The Nevada State Athletic Commission released the salaries for UFC 116. The biggest earner was heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar. On top of his 400k purse, the giant also received a bonus for submission of the night, an arm-triangle on Shane Carwin, worth an extra 75 grand. It’s worth noting that some of fighters on the card receive cuts of the pay-per-view broadcast revenues, which doesn’t figure into the sums released by the athletic commission.
Here’s a list of the payouts for UFC 116:
Brock Lesnar: US$400,000 + US$75,000 (best submission)
Shane Carwin: US$40,000
Chris Leben: US$86,000 + US$75,000 (fight of the night)
Yoshihiro Akiyama: US$45,000 + US$75,000 (fight of the night)
Chris Lytle: US$52,000
Matt Brown: US$10,000
Stephan Bonnar: US$50,000 + US$75,000 (fight of the night)
Krzysztof Soszynski: US$10,000 + US$75,000 (fight of the night)
George Sotiropoulos: US$24,000
Kurt Pellegrino: US $25,000
Brendan Schuab: $20,000 ($10,000 win bonus)
Chris Tuchscherer: $12,000
Ricardo Romero: US $16,000
Seth Petruzelli: US $10,000
Kendall Grove: US $50,000
Goran Reljic: US $5,000
Gerald Harris: US $20,000 + US$75,000 (best knockout nocaute)
David Branch: US $6,000
Daniel Roberts: US $12,000
Forrest Petz: US $6,000
Jon Madsen: US $16,000
Karlos Vemola: US $8,000