WSOF 23 Salaries: Branch & Gaethje Bank Top Dollar
The total disclosed payroll for the event was $346,000, with middleweight/light-heavyweight champion David Branch and Justin Gaethje taking home nearly a third of the total tally. Branch submitted Teddy Holder to become the first World Series of Fighting two-weight champ, and Gaethje knocked out Luis Palamino to retain his 155-pound strap.
The rest of the card was left to share the remaining $146K between them, with two fighters receiving just $1000 for their efforts. Of course these are only the salaries disclosed to the commission, and do not include any added compensation or bonus packages.
The full WSOF 23 payouts included:
Justin Gaethje: 0,000 (includes ,000 win bonus)
def. Luis Palomino: $20,000
David Branch: $100,000 (includes $50,000 win bonus)
def. Teddy Holder: $12,000
Timur Valiev: $28,000 (includes $14,000 win bonus)
def. Tito Jones: $3,000
Ben Fodor: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
def. Roberto Yong: $2,000
Brian Foster: $14,000 (includes $7,000 win bonus)
def. LaRue Burley: $4,000
Vagab Vagabov: $12,000 (includes $6,000 win bonus)
def. Brian Grinnell: $1,500
Clifford Starks: $12,000 (includes $6,000 win bonus)
def. Krasimir Mladenov: $3,000
Matthew Frincu: $4,000 (includes $2,000 win bonus)
def. Danny Davis Jr.: $3,000
David Nuzzo: $2,000 (includes $1,000 win bonus)
def. Andres Ponce: $1,000
Joey Miolla: $3,000 (includes $1,500 win bonus)
def. Randy Steinke: $1,500
Benny Madrid: $2,000 (includes $1,000 win bonus)
def. Jeff Fletcher: $1,000