(Brendan Schaub does his best impression of Darrill Schoonover‘s stomach. Photo courtesy of Sherdog.)
Not to stereotype dudes from New Jersey, but Frankie Edgar is probably pumpin’ his fist like a champ right about now. The UFC lightweight contender came out of the TUF 10 Finale as the card’s highest-paid scrapper, thanks in part to his well-deserved Fight of the Night bonus. Meanwhile, reality struck Kimbo Slice, who’s now earning 1/20th of what he used to make in EliteXC. Of course, he could have gotten paid more behind the scenes, but we only have the official figures in front of us, and you know how we hate to speculate without hard evidence. [*cough*] The full salary list is below…
Roy Nelson: $41,000 (includes $8,000 win bonus, $25,000 Knockout of the Night bonus)
Brendan Schaub: $8,000
Matt Hamill: $46,000 (includes $23,000 win bonus)
Jon Jones: $20,000
Kevin "Kimbo Slice" Ferguson: $25,000 (no win bonus)
Houston Alexander: $13,000
Frankie Edgar: $71,000 (includes $23,000 win bonus, $25,000 Fight of the Night bonus)
Matt Veach: $30,000 (includes $25,000 Fight of the Night bonus)
Matt Mitrione: $16,000 (includes $8,000 win bonus)
Marcus Jones: $8,000
James McSweeney: $16,000 (includes $8,000 win bonus)
Darrill Schoonover: $8,000
Jon Madsen: $16,000 (includes $8,000 win bonus)
Justin Wren: $8,000
John Howard: $14,000 (includes $7,000 win bonus)
Dennis Hallman: $15,000
Brian Stann: $30,000 (includes $15,000 win bonus)
Rodney Wallace: $6,000
Mark Bocek: $55,000 (includes $15,000 win bonus, $25,000 Submission of the Night bonus)
Joe Brammer: $5,000
Underpaid: As an accomplished veteran and former IFL champ, you’d think that Roy Nelson would make a little more than the standard $8,000-to-show that every TUF 10 castmember besides Kimbo gets. Hopefully he’ll be able to negotiate for more now that he’s officially the season’s winner. (And where you at, Burger King? Sponsor this man!) Also, we’ll send our condolences to John Howard, who’s 3-0 in the UFC and still making $7,000 to show.
Overpaid: Let’s be honest — Matt Hamill’s win bonus is kind of a joke. But then again, if I had to suffer through the kind of beating that the Hammer took from "Bones" Jones, I’d appreciate a little extra compensation too.
BK won’t pick up Big Country as a spokes person any time soon. I highly doubt any fast food chain would want a fat person as the face of their advertising campaign. They are supposed to pretend that fast food is healthy and won’t make you fat.