UFC 139 Salaries Released: Cung Le the Best-Paid Fighter on Card

UFC 139 featured the return of two-division Pride champion and former Strikeforce light heavyweight champion Dan Henderson, who won a unanimous decision over former UFC light heavyweight champion Mauricio “Shogun” Rua.The five-round war left many calli…

UFC 139 featured the return of two-division Pride champion and former Strikeforce light heavyweight champion Dan Henderson, who won a unanimous decision over former UFC light heavyweight champion Mauricio “Shogun” Rua.

The five-round war left many calling it one of the best fights ever to take place inside the Octagon.

In the co-main event, former Strikeforce middleweight champion Cung Le lost by TKO to “The Axe Murderer” Wanderlei Silva.

MMAjunkie.com released the salaries for each competitor at the San Jose event.

Dan Henderson: $250,000 (no win bonus) defeats Mauricio Rua: $165,000

Wanderlei Silva: $200,000 (no win bonus) defeats Cung Le: $350,000

Urijah Faber: $64,000 (includes $32,000 win bonus) defeats Brian Bowles: $19,000

Martin Kampmann: $58,000 (includes $29,000 win bonus) defeats Rick Story: $19,000

Stephan Bonnar: $68,000 (includes $34,000 win bonus) defeats Kyle Kingsbury: $10,000

Ryan Bader: $48,000 (includes $24,00 win bonus) defeats Jason Brilz: $13,000

Michael McDonald: $14,000 (includes $7,000 win bonus) defeats Alex Soto: $6,000

Chris Weidman: $24,000 (includes $12,000 win bonus) defeats Tom Lawlor: $12,000

Gleison Tibau: $34,000 (includes $17,000 win bonus) defeats Rafael Dos Anjos: $16,000

Miguel Torres: $60,000 (includes $30,000 win bonus) defeats Nick Pace: $4,000

Seth Baczynski: $16,000 (includes $8,000 win bonus) defeats Matt Brown: $12,000

Danny Castillo: $34,000 (includes $17,000 win bonus) defeats Shamar Bailey: $8,000

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