UFC 104 Fighter Paydays: Machida Tops with $200K, no Win Bonus

Published on: 27th October, 2009

UFC 104 Fighter Paydays: Machida Tops with $200K, no Win Bonus   | read this item

Earlier today the California State Athletic Commission released the UFC 104 fighter salaries as the high earners for the card where the light heavyweight headliners Lyoto Machida who is still champion made an event high $200,000 and Mauricio ‘Shogun’ Rua made $155,000. However, Machida did not earn an extra bonus for winning the fight. The undisclosed UFC 104 fighter payroll came out to $922,000.

Here are the rest of the UFC 104 fighter salaries:

Main Card

• Lyoto Machida ($200,000) defeats Mauricio Rua ($155,000)
• Cain Velasquez ($70,000) defeats Ben Rothwell ($50,000)
• Gleison Tibau ($38,000) defeats Josh Neer ($14,000)
• Joe Stevenson ($94,000) defeats Spencer Fisher ($26,000)
• Anthony Johnson ($30,000) defeats Yoshiyuki Yoshida ($12,000)

Undercard (televised on Spike)

• Ryan Bader ($30,000) defeats Eric Schafer ($13,000)
• Pat Barry ($14,000) defeats Antoni Hardonk ($16,000)

Undercard (non televised)

• Chael Sonnen ($54,000) defeats Yushin Okami ($18,000)
• Jorge Rivera ($36,000) defeats Rob Kimmons ($9,000)
• Kyle Kingsbury ($16,000) defeats Razak Al-Hassan ($3,000)
• Stefan Struve ($14,000) defeats Chase Gormley ($10,000)

These are just the numbers that were first reported to the CSAC as it does not include such things as deductions, licenses, fees or sponsorships.

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Original Source: MMAJunkie.com

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