UFC 145 PAYROLL: Jon Jones, Rashad Evans combine for over 50% of disclosed earnings for Atlanta card

By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief

The Georgia Athletic and Entertainment Commission has released the disclosed salaries for last Saturday's UFC 145 event, which took place at the Philips Arena in Atlanta. Unsurprisingly, the night's headliners, UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Jon Jones, and his challenger Rashad Evans, topped the night's earnings by a wide margin, accounting for more than 50% of the event's payroll between the two of them. Full disclosed payroll is below (via MMAJunkie.com):

* Jon Jones: $400,000 (no win bonus)
* Rashad Evans: $300,000
* Rory MacDonald: $36,000 (includes $18,000 win bonus)
* Che Mills: $8,000
* Ben Rothwell: $104,000 (includes $52,000 win bonus)
* Brendan Schaub: $14,000
* Michael McDonald: $16,000 (includes $8,000 win bonus)
* Miguel Torres: $32,000
* Eddie Yagin: $12,000 (includes $6,000 win bonus)
* Mark Hominick: $17,000
* Mark Bocek: $46,000 (includes $23,000 win bonus)
* John Alessio: $10,000
* Travis Browne: $24,000 (includes $12,000 win bonus)
* Chad Griggs: $27,000
* Matt Brown: $36,000 (includes $18,000 win bonus)
* Stephen Thompson: $8,000
* Anthony Njokuani: $24,000 (includes $12,000 win bonus)
* John Makdessi: $12,000
* Mac Danzig: $54,000 (includes $27,000 win bonus)
* Efrain Escudero: $10,000
* Chris Clements: $12,000 (includes $6,000 win bonus)
* Keith Wisniewski: $10,000
* Marcus Brimage: $16,000 (includes $8,000 win bonus)
* Maximo Blanco: $13,000

Source: http://www.mmatorch.com/artman2/publish/UFC_2/article_13128.shtml

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