UFC The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 8 Finale fighter paydays and salaries

by Jesse Holland on Dec 14, 2008 3:41 AM EST Comment 33 comments

Sherdog.com received the fighter payouts for UFC The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 8 Finale from the Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) for the event held on December 13 at The Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Clearly, it appears that all the TUF 8 contestants received the same deals ($8,000 to show, $8,000 to win). Escudero and Bader, however, also earned long-term "six-figure" contracts for their wins in the finals over Nover and Magalhaes, respectively.

Here are all the TUF 8 Finale payouts:

Efrain Escudero - $16,000 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 to win)
Phillipe Nover - $8,000
Efrain Escudero defeats Phillippe Nover via unanimous decision

Vinicius Magalhaes - $8,000
Ryan Bader - $16,000 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 to win)
Ryan Bader defeats Vinicius Magalhaes via TKO (strikes) Round 1

Wilson Gouveia – $36,800 (including $18,400 to win)
Jason MacDonald - $35,200 (including $9,200 of Gouveia’s purse)
Wilson Gouveia defeats Jason Macdonald via TKO (strikes) Round 1

Anthony Johnson – $18,000 ($9,000 t show, $9,000 to win)
Kevin Burns - $7,000
Anthony Johnson defeats Kevin Burns via KO (head kick) Round 3

David Kaplan - $8,000
Junie Allen Browning - $16,000 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 to win)
Junie Browning defeats David Kaplan via Submission (armbar) Round 2

Shane Primm – $8,000
Krzysztof Soszynski - $16,000 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 to win)
Krzysztof Soszynski defeats Shane Primm via submission (kimura) in round two

Jules Bruchez – $8,000
Eliot Marshall - $16,000 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 to win)
Eliot Marshall defeats Jules Bruchez via submission (rear naked choke) in round one

George Roop – $8,000
Shane Nelson - $16,000 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 to win)
Shane Nelson defeats George Roop via split decision

Tom Lawlor – $16,000 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 to win)
Kyle Kingsbury - $8,000
Tom Lawlor defeats Kyle Kingsbury via unanimous decision

John Polakowski – $8,000
Roli Delgado - $16,000 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 to win)
Rolando Delgado defeats John Polakowski via submission (guillotine choke) in round two

Keep in mind the salaries listed above do not include fight bonuses, sponsorships, percentages and other unofficial payments. For example, fighters receive bonuses for "Submission of the Night," "Fight of the Night," and others.

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Efrain lived up to Junie’s billing of him…..Boring *ss wrestler. Could Vinny have been any more of a sissy?

by DJR on Dec 14, 2008 4:11 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

I actually thought Nover vs Efrain should have been FOTN. Also, i knew bader would KTFO vinny. So much for all the rd1 sub predictions.

by NameNotRequired on Dec 14, 2008 4:17 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Pretty much. Junie is the bomb dude. Sherk and Browning anyone? “The Muscle Shark” and “The Lunatic”?

by BrowningForLife on Dec 14, 2008 4:45 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Sherk would roll Junie, no doubt.

by the_mexicutioner on Dec 14, 2008 6:57 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

And Jason Macdonald earned biggest dissapointment of the night. I thought he would have put up more of a fight than he did.

by c-war on Dec 14, 2008 12:30 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

whats with gouveia not making weight? wtf?

by brendan on Dec 14, 2008 7:23 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I said it for a while now that all bader has to do is hit “pretty vinny” with a few good shots and he’d fold! That mary should spend less time talkin shit and lookin at himself in the mirror, and more time training standup. I was glad to see vinny lose. Bader has really good potential in the ufc. Efrain looked like a different fighter all together. Ya he did a little lay n pray but he looked a lot better than he did on the show. Next it should be junie vs nover. Junie looked way better out there as well

by allamerican on Dec 14, 2008 9:06 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Bader did look pretty good. Bader VS Hammill? Escudero VS Huerta? Browning VS Pellegrino? Nover VS Lauzon?

