prater: $7,000
Blas Avena: $12,000 ($6,000 win bonus)
def. Dave Terrel: $3,000
Shane Roller: $12,00O ($6,000 win bonus)
def. Todd Moore: $4000
Mike Budnik: $6,000 ($3,000 win bonus)
def. Greg McIntyre: $2,000
Scott Jorgensen: $6,000 ($3,000 win bonus)
def. Kenji Osawa: $5,000
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 un-reported "locker room" bonuses that organizations sometime pay. In other words, these are simply base salaries reported to the NSAC and do not represent the total amounts earned by each fighter.
