On Tuesday the California State Athletic Commission released fighter salaries and medical suspensions for this past Saturdays UFC 121: Lesnar vs. Velasquez event.
Not surprisingly, the fighter to receive the top salary and longest suspension, was former UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar. For his loss, Lesnar earned a $400,000 payday while also receiving a 180 day medical suspension, barring a doctors clearance.
His opponent, and new UFC heavyweight champion, Cain Velasquez earned $200,000 for the win, $100,00 for the fight and a further $100,000 for the victory. The first Mexican-American heavyweight champ was not assessed any medical suspension by the CSAC, leaving a Velasquez vs. Junior dos Santos bout open for a possible UFC 125 or 126 date.
The full fighter salaries paid out for UFC 121 was $1.513 million dollars, with former UFC champ Tito Ortiz earning the second highest payout with $250,000 for his loss to Matt Hamill.
The full UFC 121 salaries and medical suspensions, according to MMAFighting.com, are as follows:
UFC 121 Fighter Salaries
Brock Lesnar ($400,000) vs. Cain Velasquez ($100,000 + $100,00 win bonus)
Jake Shields ($75,000 + $75,000) vs. Martin Kampmann $27,000
Diego Sanchez ($50,000 + $50,000 win bonus) vs. Paulo Thiago ($18,000)
Matt Hamill ($29,000 + $29,000 win bonus) vs. Tito Ortiz ($250,000)
Gabriel Gonzaga ($67,000) vs. Brendan Schaub ($10,000 + $10,000 win bonus)
Court McGee ($15,000 + $15,000 win bonus) vs. Ryan Jensen ($10,000)
Patrick Cote ($21,000) vs. Tom Lawlor ($10,000 + $10,000 win bonus)
Mike Guymon ($8,000) vs. Daniel Roberts ($8,000 + $8,000 win bonus)
Sam Stout ($16,000 + $16,000 win bonus) vs. Paul Taylor ($16,000)
Chris Camozzi ($8,000 + $8,000 win bonus) vs. Dongi Yang ($8,000)
John Madsen ($8,000 + $8,000 win bonus) vs. Gilbert Yvel ($30,000)
UFC 121 Medical Suspensions
Patrick Cote 180 days – retina
Chris Camozzi, 60 days – left brow laceration
Dongi Yang, 45 days (30 days of no contact)
Court McGee 180 days – possible broken hand; 45 days (30 days of no contact)
Ryan Jensen, 45 days (30 days of no contact)
Gilbert Yvel, 45 days (30 days of no contact)
Brendan Schaub, 45 days (30 days of no contact)
Gabriel Gonzaga, 45 days (30 days of no contact)
Tito Ortiz, 45 days (30 days of no contact)
Diego Sanchez, 180 days – possible wrist fracture
Paulo Thiago, 60 days – laceration
Jake Shields 180 days – bleeding in eye, blurred vision
Brock Lesnar 180 days – eye; 60 days – cheek laceration