UFC 81 Fighter Salaries

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UFC 81 MAIN EVENT FIGHTERS

-Brock Lesnar: $250,000 (lost to Frank Mir; win bonus would have been $200,000)

-Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira: $200,000 (defeated Tim Sylvia; win bonus was $100,000)

-Tim Sylvia: $100,000 (lost to Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira; win bonus would have been $100,000)

-Frank Mir: $80,000 (defeated Brock Lesnar; win bonus was $40,000)


UFC 81 MAIN CARD FIGHTERS

-Nathan Marquardt: $52,000 (defeated Jeremy Horn; win bonus was $26,000)

-Ricardo Almeida: $40,000 (defeated Rob Yundt; win bonus was $20,000)

-Tyson Griffin: $36,000 (defeated Gleison Tibau; win bonus was $18,000)

-Jeremy Horn: $25,000 (lost to Nathan Marquardt; win bonus would have been $25,000)

-Gleison Tibau: $11,000 (lost to Tyson Griffin; win bonus would have been $11,000)

-Rob Yundt: $5,000 (lost to Ricardo Almeida; win bonus would have been $5,000)


UFC 81 PRELIMINARY MATCH FIGHTERS

-Chris Lytle: $24,000 (defeated Kyle Bradley; win bonus was $12,000)

-Kyle Bradley: $4,000 (lost to Chris Lytle; win bonus would have been $4,000)

-David Heath: $6,000 (lost to Tim Boetsch; win bonus would have been $6,000)

-Tim Boetsch: $12,000 (defeated David Heath; win bonus was $6,000)

-Terry Martin: $12,000 (lost to Marvin Eastman; win bonus would have been $12,000)

-Marvin Eastman: $14,000 (defeated Terry Martin; win bonus was $7,000)

-Robert Emerson: $16,000 (defeated Keita Nakamura; win bonus was $8,000)

-Keita Nakamura: $5,000 (lost to Robert Emerson; win bonus would have been $5,000)


UFC 81 DISCLOSED FIGHTER PAYROLL: $892,000

[souldrum71]

Wow. Lesnar gets a quarter of a million dollars to lose. That's what I call a no-lose situation.

Personally, I wish they would pay a set price to the winner and the loser, with the big money always going to the winner. Forget the name recognition and give them some real motivation.

[ericjones80]

i still think its amazing that some of the other organizations pay more than the UFC