Cain Velasquez And Junior Dos Santos Lead UFC 160 Payroll
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By FCF Staff
The Nevada State Athletic Commission has released the payroll for this past weekend’s UFC 160 card at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, and the promotion’s heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez was the top earner.
Velasquez was paid $400,000 for his quick, TKO win over Antonio Silva according to the figures, while “Bigfoot” was paid $75,000.
The card’s other top earner, not surprisingly, was former champ Junior dos Santos, who was reportedly paid $240,000 for his memorable knockout victory over Mark Hunt. The latter earned $160,000 for his role in the card’s co-main-event.
Here are the payroll figures the NSAC has released for UFC 160, which do not include any extra funds a fighter may have received from the UFC like pay-per-view revenue or performance based bonuses.
Cain Velasquez: $400,000
def. Antonio Silva: $75,000
Junior dos Santos: $240,000 ($120,000 win bonus)
def. Mark Hunt: $160,000
Glover Teixeira: $48,000 ($24,000 win bonus)
def. James Te Huna: $30,000
T.J. Grant: $50,000 ($25,000 win bonus)
def. Gray Maynard: $45,000
Donald Cerrone: $82,000 ($41,000 win bonus)
def. K.J. Noons: $41,000
Mike Pyle: $84,000 ($42,000 win bonus)
def. Rick Story: $27,000
Dennis Bermudez: $28,000 ($14,000 win bonus)
def. Max Holloway: $14,000
Robert Whittaker: $30,000 ($15,000 win bonus)
def. Colton Smith: $15,000
Khabib Nurmagomedov: $28,000 ($14,000 win bonus)
def. Abel Trujillo: $8,000
Stephen Thompson: $16,000 ($8,000 win bonus)
def. Nah-Shon Burrell: $9,000
George Roop: $26,000 ($13,000 win bonus)
def. Brian Bowles: $19,000
Jeremy Stephens: $48,000 ($24,000 win bonus)
def. Estevan Payan: $10,000
