The new WAMMA Heavyweight Champion Fedor Emelianenko needed just 36 seconds to shake off any ring rust to beat Tim Sylvia earned only a base salary of only $300,000 while Sylvia who lost earned top dollar with $800,000. The fight purse for the event was an eye popping $3.3 million dollars.
Here is a look at the fighters salaries for the event:
Fedor Emelianenko ($300,000) defeats Tim Sylvia ($800,000)
Andrei Arlovski ($750,000) defeats Ben Rothwell ($250,000)
Josh Barnett ($300,000) defeats Pedro Rizzo ($70,000)
Matt Lindland ($300,000) defeats Fabio Negao ($20,000)
Renato "Babalu" Sobral ($90,000) defeats Mike Whitehead ($50,000)
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira ($50,000) defeats Edwin Dewees ($15,000)
Mark Hominick ($10,000) defeats Savant Young ($7,000)
Vitor Belfort ($140,000) defeats Terry Martin ($30,000)
Mike Pyle ($20,000) defeats JJ Ambrose ($5,000)
Paul Buentello ($80,000) defeats Gary Goodridge ($25,000)
*Ray Lizama ($3,000) vs Justin Levens ($6,000)*
*Please note the fight between Levens and Lizama was postponed due to time constraints, but both fighters still got their base salaries.
