Rousey, Ellenberger among top earners at UFC 184
The California State Athletic Commission released the base salaries for last week's UFC 184 card. Surprisingly enough, Jake Ellenberger pocketed more than UFC women's bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey.
Of course, none of the base salaries include performance bonuses, and Rousey is set to get a cut of the pay-per-view proceeds, allowing her to potentially earn upwards of $1 million.
All figures courtesy BloodyElbow.com's Karim Zidan.
Main Card
Ronda Rousey: ($65,000 + $65,000 win bonus = $130,000) def. Cat Zingano ($100,000)
Holly Holm ($25,000 + $25,000 win bonus = $50,000) def. Raquel Pennington ($10,000)
Jake Ellenberger: ($68,000 + $68,000 win bonus = $136,000) def. Josh Koscheck($78,000)
Alan Jouban: ($10,000 + $10,000 win bonus = $20,000) def. Richard Walsh ($8,000)
Tony Ferguson: ($24,000 + $24,000 win bonus = $48,000) def. Gleison Tibau ($50,000)Fox Sports 1 Prelims
Roan Carneiro: ($12,000 + $12,000 win bonus = $24,000) def. Mark Munoz ($47,000)
Roman Salazar: $8,000 vs. Norifumi Yamamoto: $15,000
Tim Means ($17,000 + $17,000 win bonus = $34,000) def. Dhiego Lima: $10,000
Derrick Lewis ($15,000 + $15,000 win bonus = $30,000) def. Ruan Potts: $10,000Fight Pass Prelims
Valmir Lazaro($8,000 + $8,000 win bonus = $16,000) def. James Krause: $15,000
Masio Fullen ($8,000 + $8,000 win bonus = $16,000) def. Alexander Torres: $8,000