Wednesday, July 11, 2012

UFC 148 Salaries: Forrest Griffin ($275K), Tito Ortiz ($250K) top disclosed earnings for Silva-Sonnen II card

By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief

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The Nevada State Athletic Commission has released the officially disclosed payroll figures from Saturday night's UFC 148 event, which took place from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.

Topping the night's disclosed earnings were co-main event fighters Forrest Griffin and Tito Ortiz, who earned $275,000 and $250,000, respectively. UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva, who defeated Chael Sonnen a second time in the night's main event, earned a flat fee of $200,000, though the majority of his earnings for the night will come via pay-per-view points.

Other top earners on the event, which brought in a U.S. record $7 million gate, were Cung Le ($150K), Demian Maia ($96K), and Sonnen ($50K). The night's full disclosed payroll, $1,438,000 in total, is below (via MMAJunkie.com):

* Anderson Silva: $200,000 (no win bonus)
* Chael Sonnen: $50,000
* Forrest Griffin: $275,000 (includes $150,000 win bonus)
* Tito Ortiz: $250,000
* Cung Le: $150,000 (no win bonus)
* Patrick Cote: $21,000
* Demian Maia: $96,000 (includes $48,000 win bonus)
* Dong Hyun Kim: $44,000
* Chad Mendes: $36,000 (includes $18,000 win bonus)
* Cody McKenzie: $10,000
* Mike Easton: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
* Ivan Menjivar: $13,000
* Melvin Guillard: $72,000 (includes $36,000 win bonus)
* Fabricio Camoes: $8,000
* Khabib Nurmagomedov: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
* Gleison Tibau: $31,000
* Constantinos Philippou: $32,000 (includes $16,000 win bonus)
* Riki Fukuda: $28,000
* Shane Roller: $46,000 (includes $23,000 win bonus)
* John Alessio: $10,000
* Rafaello Oliveira: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
* Yoislandy Izquierdo: $6,000

Source: http://www.mmatorch.com/artman2/publish/UFC_2/article_13797.shtml

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