(“Really? That’s it?”)
The Nevada State Athletic Commission released the salary amounts from Saturday night’s Strikeforce: Rockhold vs. Jardine event at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas and it appears that Robbie Lawler was the big winner of the night, taking home more than a quarter of the night’s $566,000 in total purses.
Lawler was paid a flat rate of $150,000 for his first-round TKO over Adian Amagov.
To put things into perspective, the total purse for UFC 141 was $1369714.28, or nearly two-and-a-half times as much.
Former Strikeforce light heavyweight champ Muhammad “King Mo” Lawal picked up the second highest paycheck of the night with $95,000 for his second round KO of Lorenz Larkin, while middleweight champ Luke Rockhold netted the night’s third highest amount with $90,000, including a $25,000 win bonus, for his first-round drubbing of Keith Jardine.
Tyron Woodley, whose conservative lay and pray victory over Canadian Jordan Mein, took home $60,000 for his non-performance — half of which was made up of a win bonus.
Check out what the other fighters on the card were paid:
Strikeforce ‘Rockhold vs. Jardine’
Hard Rock Hotel and Casino
Las Vegas, Nevada
Saturday, January 2, 2012
Luke Rockhold: $90,000 (includes $25,000 win bonus)
vs.
Keith Jardine: $30,000
Robbie Lawler: $150,000
vs.
Adlan Amagov: $10,000
Muhammed Lawal: $95,000 (includes $15,000 win bonus)
vs.
Lorenz Larkin: $17,000
Tyron Woodley: $60,000 (includes $30,000 win bonus)
vs.
Jordan Mein: $9,000
Tarec Saffiedine: $31,000 (includes $15,500 win bonus)
vs.
Tyler Stinson: $4,000
Nah-Shon Burrell: $8,000 (includes $4,000 win bonus)
vs.
James Terry: $9,000
Gian Villante: $20,000 (Includes $10,000 win bonus)
vs.
Trevor Smith: $4,000
Ricky Legere Jr.: $10,000 (includes $5,000 win bonus)
vs.
Christopher Spang: $6,000
Estevan Payan: $8,000 (includes $4,000 win bonus)
vs.
Alonzo Martinez: $5,000