UFC on FOX 19 salaries: Ex-champ Rashad Evans earns top payout despite loss

Despite a quick knockout loss to former title challenger Glover Teixeira (25-4 MMA, 8-2 UFC) at UFC on FOX 19, ex-UFC champ Rashad Evans (19-5-1 MMA, 14-5-1 UFC) picked up the highest disclosed pay this past Saturday’s FOX-televised card.

Evans banked $150,000 for his efforts compared to Teixeira, who took home $120,000 ($60,000 of which was a win bonus), in their main-event fight.

MMAjunkie today requested and received the list of disclosed paydays from the Florida State Boxing Commission, which oversaw the event at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Fla.

UFC on FOX 19’s main card aired live on FOX following prelims on FOX and UFC Fight Pass.

The total disclosed pay for the event was $995,000.

The full list of UFC on FOX 19 payouts included:

Glover Teixeira: $120,000 (includes $60,000 win bonus)
def. Rashad Evans: $150,000

Rose Namajunas: $86,000 (includes $43,000 win bonus)
def. Tecia Torres: $20,000

Khabib Nurmagomedov: $48,000 (includes $24,000 win bonus)
def. Darrell Horcher: $12,000

Cub Swanson: $88,000 (includes $44,000 win bonus)
def. Hacran Dias: $16,000

Michael Chiesa: $66,000 (includes $33,000 win bonus)
def. Beneil Dariush: $28,000

Raquel Pennington: $40,000 (includes $20,000 win bonus)
def. Bethe Correia: $25,000

Santiago Ponzinibbio: $32,000 (includes $16,000 win bonus)
def. Court McGee: $27,000

Michael Graves: $24,000 (includes $12,000 win bonus)
def. Randy Brown: $12,000

John Dodson: $70,000 (includes $35,000 win bonus)
def. Manny Gamburyan: $33,000

Cezar Ferreira: $48,000 (includes $24,000 win bonus)
def. Oluwale Bamgbose: $12,000

Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
def. Omari Akhmedov: $18,000

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 19 fight-night bonuses to Teixeira, Chiesa, Zaleski dos Santos, Akhmedov. Teixeira and Chiesa earned “Performance of the Night” awards while Zaleski dos Santos and Akhmedov earned “Fight of the Night” honors.

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 19, check out the UFC Events section of the site.