The Nevada State Athletic Commission has released the pay day information for UFC 125: Resolution. Lightweight champion Frankie Edgar ($102,000) and light heavyweight Thiago Silva ($110,000) led the pack.
The total pay out was $872,000.
The UFC sold 12,688 tickets for a $2,174,780 live gate.
The pay per view is expected to be in the lower range for UFC events with MMA Payout predicting about 400,000 buys. It’s entirely possible the event exceeded PPV expectations.
Full fighter pay information in the full entry via MMA Mania.
Frankie Edgar — $102,000 ($51,000 to show, $51,000 to win)
Gray Maynard — $52,000 ($26,000 to show, $26,000 to win)
Edgar and Maynard fought to a five-round draw
Brian Stann — $42,000 ($21,000 to show, $21,000 to win)
Chris Leben — $46,000
Stann def. Leben via technical knockout
Thiago Silva — $110,000 ($55,000 to show, $55,000 to win)
Brandon Vera — $60,000
Silva def. Vera via unanimous decision
Dong Hyun Kim — $70,000 ($35,000 to show, $35,000 to win)
Nate Diaz — $33,000
Kim def. Diaz via unanimous decision
Clay Guida — $62,000 ($31,000 to show, $31,000 to win)
Takanori Gomi — $50,000
Guida def. Gomi via submission (guillotine choke)
Dustin Poirier — $8,000 ($4,000 to show, $4,000 to win)
Josh Grispi — $15,000
Poirier def. Grispi via unanimous decision
Brad Tavares — $16,000 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 to win)
Phil Baroni — $25,000
Tavares def. Baroni via knockout
Jacob Volkmann — $24,000 ($12,000 to show, $12,000 to win)
Antonio McKee — $15,000
Volkmann def. McKee via split decision
Jeremy Stephens — $36,000 ($18,000 to show, $18,000 to win)
Marcus Davis — $31,000
Stephens def. Davis via knockout
Diego Nunes — $20,000 ($10,000 to show, $10,000 to win)
Mike Brown — $23,000
Nunes def. Brown via split decision
Daniel Roberts — $24,000 ($12,000 to show, $12,000 to win)
Greg Soto — $8,000
Roberts def. Soto via submission (Kimura)
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