The Vancouver Athletic Commission released the UFC fighter salaries from UFC 131: Dos Santos vs. Carwin from Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The PPV took place on June 11th.
UFC heavyweight contender Junior dos Santos was the card’s top earning combatant, earning $200,000 for his unanimous decision victory over Shane Carwin. Carwin pocketed $40,000 in the loss. In the co-main event of the evening, Kenny Florian made his debut at featherweight, earning $130,000 for his win (via unanimous decision) over Diego Nunes, who earned $12,000 for the bout.
With a combined $390,000 in fight purses, dos Santos, Florian and Mark Munoz (who made $60,000 for his razor-thin decision over Demian Maia), the winners of the top three fights on the card accounted for nearly half of the disclosed $782,000 payroll.
Junior dos Santos: $100,000 ($100,000 win bonus) def. Shane Carwin: $40,000
Kenny Florian: $65,000 ($65,000 win bonus) def. Diego Nunes: $12,000
Mark Munoz: $30,000 ($30,000 win bonus) def. Demian Maia: $43,000
Dave Herman: $18,000 ($18,000 win bonus) def. Jon Olav Einemo: $15,000
Donald Cerrone: $20,000 ($20,000 win bonus) def. Vagner Rocha: $6,000
Sam Stout: $19,000 ($19,000 win bonus) def. Yves Edwards: $12,000
Chris Weidman: $10,000 ($10,000 win bonus) def. Jesse Bongfeldt: $6,000
Krzysztof Soszynski: $12,000 ($12,000 win bonus) def. Mike Massenzio: $8,000
Nick Ring: $8,000 ($8,000 win bonus) def. James Head: $6,000
Dustin Poirier: $5,000 ($5,000 win bonus) def. Jason Young: $6,000
Joey Beltran: $12,000 ($12,000 win bonus) def. Aaron Rosa: $6,000
Darren Elkins: $8,000 ($8,000 win bonus) def. Michihiro Omigawa: $8,000
Courtesy: MMA Fighting