by RiverHorror on Dec 14, 2008 1:38 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Bader-Hammill would be good. The other fights, I think the recent TUF class is nowhere even close to ready for those three.

by PW on Dec 14, 2008 6:26 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

No Name, you were right about Vinny, he is just too pretty… What a little biatch!

by BNF on Dec 14, 2008 11:26 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

i know right, he doesn’t have that fighter mentality and no amount of skill can change that.

by NameNotRequired on Dec 14, 2008 10:39 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I missed the fight, but I knew that Vinny was Bitch-made….can anyone tell me how bad he bitched out?

by john on Dec 15, 2008 12:45 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Fight of the night? How many punches actually landed for either guy? What I mostly saw at Efrain do the lay and pray.

by DJR on Dec 14, 2008 1:29 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Watching Efrain take down Nover over and over and get absolutely nothing out of it was about as much fun as reading the phone book.

by Flow with the Go on Dec 14, 2008 4:47 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Wow, you guys are nuts! He landed some big shots in the first 2 rounds, passed his guard with ease (nover is supposedly a black belt) and didn’t get submitted in the final exchange! I actually thought that was a great fight and that efrain was very active! I’m not a fan of “Gray Maynard” wrestling, but am a big fan of ground game, I actually thought fight of the night was Nover/efrain!

by kevin on Dec 14, 2008 5:45 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I agree Kevin. Its no easy task for a “wrestler” to dominate a supposed BJJ black belt on the ground. Definitely the fight of the night.

by the_mexicutioner on Dec 14, 2008 6:56 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I disagree with your allusion to the fact that Gray is boring. I think he’s worked a lot on his stand up and yes his fight vs Clementi did get a little boring but his fight with Edgar was almost all stand up.

by WB on Dec 14, 2008 12:29 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I think he was referring more to his ground game than to him as a fighter.

by GregC on Dec 14, 2008 5:09 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

anyone who think the tuf lw final fight was boring needs to pick another sport to watch. the ground game is a part of mma. watch chuck norris world combat league if you only want stand up.

by Egads on Dec 14, 2008 1:42 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

anyone know the results to the wfa yet i cant find anything? snowman vs ricco, lashley vs franklin . anyone got link to the fights or anything

by markg on Dec 14, 2008 5:47 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

from what i can gather snowman won decision and lashley won in 40 seconds

by markg on Dec 14, 2008 6:25 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I’ve liked Junie all along(follow Kentucky boy) and now we will see the bandwagoners come out of the woodwork, last week he was a douche and after last night he was a good fighter.Junie will be a contender with 18 months watch and see. was not happy bout Vinny trying the stand and bang.Vinny! your known for jits not striking.i hate when fighters veer away from their bread and butter to try and prove a point.Stick to what you know and develope in the gym!p.s. Baders gay!

by knee to the nads on Dec 14, 2008 9:10 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

I still really really hate Junie. He is still a giant idiot in my books and I think a win over David Caplan doesn’t really mean that much. He did look good, but hopefully real competition will pound the piss out of him.

by Amos on Dec 14, 2008 12:30 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

no hes still a douche. beating a bobble head does not make you anything special.

by Egads on Dec 14, 2008 1:18 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

haters

by Kentucky's finest on Dec 14, 2008 4:55 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

It is, however, VERY possible, to be a douche and a good fighter at the same time. He did well last night, made me wonder if it was the training or whether he held back before, or maybe even gained a little mental toughness. Hopefully he can pull himself together. Doing st*pid things is one thing. Being proud of doing st*pid things and continually repeating them = douche.

by chefdaddy on Dec 14, 2008 10:51 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

The nickname “The Polish Experiment” sounds like a porn name! Tell Soszynski to get a new nickname. What about “I’ve got jiu-jitsu, too, baby” Soszynski!

by Swany on Dec 14, 2008 9:13 AM EST reply actions 0 recs