UFC on FOX 8 salaries: Lawler, Guillard, Herman earn top disclosed paydays

Main-card fighter Robbie Lawler ($156,000) and preliminary-card competitors Melvin Guillard ($84,000) and Ed Herman ($74,000) earned the biggest disclosed paydays from this past weekend’s UFC on FOX 8 event.

MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) today obtained the salary/fight-purse information from the Washington State Department of Licensing.

UFC on FOX 8 took place July 27 at Seattle’s KeyArena, and the main card aired on FOX following prelims on FX and Facebook. UFC flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson, who submitted John Moraga in the night’s main event, tied for the fifth largest disclosed payday on the card. He earned $58,000, which included a $29,000 win bonus.

The total disclosed payroll for the event was $850,000.

The full UFC on FOX 8 paydays included:

Demetrious Johnson: $58,000 (includes $29,000 win bonus)
def. John Moraga: $17,000

Rory MacDonald: $48,000 (includes $24,000 win bonus)
def. Jake Ellenberger: $52,000

Robbie Lawler: $156,000 (includes $78,000 win bonus)
def. Bobby Voelker: $12,000

Liz Carmouche: $24,000 (includes $12,000 win bonus)
def. Jessica Andrade: $8,000

Jorge Masvidal: $66,000 (includes $33,000 win bonus)
def. Michael Chiesa: $15,000

Danny Castillo: $58,000 (includes $29,000 win bonus)
def. Tim Means: $12,000

Melvin Guillard: $84,000 (includes $42,000 win bonus)
def. Mac Danzig: $30,000

Daron Cruickshank: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
def. Yves Edwards: $21,000

Ed Herman: $74,000 (includes $37,000 win bonus)
def. Trevor Smith: $8,000

Germaine de Randamie: $18,000 (includes $9000 win bonus)
def. Julie Kedzie: $9,000

Justin Salas: $16,000 (includes $8,000 win bonus)
def. Aaron Riley: $14,000

Yaotzin Meza: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
def. John Albert: $10,000

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, 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.

For example, as previously reported, UFC officials handed out additional $50,000 UFC on FOX 8 bonuses to Guillard (“KO of the Night”), Johnson (“Submission of the Night”) and Herman and Smith (“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 complete coverage of UFC on FOX 8, stay tuned to the UFC Events section of the site.

(Pictured: Robbie Lawler)