TUF10 Finale Salaries and Bonuses

The below reflects the official salaries, as well as bonuses paid by the UFC for Fight of the Night, KO of the Night, and Submission of the Night, for last Saturday’s The Ultimate Fighter 10 Finale event as reported to the Nevada State Athletic Commission. The salaries reflect the gross amount paid to fighters before taxes, insurance, and licenses, and do not reflect potential additional income that fighters commonly derive through sponsorships or unreported “locker room” bonuses. Of particular note is that Matt Hamill received a $23,000 win bonus in a fight that he was dominated in, yet won by disqualification.

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Roy Nelson is “The Ultimate Fighter”

Roy Nelson, or Roy “Cheeseburger” Nelson as I have referred to him throughout this 10th season of The Ultimate Fighter, now has 100 Gs in his pocket and the last laugh. Overcoming the impressive newcomer, Brendan Schaub, Roy accomplished exactly what he set out to do – win, nothing less and certainly nothing more, just win.

Getting much critique from Dana White throughout the televised episodes and even within after fight interviews found on UFC.com, much was expressed on Roy’s “less than showcasing” victories. Roy’s replies were often as simple as stating that he did what he had to do to win and that should be enough.

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MMA Quick Shots – Thur Dec 3 2009

* Brendan Schaub will meet Roy Nelson in this Saturday’s The Ultimate Fighter 10 Finale. In last evening’s final episode on Spike TV, Schaub KO’ed Marcus Jones while Roy Nelson TKO’ed James McSweeney to set up their showdown for the “six figure contract” at the finale. Read a complete recap of last night’s two-hour episode here.

* Now that the TUF10 match up between Schaub and Nelson is all set, the UFC announced three more fights to round out the card. In a bit of a grudge match, Marcus Jones will fight Matt Mitrione, recently ordered-to-deploy soldier Darrill Schnoover will take on James McSweeney, while Justin Wren and Jon Madsen will square off.

*YouTube sensation Kimbo Slice will be fighting slugger Houston Alexander at the aforementioned TUF 10 Finale at the special catch weight of 215 lbs. Slice relayed that the weight cut has been brutal and that he’s “anxious” and “just doesn’t feel the same”. Time to load up on Alexander? Follow their line on our MMA Betting Superboard.

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TUF 10 Finale: Brendan Schaub vs. Roy Nelson

The last episode of the tenth season of The Ultimate Fighter consists of four fights that will ultimately lead to the finale matchup and a chance at a $100,000 contract fighting for the UFC.

Well it doesn’t take long to cut to the chase of what the entire season has been boiling up to. Dana White actually pulls Kimbo Slice aside and asks if he wants to fight. Kimbo, considering his knee injury and that he would be fighting James McSweeney, a strong kickboxer, surprises Dana and the millions watching in turning down the chance to fight.

One thing we know is that Kimbo already has a spot to fight in the December 5th fightcard being televised on Spike TV.

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TUF10: Roy Nelson def. Justin Wren

Well the Quarter Finals are finally here and this season’s drama continues. This week’s fight is between Roy Nelson and the impressive Justin Wren. Team Rashad actually has seven fighters of the eight fighting in the TUF 10 Quarter Finals. Rashad expresses his concern in showing any unfair advantage in having to train fighters to fight each other. So the solution Evans comes up with is train hard, but not heavily coach anyone. I guess he is trying to show some empathy to Rampage’s not-so-expert coaching of his team to even up his lone chance for victory.

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The Ultimate Fighter 10: Heavyweights Week 3

Fight fans, MMA Full Contact back again with a recap of The Ultimate Fighter 10: Heavyweights Week 3.

After a week of great anticipation and endless speculation, Kimbo Slice finally got it on with Roy Nelson on the Spike TV celeb-reality show. For some, it was validation of their predictions. For others, it was a letdown. But, for most, it was another fairly entertaining fight on the trek to crowning this season’s Ultimate Fighter.

The show opened with a softer, gentler side of the Miami brawler being painted in discussions with Abe Wagner. Slice relayed that he’s realized that the enemy is the “inner me” and seemed at peace, while offering insight about his place in the sport and life. He would go on to say that he’s basically a “family man who likes to fight” – indeed, a real Ward Cleaver. At the house, a few fighters offered their take on potential paydays for the week’s fight should it have taken place outside of the reality show.

At the UFC training facility, Team Rampage coaches were confident in that they finally gained Roy Nelson’s trust, in spite of him historically doing it all by himself – training, booking his fights, etc.

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Breaking News: Roy Nelson def. Kimbo Slice

Roy Nelson defeated Kimbo Slice via TKO in the 2nd round on this evening’s The Ultimate Fighter 10: Heavyweights broadcast on Spike TV. Look for a full recap tomorrow morning on MMA Full Contact!

The Ultimate Fighter 10: Heavyweights Week 2

Fight fans, MMA Full Contact back again with a recap of The Ultimate Fighter 10: Heavyweights Week 2.

If you watched last week’s TUF season debut episode, you can take pride in the fact that you were part of history. Well, not real history – but UFC history. The debut episode that saw team selection, a re-introduction of Internet sensation and former Elite XC main eventer Kimbo Slice to some, and John Madsen dominate Abe Wagner in a bloodbath, was the highest-rated (total viewers) TUF episode ever. Pretty cool, huh?

Dana White has promised that this season will be the most entertaining ever. If so, that’s a lot of good fights and shenanigans to top from previous seasons. Bloody fights, shocking outcomes, drunken rampages, sickening practical jokes – the show has seen it all. Would this week’s episode start down that path? Drum roll please…. eh, not so much. The episode featured zero high jinks back at the house, poor conditioning throughout a so-so fight, and a questionable outcome. Hold the Emmy, please. However, next week’s episode promises what everyone wants to see – but more on that later.

The show opened at the Vegas house with Roy “Big Country” Nelson relaying that he wants to fight Slice. The fight’s been on his radar for years and he thinks that it would be a good match up for him. As everyone knows “styles make fights”, and Nelson undoubtedly thinks that his strong grappling would be Slice’s exit from competition. Was it a little foreshadowing by show producers?

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