UFC 160 Salaries: Heavyweight Champ Cain Velasquez Tops All Earners at $400K
UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez walked away from UFC 160 with both his title and the evening’s largest disclosed payday, pocketing a flat $400,000.
Velasquez bested Antonio Silva in Saturday’s headlining rematch, which took place at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. “Bigfoot” took home $75,000 in defeat after eating a hard one-two from the champion that sent him to the mat, where Silva was pounded out from the turtle position 81 seconds into the opening round.
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Other high earners for the pay-per-view event included Mike Pyle ($84,000), Donald Cerrone ($82,000), T.J. Grant ($50,000), Glover Teixeira ($48,000) and Jeremy Stephens ($48,000).
Note: The disclosed purses reported by state athletic
commissions do not include any performance-based or discretionary
bonuses that may be awarded to a fighter by the promotion.
Additionally, the reported figures do not reflect any deductions
made by the commission for taxes, insurance, etc., and do not
include any sponsorship money that a fighter may acquire for his or
her performance.
UFC 160 Salaries
Cain Velasquez: $400,000 (no win bonus)
Antonio Silva: $75,000
Junior dos Santos: $240,000 (includes $120,000 win bonus)
Mark Hunt: $160,000
Glover Teixeira: $48,000 (includes $24,000 win bonus)
James Te Huna: $30,000
T.J. Grant: $50,000 (includes $25,000 win bonus)
Gray Maynard: $45,000
Donald Cerrone: $82,000 (includes $41,000 win bonus)
K.J. Noons: $41,000
Mike Pyle: $84,000 (includes $42,000 win bonus)
Rick Story: $27,000
Dennis Bermudez: $28,000 (includes $14,000 win bonus)
Max Holloway: $14,000
Robert Whittaker: $30,000 (includes $15,000 win bonus)
Colton Smith: $15,000
Khabib Nurmagomedov: $28,000 (includes $14,000 win bonus)
Abel Trujillo: $8,000
Stephen Thompson: $16,000 (includes $8,000 win bonus)
Nah-Shon Burrell: $9,000
George Roop: $26,000 (includes $13,000 win bonus)
Brian Bowles: $19,000
Jeremy Stephens: $48,000 (includes $24,000 win bonus)
Estevan Payan: $10,000
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