WSOF 22 salaries: Palhares banks just $24k after controversial ending

Rousimar Palhares and Jake Shields

With Rousimar Palhares’ win bonus withheld following his controversial actions in his WSOF 22 welterweight title defense with Jake Shields – along with 10 percent withheld for drug testing – the champ walked away with only $23,975 of a possible $80,000.

MMAjunkie today obtained the list of disclosed paydays for WSOF 22 from the Nevada State Athletic Commission.

The fight took place at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino and aired on NBCSN following prelims on MMAjunkie.

Palhares (18-6) was accused of gouging the eyes of Shields (31-8-1) as well as cranking his fight winning kimura well after the tap, leading to the NSAC holding the win bonus until the events of the bout can be examined.

The overall disclosed payroll for the event was $225,975.

The full payouts for WSOF 22 include:

Rousimar Palhares: $23,975 (win bonus withheld)
def. Jake Shields: $35,000

Marlon Moraes: $70,000 ($35,000 win bonus)
def. Sheymon Moraes: $10,000

Clifford Starks: $40,000 ($20,000 win bonus)
def. Mike Kyle: $10,000

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

For more on WSOF 22, check out the MMA Events section of the site.

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