The Nevada State Athletic Commission has released the full payouts and salaries for the fighters on the UFC 156: Aldo vs. Edgar card. Keep in mind these numbers do not include payments from sponsors, locker room bonuses, Fight Night bonuses or shares of pay-per-view revenue.
UFC Featherweight champ Jose Aldo and Frankie Edgar each won an additional $50,000 for Fight of the Night, Bobby Green earned an additional $50,000 for Submission of the Night and Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva got $50,000 for KO of the Night.
Rashad Evans and Alistair Overeem were the highest paid fighters on the card and each of them went home without their win bonuses — losing cost Evans $300,000 and Overeem $285,714.29.
Full UFC 156 salary information is below.
Jose Aldo – $240,000 ($120,000 purse/$120,000 win bonus)
Frankie Edgar – $120,000
Rashad Evans – $300,000
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira – $174,000 ($107,000/$67,000)
Antonio Silva – $70,000 ($70,000 purse/$0 win bonus)
Alistair Overeem – $285,714.29
Demian Maia – $120,000 ($60,000/$60,000)
Jon Fitch – $66,000
Joseph Benavidez – $60,000 ($30,000/$30,000)
Ian McCall – $9,000
Evan Dunham $46,000 ($23,000/$23,000)
Gleison Tibau – $33,000
Tyron Woodley – $87,000 ($43,500/$43,500)
Jay Hieron – $12,000
Bobby Green – $20,000 ($10,000/$10,000)
Jacob Volkmann – $22,000
Isaac Vallie-Flagg – $20,000 ($10,000/$10,000)
Yves Edwards – $21,000
Dustin Kimura – $16,000 ($8,000/$8,000)
Chico Camus – $8,000
Francisco Rivera – $16,000 ($8,000/$8,000)
Edwin Figueroa – $10,000
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