UFC on FOX 22 salaries: Urijah Faber ($320K), Sage Northcutt ($60K) earn top payouts

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – In his final fight before retirement, Urijah Faber earned the highest disclosed payout at Saturday’s UFC on FOX 22 event.

MMAjunkie today requested and received the list of disclosed paydays from the California State Athletic Commission.

UFC on FOX 22 took place at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, Calif. The main card aired on FOX following prelims on FS1 and UFC Fight Pass.

In a main-card bout, Faber (34-10 MMA, 10-6 UFC) closed out a remarkable career with a dominant unanimous-decision victory over bantamweight Brad Pickett (25-13 MMA, 5-8 UFC). Faber earned $320,000 (half of which was a win bonus) while Pickett got $40,000.

The other top earner was co-headliner Sage Northcutt (8-2 MMA, 3-2 UFC), who suffered a submission loss to welterweight Mickey Gall (4-0 MMA, 3-0 UFC). Northcutt got $60,000, and Gall got $40,000.

The total disclosed payout for the event was $1,094,000.

The full TUF 24 Finale payouts included:

Michelle Waterson: $30,000 (includes $15,000 win bonus)
def. Paige VanZant: $43,000

Mickey Gall: $40,000 (includes $20,000 win bonus)
def. Sage Northcutt: $60,000

Urijah Faber: $320,000 (includes $160,000 win bonus)
def. Brad Pickett: $40,000

Alan Jouban: $54,000 (includes $27,000 win bonus)
def. Mike Perry: $14,000

Paul Craig: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
def. Luis Henrique da Silva: $14,000

Mizuto Hirota: $34,000 (includes $17,000 win bonus)
def. Cole Miller: $33,000

Colby Covington: $54,000 (includes $27,000 win bonus)
def. Bryan Barberena: $20,000

Alex Morono: $30,000 (includes $15,000 win bonus)
def. James Moontasri: $16,000

Josh Emmett: $28,000 (includes $14,000 win bonus)
def. Scott Holtzman: $17,000

Leslie Smith: $50,000 (includes $25,000 win bonus)
def. Irene Aldana: $12,000

Eddie Wineland: $58,000 (includes $29,000 win bonus)
def. Takeya Mizugaki: $39,000

Hector Sandoval: $24,000 (includes $12,000 win bonus)
def. Fredy Serrano: $12,000

Sultan Aliev: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
def. Bojan Velickovic: $12,000

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, including the official UFC Athlete Outfitting sponsorship program pay. They also do not include any other “locker room” or special discretionary bonuses the UFC oftentimes pays. They also do not include pay-per-view cuts that some top-level fighters receive.

For example, as previously reported, UFC officials handed out additional $50,000 UFC on FOX 22 fight-night bonuses to Waterson and Craig (“Performance of the Night”) and Smith and Aldana (“Fight of the Night”).

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 more on UFC on FOX 22, check out the UFC Events section of the site.