WSOF 22 Fighter Salaries: Marlon Moraes Tops the Payroll

Marlon Moraes defended his World Series of Fighting bantamweight title on Saturday and was the top earner from the WSOF 22 fight card. The Nevada State Athletic Commission released the payouts from the Aug. 1 event to MMAWeekly.com on Monday.  Morales banked more than the two main event fighters, Rousimar Palhares and Jake Shields, combined.

WSOF 22 Fighter Salaries

Rousimar Palhares: $80,000 (includes $40,000 win bonus) def. Jake Shields: $35,000

Marlon Moraes: $140,000 (includes $70,000 win bonus) def. Sheymon Moraes: $10,000

Clifford Starks: $20,000 (no win bonus) def. Mike Kyle: $10,000

Abubakar Nurmagomedov: $3,000 (includes $1,500 win bonus) def. Jorge Moreno: $1,000

Islam Mamedov: $8,000 (includes $4,000 win bonus) def. Jimmy Spicuzza: $3,000

Jake Heun: $6,000 (includes $3,000 win bonus) def. Davin Clark: $3,000

Donavon Frelow: $3,000 (includes $1,500 win bonus) def. Carlos Garcia: $1,000

Marco Simmons: $2,000 (includes $1,000 win bonus) def. Jimmy Jones: $1,000

Cory Hendricks: $2,000 (includes $1,000 win bonus) def. Julio Hinojosa: $1,000

Gil Guardado: $2,000 (includes $1,000 win bonus) def. Pete Martin: $1,000

WSOF 22 Disclosed Fighter Payroll: $332,000