UFC Stockholm Salaries: Jimi Manuwa Tops Everyone

The Swedish Athletic Commission has released the fighter salaries for the UFC Stockholm event which took place over the weekend (Sat. June 1, 2019).

Some of the card’s top-tier talents left Sweden with some major cash. Alexander Gustafsson vs. Anthony Smith in a light heavyweight bout headlined the show, which saw Smith score the submission win.

Rounding out the six bouts main card was Aleksandar Rakic vs. Jimi Manuwa in a light heavyweight bout, Makwan Amirkhani and Chris Fishgold at featherweight, Damir Hadzovic vs. Christos Giagos in a lightweight tilt, and featherweights Sung Bin Jo vs. Daniel Teymur.

UFC Stockholm (also known as UFC on ESPN+ 11) took place from the Ericsson Globe in Stockholm, Sweden. The main card aired on ESPN+ at 1 P.M. ET. The preliminary card aired on ESPN 2 at 10 A.M. ET.

UFC Stockholm Salaries

Manuwa topped the list with $130,000, as Smith followed with $119,000, and Leonardo Santos with $103,000

The full payouts include the following, courtesy of MMA Manifest:

• Jimi Manuwa: $130,000 ($120,000 to show, $10,000 fight week incentive pay)
• Anthony Smith: $119,000 ($27,000 to show, $27,000 win bonus, $50,000 Performance of the Night bonus, $15,000 fight week incentive pay)
• Leonardo Santos: $103,000 ($24,000 to show, $24,000 win bonus, $50,000 Performance of the Night, $5,000 fight week incentive pay)
• Makwan Amirkhani: $91,000 ($18,000 to show, $18,000 win bonus, $50,000 Performance of the Night bonus, $5,000 fight week incentive pay)
• Aleksandar Rakic: $86,000 ($16,000 to show, $16,000 win bonus, $50,000 Performance of the Night, $4,000 fight week incentive pay)
• Alexander Gustafsson: $73,000 ($58,000 to show, $15,000 fight week incentive pay)
• Lina Lansberg: $45,000 ($20,000 to show, $20,000 win bonus, $5,000 fight week incentive pay)
• Devin Clark: $37,000 ($16,000 to show, $16,000 win bonus, $5,000 fight week incentive pay)
• Tonya Evinger:   $33,500 ($30,000 to show, $3,500 fight week incentive pay)
• Christos Giagos: $33,000 ($14,000 to show, $14,000 win bonus, $5,000 fight week incentive pay)
• Frank Camacho: $28,000 ($12,000 to show, $12,000 win bonus, $4,000 fight week incentive pay)
• Joel Alvarez: $27,500 ($12,000 to show, $12,000 win bonus, $3,500 fight week incentive pay)
• Stevie Ray: $27,000 ($22,000 to show, $5,000 fight week incentive pay)
• Daniel Teymur: $24,000 ($10,000 to show, $10,000 win bonus, $4,000 fight week incentive pay)
• Sergey Khandozhko: $23,500 ($10,000 to show, $10,000 win bonus, $3,500 fight week incentive pay)
• Bea Malecki: $23,500 ($10,000 to show, $10,000 win bonus, $3,500 fight week incentive pay)
• Nick Hein: $23,000 ($18,000 to show, $5,000 fight week incentive pay)
• Damir Hadzovic: $21,000 ($16,000 to show, $5,000 fight week incentive pay)
• Chris Fishgold: $15,500 ($12,000 to show, $3,500 fight week incentive pay)
• Darko Stosic: $15,500 ($12,000 to show, $3,500 fight week incentive pay)
• Sung Bin Jo: $13,500 ($10,000 to show, $3,500 fight week incentive pay)
• Rostem Akman: $13,500 ($10,000 to show, $3,500 fight week incentive pay)
• Duda Santana: $13,500 ($10,000 to show, $3,500 fight week incentive pay)
• Danilo Belluardo: $13,500 ($10,000 to show, $3,500 fight week incentive pay)