Gustafsson and Teixeira before UFC Sweden (Photo: Reproduction/Facebook UFC)
Alexander Gustafson e Glover Teixeira not only were they in the main fight of last Sunday's UFC Sweden, but they also earned the best salaries among the 24 athletes at the event. Also awarded US$50 for the best Fight of the Night bonus, the Swede and the Brazilian took home US$162 and US$130, respectively. Inside the octagon, better for “The Mauler”, who knocked out Glover in the fifth round.
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Other highlights on the salary list were Bojan Velickovic and Damir Hadzović. Fighting in the preliminary portion of the event, the two were among the best purses due to their performances. The two earned Performance of the Night bonuses for knocking out Nico Musoke and Marcin Held, respectively.
The other Brazilians on the card, Peter Munhoz and Netto BJJ, were in intermediate positions, taking home US$47 thousand and US$30,5 thousand, respectively, for their triumphs against Damian Stasiak and Reza Madadi. All scholarships include the amount received from sponsorship through Reebok.
See the full list of salaries:
Alexander Gustafson: US$162 thousand
Glover Teixeira: US$130 thousand
Bojan Velickovic: US$76,5
Damir Hadzović: US$72,5 thousand
Chris Camozzi: $53
Trevor Smith: $48
Peter Munhoz: US$47 thousand
Omari Akhmedov: US$45 thousand
Nordine Taleb: $39
Peter sobotta: US$34,5 thousand
Ben Saunders: $32
Netto BJJ: US$30,5
Volkan oezdemir: US$26,5 thousand
Jack hermansson: US$26,5 thousand
Darren till: US$26,5 thousand
Marcin Held: US$22,5 thousand
Misha Cirkunov: US$20,5 thousand
Reza Madadi: US$ 19 thousand
Damian Stasiak: $16,5
Abdul Razak Alhassan: US$14,5 thousand
Alex Nicholson: $14,5
Nico Musoke: US$14,5
Jessin Ayari: US$14,5
Oliver Enkamp: US$12,5
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