Forrest Griffin and Tito Ortiz each earned $250,000 for their main event fight at Saturday's UFC 106 in Las Vegas.Griffin's total prize included a $150,000 bonus for winning the fight, while Ortiz's salary remained at $250,000.
Griffin avenged a April 2006 loss to Ortiz by returning the favor with a split decision win after three rounds. When the two first met at UFC 59, Ortiz earned $200,000 for the win while Griffin earned only $16,000.
Below are the disclosed paydays the UFC reported to the athletic commission and do not necessarily represent a fighter's final earnings.
Forrest Griffin, $250,000 ($150,000 win bonus) def. Tito Ortiz, $250,000
Josk Koscheck, $106,000 ($53,000 win) def. Anthony Johnson, $17,000
Paulo Thiago, $16,000 ($8,000 win) def. Jacob Volkmann, $6,000
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira, $100,000 ($30,000 win) def. Luiz Cane, $19,000
Amir Sadollah, $30,000 ($15,000 win) def. Phil Baroni, $25,000
Ben Saunders, $20,000 ($10,000 win) def. Marcus Davis, $27,000
Kendall Grove, $44,000 ($22,000 win) def. Jake Rosholt, $15,000
Brian Foster, $12,000 ($6,000 win) def. Brock Larson, $26,000
Caol Uno, $20,000 drew Fabricio Camoes, $10,000
George Sotiropoulos, $20,000 ($10,000 win) def. Jason Dent, $8,000
Additionally, performance bonuses, a $70,000 bonus to each fighter for each award, were handed out at the post-fight press conference for Fight of the Night: Josh Koscheck vs. Anthony Johnson, Knockout of the Night: Antonio Rogerio Nogueira and Submission of the Night: Josh Koscheck.
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its a shame tito's mouth running and trash talking gets him a garaunteed $250,000. this guy sucks, and i've felt that way since i first watched him fight.
the other fighter's are fighting for peanuts meanwhile this garbage tito makes all the bucks. it's just annoying. and yeah, i'm the one running my mouth about f* ufc this and f* ufc that. i really have nothing against anything else that happened for this event, just that we had to pay to watch it live because of this scrub tito and he fights like a bum. his fights always go to decision, unless he gets ktfo by lidell. he just wrestles and grunts and sweats but never has a shot in hell of finishing a worthy opponent.
id say you are right ,,i dont like him but i respect him as a fighter,,i thought he was going to do well when he took him down and layed some ground and pound,,,it looked the same as the first fight in the begining but as it went on he just ran out of gas,,,, tito needs to run his legs and get some stamina like 10-15 miles worth ,, instead of running his mouth all over the place ,,,,i would like to say since fedor fought there has been alot more free fights from ufc,,,,,thanks strikeforce for the great fights in the last couple weeks,,,,, ofcourse dana has kimbo,,,the all time rating king,,, on the next free fight just to try to put the standing for ufc on top of the tv charts ,we will see what happens