(L-R) Forrest Griffin interviews Tito Ortiz after their light heavyweight bout at UFC 148 inside MGM Grand Garden Arena on July 7, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Donald Miralle for UFC.com)
The disclosed payroll for this past weekends UFC 148: Silva vs. Sonnen II event totaled $1,438,000 for the Las Vegas event.
Earning the top payouts on the card were co-main event fighters Forrest Griffin, who earned $275,000 which includes a $150,000 win bonus, and opponent Tito Ortiz, who earned a flat fee of $250,000 in the trilogy loss.
The third highest payout went to headliner, and UFC middleweight champ, Anderson Silva who made $200,000 with no win bonus for his second round finish of Chael Sonnen ($50,000).
UFC 148: Silva vs. Sonnen II went down July 7, 2012 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The entire payroll was posted by MMAjunkie.com this afternoon:
Main Card (Pay-per-view)
Anderson Silva: $200,000 (no win bonus) def. Chael Sonnen: $50,000
Forrest Griffin: $275,000 (includes $150,000 win bonus) def. Tito Ortiz: $250,000
Cung Le: $150,000 (no win bonus) def. Patrick Cote: $21,000
Demian Maia: $96,000 (includes $48,000 win bonus) def. Dong Hyun Kim: $44,000
Chad Mendes: $36,000 (includes $18,000 win bonus) def. Cody McKenzie: $10,000
Mike Easton: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus) def. Ivan Menjivar: $13,000Prelim Card (FX Television)
Melvin Guillard: $72,000 (includes $36,000 win bonus) def. Fabricio Camoes: $8,000
Khabib Nurmagomedov: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus) def. Gleison Tibau: $31,000
Constantinos Philippou: $32,000 (includes $16,000 win bonus) def. Riki Fukuda: $28,000
Shane Roller: $46,000 (includes $23,000 win bonus) def. John Alessio: $10,000Preliminary Card (Facebook)
Rafaello Oliveira: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus) def. Yoislandy Izquierdo: $6,000