New welterweight champion Robbie Lawler ($220,000), defending lightweight champ Anthony Pettis ($200,000) and co-main-event loser Gilbert Melendez ($200,000) were the top earners at this past weekend’s UFC 181 event.
MMAjunkie today obtained the list of disclosed paydays from the Nevada State Athletic Commission.
UFC 181 took place Saturday at Las Vegas’ Mandalay Bay Events Center. The main card aired on pay-per-view following prelims on FOX Sports 1 and UFC Fight Pass.
The total disclosed payroll for the event was $1,317,000.
The full UFC 181 payouts included:
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
Now, the usual disclaimer: The figures do not include deductions for items such as insurance, licenses and taxes. Additionally, the figures do not include money paid by sponsors, which can oftentimes be a substantial portion of a fighter’s income. They also do not include any other “locker room” or special discretionary bonuses the UFC oftentimes pays. Additionally, they don’t include any pay-per-view revenue some top fighters receive.
For example, as previously reported, UFC officials handed out additional $50,000 UFC 181 bonuses to Segio Pettis and Hobar (“Fight of the Night”), Anthony Pettis (“Performance of the Night”) and Josh Samman (“Performance of the Night”).
In other words, the above figures are simply base salaries reported to the commission and do not reflect entire compensation packages for the event.
For more on UFC 181, check out the UFC Events section of the site.
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MMAjunkie’s John Morgan breaks down UFC 181’s main event between Robbie Lawler and Johny Hendricks
MMAjunkie’s Ben Fowlkes breaks down UFC 181’s co-main event between Anthony Pettis and Gilbert Melendez:
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