The UFC 126 fighter salaries have been released and Anderson Silva, Vitor Belfort, Forrest Griffin and Jon Jones each earned a six-digit purse at Saturday's event from the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas.For his eighth straight successful title defense, middle champ Silva earned $200,000 with no listed win bonus, which means he will most likely be receiving a percentage of the pay-per-view revenue. His challenger Belfort earned $275,000 and would have made another $100,000 had he won.
Meanwhile, former light heavyweight titleholder Griffin locked in $125,000 plus a $150,000 win bonus for his decision victory over ex-middleweight champ Rich Franklin, who earned $70,000, but missed out on another $70,000 as a win bonus.
The complete salaries, provided by the Nevada state athletic commission, are below.
Pay-Per-View Bouts
Anderson Silva, $200,000 (no win bonus) def. Vitor Belfort, $275,000
Forrest Griffin, $125,000 + $150,000 (win) = $275,000 def. Rich Franklin, $75,000
Jon Jones, $70,000 + $70,000 (win) = $140,000 def. Ryan Bader, $20,000
Jake Ellenberger, $16,000 + $16,000 (win) = $32,000 def. Carlos Eduardo Rocha, $8,000
Miguel Torres, $28,000 + $28,000 (win) = $56,000 def. Antonio Banuelos, $9,000
Spike TV Bouts
Donald Cerrone, $18,000 + $18,000 (win) = $36,000 def. Paul Kelly, $19,000
Chad Mendes, $9,500 + $9,500 (win) = $19,000 def. Michihiro Omigawa, $8,000
Preliminary Bouts
Demetrious Johnson, $5,000 + $5,000 (win) = $10,000 def. Norifumi "KID" Yamamoto, $15,000
Paul Taylor, $18,000 + $18,000 (win) = $36,000 def. Gabe Ruediger, $8,000
Kyle Kingsbury, $10,000 + $10,000 (win) = $20,000 def. Ricardo Romero, $10,000
Mike Pierce, $14,000 + $14,000 (win) = $28,000 def. Kenny Robertson, $6,000
In addition to the purses reported by the UFC to the commission, the UFC also awarded $75,000 post-fight bonuses each to Silva (KO of the Night), Jones (Submission of the Night), Donald Cerrone and Paul Kelly (both for Fight of the Night).
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