UFC Fight Night 14 salaries: Silva and Vera net $200,000 each
UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva earned $200,000 for his first-round TKO victory over James Irvin in the light-heavyweight, non-title main event of this past Saturday's UFC Fight Night 14 event. Co-main event winner Brandon Vera netted the same for his victory over UFC newcomer Reese Andy.
MMAjunkie.com (
www.mmajunkie.com) today received the list of salaries from the Nevada State Athletic Commission.
The event took place at The Palms Las Vegas and aired live on Spike TV.
Total disclosed payroll for the event was $623,000.
The full results included:
Anderson Silva: $200,000 (no win bonus issued) def. James Irvin: $20,000
Brandon Vera: $200,000 (includes $100,000 win bonus) def. Reese Andy $15,000
Frankie Edgar: $26,000 ($13,000 win bonus) def. Hermes Franca : $17,000
Cain Velasquez: $14,000 ($7,000 win bonus) defeats Jake O'Brien: $11,000
Kevin Burns: $10,000 ($5,000 win bonus) def. Anthony Johnson: $9,000
CB Dollaway: $20,000 ($10,000 win bonus) defeats Jesse Taylor: $8,000
Tim Credeur: $16,000 ($8,000 win bonus) def. Cale Yarbrough: $8,000
Rory Markham: $12,000 ($6,000 win bonus) defeats Brodie Farber: $3,00O
Nate Loughran: $8,000 ($4,000 win bonus) defeats Johnny Rees: $4,000
Brad Blackburn: $10,000 ($5000 win bonus) defeats James Gaboo: $3,000
Shannon Gugerty: $6,000 ($3,000 win bonus) defeats Dale Hartt: $3,000
Edgar, Franca, Markham and Dollaway earn $25K UFN 14 bonuses
C.B. Dollaway, Rory Markham Frankie Edgar and Hermes Franca each earned $25,000 "fight night" bonuses for their performances at UFC Fight Night 14.
The recently organized card, designed to counter upstart rival organization Affliction's debut pay-per-view, was held at The Palms Las Vegas Saturday night and aired live on pay per view.
The bonuses were good for a $5,000 increase over the organization's previous Fight Night card. (The Spike TV events typically carry a smaller bonus potential than pay-per-view events.)
The "Submission of the Night" award went to "The Ultimate Fighter 7" runner-up C.B. Dollaway. In a match-up most MMA fans expected to see at some point during this past season's filming, Taylor battled through an illegal knee from the eventual victor only to be caught in a rarely seen Peruvian necktie submission.
The bout was Dollaway's first official victory in the UFC -- in a fight he felt was a must-win.
"I was just excited to get the chance to fight again in the UFC," Dollaway told
MMAjunkie.com (
www.mmajunkie.com). "I hope to be back (at a UFC event) sooner rather than later."
Markham battled back from early adversity to secure "Knockout of the Night" honors. In a series of events destined for a future "Ultimate Knockouts" DVD, Markham retreated from fellow UFC newcomer Brodie Farber's advances then landed a beautiful right high kick that dropped Farber instantly. The process took just 97 seconds.
Lightweights Edgar and Franca earned "Fight of the Night" honors for their 15-minute war. In the first fight for each fighter after individual struggles, Edgar scored a convincing unanimous-decision victory by outworking Franca throughout the bout. Franca was resilient throughout and forced Edgar to escape from multiple submission attempts.
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