As reported by MMAFighting, the Nevada State Athletic Commission has released the official fighter payouts for those Mixed Martial Artists who competed Saturday night at UFC 114: Rampage Vs. Evans.
Main eventers Rashad Evans and Rampage Jackson were the top earners of the evening with Evans taking home a cool $435,000 in victory and Jackson pocketing $250,000 for his losing effort. UK middleweight Michael Bisping was next on the list as he banked $190,000 for beating Dan Miller unanimously and Antonio Rogerio Nogueira rounded out the list of top earners by taking home $120,000 for his controversial win over Jason Brilz. The full list of fighter purses follows.
Rashad Evans – $435,000 ($250,000 plus $185,000 win bonus)
defeated Quinton Jackson – $250,000
Michael Bisping – $190,000 ($175,000 plus $15,000 win bonus)
defeated Dan Miller – $15,000
Mike Russow – $24,000 ($12,000 plus $12,000 win bonus)
defeated Todd Duffee – $12,000
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira – $120,000 ($80,000 plus $40,000 win bonus)
Jason Brilz – $11,000
John Hathaway – $22,000 ($11,000 plus $11,000 win bonus)
defeated Diego Sanchez – $50,000
Melvin Guillard – $38,000 ($19,000 plus $19,000 win bonus)
defeated Waylon Lowe – $6,000
Dong Hyun Kim – $64,000 ($32,000 plus $32,000 win bonus)
defeated Amir Sadollah – $15,000
Efrain Escudero – $30,000 ($15,000 plus $15,000 win bonus)
defeated Dan Lauzon – $15,000
Cyrille Diabate – $12,000 ($6,000 plus $6,000 win bonus)
defeated Luis Cane – $19,000
Aaron Riley – $20,000 ($10,000 plus $10,000 win bonus)
defeated Joe Brammer – $5,000
Ryan Jensen – $16,000 ($8,000 plus $8,000 win plus)
defeated Jesse Forbes – $6,000
The UFC is not required to release the amount of any extra or unofficial payments to fighters such as “locker room bonuses,” etc. UFC 114 took place in Las Vegas, Nevada at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.
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