UFC Fight Night 26 salaries: Overeem and Rua lead disclosed paydays

Losing co-headliners Alistair Overeem ($285,714.29) and Mauricio Rua ($175,000) earned the top disclosed paydays at this past month’s UFC Fight Night 26 event.

MMAjunkie.com requested and today received the list of show and win purses from the Massachusetts State Athletic Commission.

UFC Fight Night 26 took place Aug. 17 at Boston’s TD Garden. It marked the UFC’s debut on the new FOX Sports 1 channel.

Overeem’s and Rua’s opponents, Travis Browne and Chael Sonnen, earned $48,000 and $100,000, respectively. Overeem would have won an additional $142,857.14 as a win bonus, and Rua would have earned $75,000.

Overeem’s pay, 

The total disclosed payroll for the event was $1,302,714.29.

The full list of UFC Fight Night 26 salaries included:

Chael Sonnen: $100,000 (no win bonus)
def. Mauricio Rua: $175,000

Travis Browne: $48,000 (includes $24,000 win bonus)
def. Alistair Overeem: $285,714.29

Urijah Faber: $120,000 (includes $60,000 win bonus)
def. Yuri Alcantara: $16,000

Matt Brown: $66,000 (includes $33,000 win bonus)
def. Mike Pyle: $45,000

John Howard: $28,000 (includes $14,000 win bonus)
def. Uriah Hall: $10,000

Michael Johnson: $36,000 (includes $18,000 win bonus)
def. Joe Lauzon: $27,000

Michael McDonald: $30,000 (includes $15,000 win bonus)
def. Brad Pickett: $23,000

Conor McGregor: $24,000 (includes $12,000 win bonus)
def. Max Holloway: $14,000

Steven Siler: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
def. Mike Brown: $30,000

Diego Brandao: $40,000 (includes $20,000 win bonus)
def. Daniel Pineda: $15,000

Manny Gamburyan: $40,000 (includes $20,000 win bonus)
def. Cole Miller: $26,000

Ovince St. Preux: $46,000 (includes $23,000 win bonus)
def. Cody Donovan: $8,000

James Vick: $16,000 (includes $8,000 win bonus)
def. Ramsey Nijem: $14,000

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 26 bonuses to Browne (“KO of the Night”), Brown (“KO of the Night”), Sonnen (“Submission of the Night”) and Pickett (“Fight of the Night”). McDonald actually picked up two bonuses (“Submission of the Night” and “Fight of the Night) for $100,000 total.

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 26, stay tuned to the UFC Events section of the site.

(Pictured: Alistair Overeem)