UFC 74 salary report
These are the fighter salaries that were reported by the UFC to the Nevada State Athletic Commission for this past weekend's UFC 74.
*Sobral only received $25,000 of his $50,000. The other $25,000 was withheld by the NSAC.
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Randy Couture $250,000 W Gabriel Gonzaga $45,000 L
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Georges St. Pierre $140,000 W Josh Koscheck $10,000 L
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Roger Huerta $34,000 W Alberto Crane $4,000 L
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Joe Stevenson $32,000 W Kurt Pellegrino $8,000 L
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Patrick Cote $24,000 W Kendall Grove $12,000 L
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Frank Mir $66,000 W Antoni Hardonk $8,000 L
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Renato "Babalu" Sobral $50,000* W David Health $6,000 L
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Thales Leites $18,000 W Ryan Jensen $4,000 L
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Clay Guida $14,000 W Marcus Aurelio $30,000 L
the reason i find this interesting is that when you consider that the main event was for the most prestigious world title in MMA the salaries are no where near Boxing salaries for an equivalent fight and was wondering is the salaries will ever be able to reach that level??
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