Cain Velasquez, Junior dos Santos top UFC 160 disclosed paydays

The top two winners at UFC 160 were also the top two disclosed earners.
UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez and former champ Junior dos Santos won the feature bouts at Saturday night’s event at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Ve…

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The top two winners at UFC 160 were also the top two disclosed earners.

UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez and former champ Junior dos Santos won the feature bouts at Saturday night’s event at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, setting up an expected trilogy fight.

Velasquez earned a flat fee of $400,000 for his first-round finish of Antonio Silva. Dos Santos took home $240,000 for his third-round knockout of Mark Hunt, which includes a $120,000 win bonus.

The Nevada Athletic Commission released the list of disclosed paydays Tuesday. These do not include any potential pay-per-view percentage bonuses, promotional fees, or discretionary bonuses given out by the company, which are not publicly disclosed.

They also don’t include the evening’s announced fight bonuses. Dos Santos and Hunt won fight of the hight; T.J. Grant knockout of the night and Glover Teixeira submission of the night. Each bonus winner won took home an additional $50,000.

Total gate revenues for the event were $1,533,000.

Full salary list:

Cain Velasaquez $400,000

Antonio Silva $75,000

Junior dos Santos $240,000 (includes $120,000 win bonus)

Mark Hunt $160,000

Glover Teixeira $48,000 ($24,000 bonus)

James Te Huna $30,000

T.J. Grant $50,000 ($25,000 bonus)

Gray Maynard $45,000

Donald Cerrone $82,000 ($41,000 bonus)

K.J. Noons $41,000

Mike Pyle $84,000 ($42,000 bonus)

Rick Story $27,000

Denis Bermudez $28,000 ($14,000 bonus)

Max Holloway $14,000

Robert Whittaker $30,000 ($15,000 bonus)

Colton Smith $15,000

Khabib Nurmagomedov $28,000 ($14,000 bonus)

Abel Trujillo $8,000

Stephen Thompson $16,000 ($8,000 bonus)

Nah-Shon Burrell $9,000

George Roop $26,000 ($13,000 bonus)

Brian Bowles $19,000

Jeremy Stephens $48,000 ($24,000 bonus)

Esteven Payan $10,000