UFC 181 took place Saturday at Las Vegas’ Mandalay Bay Events Center. The total disclosed payroll was $1,317,000. The below figures are simply base salaries reported to the commission and do not reflect any other “salaries” for the event. As always these don’t include other incomes like sponsors, taxes ect.
If Hendricks would have won, he would have added another $200,000 (in the form of a win bonus) to his $150,000 show purse. Melendez earned a flat rate of $200,000 and wasn’t eligible for a win bonus.
The full UFC 181 Payouts:
Robbie Lawler: $220,000 (includes $110,000 win bonus)
def. Johny Hendricks: $150,000
Anthony Pettis: $200,000 (includes $100,000 win bonus)
def. Gilbert Melendez: $200,000
Travis Browne: $100,000 (includes $50,000 win bonus)
def. Brendan Schaub: $32,000
Todd Duffee: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
def. Anthony Hamilton: $10,000
Tony Ferguson: $48,000 (includes $24,000 win bonus)
def. Abel Trujillo: $14,000
Urijah Faber: $140,000 (includes $70,000 win bonus)
def. Francisco Rivera: $20,000
Josh Samman: $16,000 (includes $8,000 win bonus)
def. Eddie Gordon: $15,000
Corey Anderson: $30,000 (includes $15,000 win bonus)
def. Justin Jones: $8,000
Raquel Pennington: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
def. Ashlee Evans-Smith: $8,000
Sergio Pettis: $30,000 (includes $15,000 win bonus)
def. Matt Hobar: $10,000
Clay Collard: $16,000 (includes $8,000 win bonus)
def. Alex White: $10,000
To check out all the medical suspensions from UFC 181 click here
To read our full recap click here
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