Junior dos Santos’ efforts against Cain Velasquez earned him $285,000. | Photo: Dave Mandel
Dos Santos raked $285,000 in total for his 64-second knockout over former champion Cain Velasquez, who earned $100,000 in defeat. In addition to a $110,000 win bonus, dos Santos also benefited from a $65,000 “Knockout of the Night” paycheck.
Lightweight contender Ben Henderson also took home a considerable sum, earning a total of $125,000 after defeating Clay Guida in the co-main event. Both “Smooth” and “The Carpenter” were awarded an additional $65,000 for putting on “Fight of the Night,” bringing Guida's total earnings to $105,000 for three rounds of work.
Ricardo Lamas was awarded a total of $85,000 for his victory over Cub Swanson, supplementing his $10,000 win bonus with a $65,000 reward for “Submission of the Night.”
UFC on Fox 1 marked the promotion's debut on network television. Emanating from the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif., the event earned an average of 5.7 million viewers on Fox's flagship network, peaking with 8.8 million viewers during the headlining heavyweight title attraction.
Junior dos
Santos: $285,000
(Includes $110,000 win bonus, $65,000 “Knockout of the Night”
bonus)
Cain Velasquez: $100,000
Ben
Henderson: $125,000
(Includes $30,000 win bonus, $65,000 “Fight of the Night”
bonus)
Clay
Guida: $105,000
(Includes $65,000 “Fight of the Night” bonus)
Dustin
Poirier: $20,000
(Includes $10,000 win bonus)
Pablo Garza: $8,000
Ricardo
Lamas: $85,000
(Includes $10,000 win bonus, $65,000 “Submission of the Night”
bonus)
Cub Swanson: $15,000
DaMarques
Johnson: $28,000
(Includes $14,000 win bonus)
Clay Harvison: $8,000
Darren
Uyenoyama: $12,000
(Includes $6,000 win bonus)
Norifumi "Kid" Yamamoto: $15,000
Robert
Peralta: $16,000
(Includes $8,000 win bonus)
Mackens Semerzier: $8,000
Alex
Caceres: $16,000
(Includes $8,000 win bonus)
Cole Escovedo: $6,000
Mike
Pierce: $36,000
(Includes $18,000 win bonus)
Paul Bradley: $18,000
Aaron
Rosa: $12,000
(Includes $6,000 win bonus)
Matt Lucas: $6,000
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