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