UFC 82: Fighter paydays and salaries

[Bluto]

Anderson Silva — $140,000 ($70,000 to show, $70,000 to win)
Dan Henderson — $100,000
Silva defeated Henderson via submission (rear naked choke) in round two

Heath Herring — $140,000 ($70,000 to show, $70,000 to win)
Cheick Kongo — $30,000
Herring defeated Kongo via split decision

Chris Leben — $50,000 ( $25,000 to show, $25,000 to win)
Alessio Sakara — $17,000
Leben defeated Sakara via technical knockout (strikes) in round one

Yushin Okami — $28,000 ($14,000 to show, $14,000 to win)
Evan Tanner — $25,000
Okami defeated Tanner via technical knockout (knee) in round two

Jon Fitch — $60,000 ($30,000 to show, $30,000 to win)
Chris Wilson — $12,000
Fitch defeated Wilson via unanimous decision

Andrei Arlovski — $170,000 ($105,000 to show, $65,000 to win)
Jake O’Brien — $11,000
Arlovski defeated O’Brien via technical knockout (strikes) in round two

Luigi Fioravanti — $16,000 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 to win)
Luke Cummo — $16,000
Fioravanti defeated Cummo via unanimous decision

Josh Koscheck — $20,000 ($10,000 to show, $10,000 to win)
Dustin Hazelett — $12,000
Koscheck defeated Hazelett via technical knockout (strikes) in round two

Diego Sanchez — $60,000 ($30,000 to show, $30,000 to win)
David Bielkheden — $8,000
Sanchez defeated Bielkheden via submission (verbal tapout because of strikes) in round one

Jorge Gurgel — $14,000 ($7,000 to show, $7,000 to win)
John Halverson — $3,000
Gurgel defeated Halverson via unanimous decision

[Bluto]

jesus are some people getting screwed here...

herring get paid as much as anderson silva... arlovski got paid 170 000 with loser o'brien getting 11 000 that must be the biggest difference in ufc history in a fight... and koscheck only getting paid 10 grand to show, but luke cummo gets paid 16 000 ?! and hazelett who he faced got paid more, 12 000 to show?

gurgel a ufc veteran thats been on 4 cards with 3 wins outta those 4 gets paid less than bielkheden who has his debut?

[polychronopolous]

Bluto, why are they payin Arlovski 170k if he's on the undercard? I don't get it....

[danielson]

Bluto, why are they payin Arlovski 170k if he's on the undercard? I don't get it....

It's the last fight on his contract, he used to be a main even fighter.

[polychronopolous]

Okay so why not at least televise his fight? I know a ton of Arlovski fans.

[danielson]

Okay so why not at least televise his fight? I know a ton of Arlovski fans.

Dana thinks Andre has been fighting like a pussy.

[Bluto]

considering how the fight went down i think they made the right decision not to put it on the main card

[Danny]

Hahaha.... Leben getting a bigger paycheck than Diego and Josh ....   Good for him!.

[SinCitysmallGUY]

considering how the fight went down i think they made the right decision not to put it on the main card

Aren't you the one always wanting KO's? Why wouldn't this have been a good fight to televise. He finished the fight...

[polychronopolous]

He's a major fan favourite though!! People want to see him fight, and he won by second round tko he can't help it got stopped short, thats on the ref.