TUF 17 Finale salaries: Urijah Faber will earn event's top payday with win

LAS VEGAS – With a win over Scott Jorgensen on Saturday, Urijah Faber would be the top earner at The Ultimate Fighter 17 Finale card in Las Vegas.

Faber (27-6 MMA, 3-2 UFC) is set to make $55,000 to show and another $55,000 if he wins, bringing his potential disclosed payday to $110,000. Jorgensen (14-6 MMA, 3-2 UFC) could make as much as $47,000 if he were to pick up the upset victory with $23,500 to show and $23,500 as a win bonus.

MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) today confirmed the payouts with Nevada State Athletic Commission Executive Director Keith Kizer.

The TUF 17 Finale takes place at Las Vegas’ Mandalay Bay Events Center. The main card airs on FX following prelims on FUEL TV and Facebook.

Other top potential salaries on the card include Miesha Tate (13-3 MMA, 0-0 UFC), who earns $28,000 to show and an additional $28,000 with a win over Cat Zingano (7-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC), who is contracted to to make $7,000/$7,000. Heavyweight Gabriel Gonzaga (14-6 MMA, 9-5 UFC) is set to make $24,000/$24,000, while opponent Travis Browne (13-1-1 MMA, 4-1-1 UFC) earns $20,000/$20,000.

Saturday’s card includes the finals of Season 17 of “The Ultimate Fighter.” All the “TUF 17? cast members on the show, including finalists Uriah Hall (7-2 MMA, 0-0 UFC) and Kelvin Gastelum (4-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC), will make $8,000 to show and an additional $8,000 to win.

Full disclosed TUF 17 Finale paydays will be available next week.

As usual, 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. They also do not include portions of the pay-per-view revenue that some top-level fighters receive.

In other words, they’re simply base salaries reported to the commission and do not reflect entire compensation packages for the event.

For more on The Ultimate Fighter 17 Finale, stay tuned to the UFC Rumors section of the site.

(Pictured: Urijah Faber)