UFC 116 Fighter Salaries

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Sherdog is reporting the following fighter salaries from UFC 116 as announced by the Nevada State Athletic Commission:

Brock Lesnar  $475,000 (includes $75,000 Submission of the Night bonus; no win bonus reported) defeated Shane Carwin $40,000

Chris Leben $161,000 (includes $43,000 win bonus & $75,000 Fight of the Night bonus) defeated Yoshihiro Akiyama $120,000  (includes $75,000 Fight of the Night bonus)

Chris Lytle $52,000 (includes $26,000 win bonus) defeated Matt Brown $10,000

Stephan Bonnar $125,000 (includes $25,000 win bonus & $75,000 Fight of the Night bonus) defeated Krzysztof Soszynski $85,000 (includes $75,000 Fight of the Night bonus)

George Sotiropoulos $24,000 (includes $12,000 win bonus) defeated Kurt Pellegrino $25,000

Brendan Schaub $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus) defeated Chris Tuchscherer $12,000

Ricardo Romero $16,000 (includes $8,000 win bonus) defeated Seth Petruzelli $10,000

Kendall Grove $50,000 (includes $25,000 win bonus) defeated Goran Reljic $5,000

Gerald Harris $95,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus & $75,000 Knockout of the Night) defeated Dave Branch $6,000

Daniel Roberts $12,000 (includes $6,000 win bonus) defeated Forrest Petz $6,000

Jon Madsen $16,000 (includes $8,000 win bonus) defeated Karlos Vemola $8,000

As always its important to note that these are only the base salaries reported to the Commission so additional income (including money from sponsors and PPV points) are not included.

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