Jacare Sits Atop Strikeforce: Tate vs. Rousey Fighter Salaries

Jacare Souza StrikeforceThe Ohio Athletic Commission on Monday released the Strikeforce: Tate vs. Rousey fighter salaries to MMAWeekly.com.

The main event at Saturday’s event at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio, Ronda Rousey staking her claim to the Strikeforce women’s bantamweight championship, by arm barring former champion Miesha Tate.

The following figures are based on the fighter salary information that promoters are required by law to submit to the state athletic commissions, including the winners’ bonuses.

Although mixed martial arts fighters do not have collective bargaining or a union, the fighters’ salaries are still public record, just as with every other major sport in the United States. Any undisclosed bonuses that a promoter also pays its fighters, but does not disclose to the athletic commissions (specifically, pay-per-view bonuses, fight of the night bonuses, etc.), are not included in the figures below.

Strikeforce: Tate vs. Rousey Fighter Salaries

Ronda Rousey: $32,000 (includes $17,000 win bonus)
def. Miesha Tate: $19,000

Josh Thomson: $80,000 (flat rate; no win bonus)
def. K.J. Noons: $38,000

Kazuo Misaki: $50,000 (flat rate; no win bonus)
def. Paul Daley: $45,000

Lumumba Sayers: $10,000 (includes $5,000 win bonus)
Scott Smith: $65,000

Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza: $92,000 (includes $22,000 win bonus)
def. Bristol Marunde: $10,000

Sarah Kaufman: $25,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
def. Alexis Davis: $4,000

Roger Bowling: $16,000 (includes $8,000 win bonus)
def. Brandon Saling: $5,000

Pat Healy: $22,500 (includes $5,000 win bonus)
def. Carlos Fodor: $12,000

Ryan Couture: $10,000 (flat rate; no win bonus)
def. Conor Heun: $8,000

Strikeforce: Tate vs. Rousey Disclosed Fighter Payroll: $543,500


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