THE CANADIAN PRESS
Martin (The Hitman) Kampmann made US$124,000 for his win Friday over Jake Ellenberger in the main event of "The Ultimate Fighter Live" finale in Las Vegas.
That included a $42,000 win bonus and $40,000 for knockout of the night. Ellenberger collected $82,000.
Lightweight Michael Chiesa, who won the TUF title, earned $56,000 including a submission of the night bonus while loser Al Iaquinta made $8,000. Chiesa also won a Harley-Davidson motorcycle.
The basic purse amounts provided by the Nevada State Athletic Commission do not tell the whole financial story since the UFC does not detail all its bonuses.
NOTES: Chiesa and fellow TUF Live finale competitor Pat Schilling received the stiffest medical suspensions, with both out for six months due to hand injuries. Each will be sidelined until Nov. 29 unless cleared earlier by a doctor from an X-ray. Kampmann was suspended until Aug. 1 with no contact in training until July 17 due to a facial laceration, while Ellenberger is out until July 2 for precautionary reasons …
The UFC has added three fights to its UFC 150 card in Denver on Aug. 11. In featherweight action, Nik Lentz takes on Japan’s Eiji Mitsuoka while TUF alumnus Dennis Bermudez meets Tom Hayden. Middleweight Michael Kuiper will face Jared (The Messenger) Hamman…
Former TUF winner and UFC No. 1 lightweight contender Joe Stevenson will return to action for the first time since being released after four straight losses on June 30 at the third event for the Resurrection Fighting Alliance. He will take on TUF Live cast member Dakota Cochrane in the main event of the show at the Viaero Event Center in Kearney, Neb. …
A July 20 ShoFIGHT event will also feature a past TUF champion. Kendall Grove meets Terry Martin in vacant middleweight title bout in the co-main event of the show in Springfield, Mo., which is headlined by a fight for the vacant welterweight championship between Karo Parisyan and John Gunderson. All four are former UFC fighters.
— With notes from sportsnet.ca as first reported by MMAjunkie.com
