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K-1: Dynamite USA - Payday
Date submitted: 12 June 2007
Author: Randy Rowles
MMAWeekly.com is reporting the follow purse amounts for K-1: DYNAMITE USA as reported to them by the California State Athletic Commision (CSAC) courtesy of Showtime/EliteXC and FEG (K-1).
The following salaries do not include any endorsement money individual fighters may have made for this event, nor do they include any additional bonuses handed down by K-1 or EliteXC.
Total fight time and method of victory are listed for each fight.
Brock Lesnar made $500,000 for 1:09 submission win.
Kim Min Soo made $30,000 for 1:09 submission (strikes) loss.
Royce Gracie made $300,000 for 15:00 unanimous decision win.
Kazushi Sakuraba made $30,000 for 15:00 unanimous decision loss.
Hideo Tokoro made $15,000 for 2:41 submission win.
Brad Pickett made $8,000 for 2:41 submission (armbar) loss.
Nam Phan made $29,500 for 0:26 TKO (strikes) loss. *4
TOTAL OF ALL SALARIES: $1,292,000
*1 - Johnnie Morton's entire $100,000 purse is being withheld by the CSAC after Morton refused a post-fight drug test.
*2 - Gesias "JZ" Calvancanti was fined $9,000 of his $45,000 purse for failing to make weight.
*3 - Tim Persey tested positive for methamphetamine in his drug test. Persey has been suspended for 6 months and fined $1,000 of his $20,000 purse by the CSAC.