Its amazes me how little a majority of these guys make per fight. Kinda sad considering the amount of time and prep they put into each fight.
MAIN CARD FIGHTERS:
-Brock Lesnar: $400,000 (no win bonus) def. Shane Carwin: $40,000
-Chris Leben: $86,000 (includes $43,000 win bonus) def. Yoshihiro Akiyama: $45,000
-Chris Lytle: $52,000 (includes $26,000 win bonus) def. Matt Brown: $10,000
-Stephan Bonnar: $50,000 (includes $25,000 win bonus) def. Krzysztof Soszynski: $10,000
-George Sotiropoulos: $24,000 (includes $12,000 win bonus) def. Kurt Pellegrino: $25,000
PRELIMINARY CARD (SPIKE TV) FIGHTERS:
-Brendan Schaub: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus) def. Chris Tuchscherer: $12,000
-Ricardo Romero: $16,000 (includes $8,000 win bonus) def. Seth Petruzelli: $10,000
PRELIMINARY CARD (NON-TELEVISED) FIGHTERS:
-Kendall Grove: $50,000 (includes $25,000 win bonus) def. Goran Reljic: $5,000
-Gerald Harris: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus) def. David Branch: $6,000
-Daniel Roberts: $12,000 (includes $6,000 win bonus) def. Forrest Petz: $6,000
-Jon Madsen: $16,000 (includes $8,000 win bonus) def. Karel Vemola: $8,000
UFC 116 DISCLOSED FIGHTER PAYROLL: $923,000