UFC 126 Fighter Salaries: Silva, Belfort, Griffin and Jones Earn Six Figures

The UFC 126 fighter salaries have been released and Anderson Silva, Vitor Belfort, Forrest Griffin and Jon Jones each earned a six-digit purse at Saturday’s event from the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas.

For his eighth straight successful tit…

The UFC 126 fighter salaries have been released and Anderson Silva, Vitor Belfort, Forrest Griffin and Jon Jones each earned a six-digit purse at Saturday’s event from the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas.

For his eighth straight successful title defense, middle champ Silva earned $200,000 with no listed win bonus, which means he will most likely be receiving a percentage of the pay-per-view revenue. His challenger Belfort earned $275,000 and would have made another $100,000 had he won.

Meanwhile, former light heavyweight titleholder Griffin locked in $125,000 plus a $150,000 win bonus for his decision victory over ex-middleweight champ Rich Franklin, who earned $70,000, but missed out on another $70,000 as a win bonus.

The complete salaries, provided by the Nevada state athletic commission, are below.