UFC 169 salaries: Aldo earns almost eleven times more than Barão

Aldo (photo) was the second highest paid athlete at UFC 169. Photo: Josh Hedges/UFC

Even though he was in the main fight of UFC 169, and won his first defense of the bantamweight belt by beating Urijah faber, the brazilian Renan Barao He was far from earning one of the biggest salaries at the event. This Thursday (06), the New Jersey Athletic Commission released the salary list of the athletes who competed last Saturday (01) and Barão appears only in seventh place, having received almost eleven times less than José Aldo – who beat Ricardo Lamas in the co-main fight of the night.

With the victory over Faber, Barão took home US$22 (around R$53). Already José Aldo, in turn, earned no less than US$240 (approximately R$580). Even with his performance, the man from Manaus was not the highest paid athlete at UFC 169. The position went to alistair overeem. To face, and win, Frank mir, the Dutch giant received US$407 thousand (around R$985 thousand).

Check below the list of UFC 169 salaries in dollars and approximate values ​​in reais:

alistair overeem: US$407 thousand (R$985 thousand);

Jose aldo: US$240 thousand (R$580 thousand);

Frank mir: US$200 thousand (R$480 thousand);

Urijah faber: US$ 100 thousand (R$ 240 thousand);

Nick Catone: US$26 thousand (R$63 thousand);

Chris Cariaso: US$24 thousand (R$58 thousand);

Renan Barao: US$22 thousand (R$53 thousand);

Abel Trujillo: US$20 thousand (R$48 thousand);

Ali Bagautinov: US$20 thousand (R$48 thousand);

To the fifth: US$20 thousand (R$48 thousand);

Jamie Varner: US$17 thousand (R$41 thousand);

Alan Patrick: US$16 thousand (R$39 thousand);

Clint Hester: US$16 thousand (R$39 thousand);

Rashid Magomedov: US$16 thousand (R$39 thousand);

Neil Magny: US$ 16 thousand (R$ 39 thousand);

John makdessi: US$12 thousand (R$29 thousand);

Ricardo Lamas: US$10 thousand (R$24 thousand);

John Lineker: US$8 thousand (R$19,5 thousand);

Danny Martinez: US$8 thousand (R$19,5 thousand);

Tom Watson: US$8 thousand (R$19,5 thousand);

Kevin Lee: US$8 thousand (R$19,5 thousand);

Andy Enz: US$8 thousand (R$19,5 thousand);

Tony Martin: US$8 thousand (R$19,5 thousand);

Gasan Umalatov: US$8 thousand (R$19,5 thousand).