UFC 121 Payroll ...................

Cain Velasquez: $200,000 (includes $100,000 win bonus)
def. Brock Lesnar: $400,000

Jake Shields: $150,000 ($75,000 win bonus)
def. Martin Kampmann: $27,000

Diego Sanchez: $100,000 ($50,000 win bonus)
def. Paulo Thiago: $18,000

Matt Hamill: $58,000 ($29,000 win bonus)
def. Tito Ortiz: $250,000

Brendan Schaub: $20,000 ($10,000 win bonus)
def. Gabriel Gonzaga: $67,000

Court McGee: $30,000 ($15,000 win bonus)
def. Ryan Jensen: $10,000

Tom Lawlor: $20,000 ($10,000 win bonus)
def. Patrick Cote: $21,000

Daniel Roberts: $16,000 ($8,000 win bonus)
def. Mike Guymon: $8,000

Sam Stout: $32,000 ($16,000 win bonus)
def. Paul Taylor: $16,000

Chris Camozzi: $16,000 ($8,000 win bonus)
def. Dongi Yang: $8,000

Jon Madsen: $16,000 ($8,000 win bonus)
def. Gilbert Yvel: $30,000

 

How on earth did Tito still command $250k? More than Cain's guaranteed salary for a headline bout?

 

Its dumfounding !!!!! :?:huh:think

 

250k for tito? he hasnt won a fight in 4 years, that is terrible.

 

Tito is probably still on an old contract from when he was relevant. He only fights once a year.

 

i dont think so, he left the ufc in 2008 on bad terms and his contract had been terminated. he signed a new contract with the ufc in 2009.

 

Its no wonder he signed again. He makes more money than the head-liner despite not winning a fight since beating Ken in their 3rd bout which seems like decades ago. Couple this with the fact that he's really not relevant anymore, other than his name and its pretty clear that the UFC is nothing more than a popularity contest.

 

So Cote made $21 k?He was let go by UFC this morning.:-(

 

I like Cote too. He should go to SF and try to rebuild.

 

How does one justify Gab Gonzaga making 67,000

More than Matt Hammil without his win bonus
More than Paulo Thiago
And Close to 3 times the money Martin Kampmann was paid.

Were do they get these deals and some are just **** real ****.

 

I agree.

I would be happy with him getting as much as 100K because he was a former champ and a good one at that but 250K. ****>>>>>>>>>

 

i agree. At this point in this career, Tito doesn't deserve that much anymore.

UFC probably considered the fact that to "casual fans", names like Tito Ortiz, Chuck Liddell, etc. are still worth watching.

 

Tito is on his way out of the UFC. Last weekend may very well have been his last fight with the company.

 

Tito got that money because he is one of the people who built MMA and one of the biggest names in the sport, he has paid his dues and the ufc are giving him the bucks.