UFC 143 Fighter Salaries – Diaz Tops List With $200,000 Payday

On Monday, the Nevada State Athletic Commission made the fighter salaries available for this past weekends UFC 143: Diaz vs. Condit event. Earning the highest payday was main event fighter Nick Diaz, who earned $200,000 in his loss versus Carlos Condit ($110,000) who won a unanimous decision as well as the interim welterweight title. UFC […]

On Monday, the Nevada State Athletic Commission made the fighter salaries available for this past weekends UFC 143: Diaz vs. Condit event.

Earning the highest payday was main event fighter Nick Diaz, who earned $200,000 in his loss versus Carlos Condit ($110,000) who won a unanimous decision as well as the interim welterweight title.

UFC 143 took place at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas with portions of the event airing live on pay-per-view, FUEL TV, and live stream via Facebook.com/UFC.

The second highest earner for the event was former No. 1 welterweight contender Josh Koscheck, who earned a total of $146,000 for his split decision victory against Mike Pierce ($20,000) for their main card bout.

The disclosed payroll for UFC 143 totaled $880,500 for the February 4, 2012 event.

The full UFC 143 fighter salaries appears as follows:

Main Card

Carlos Condit: $110,000 (includes $55,000 win bonus) def. Nick Diaz: $200,000 (no win bonus)
Fabricio Werdum: $100,000 (flat rate, no win bonus) def. Roy Nelson: $20,000
Josh Koscheck: $146,000 (includes $73,000 win bonus) def. Mike Pierce: $20,000
Renan Barão: $22,000 (includes $11,000 win bonus) def. Scott Jorgensen: $20,500
Ed Herman: $62,000 (includes $31,000 win bonus) def. Clifford Starks: $8,000

Preliminary Card (FUEL TV)

Dustin Poirier: $24,000 (includes $12,000 win bonus) def. Max Hollaway: $6,000
Edwin Figueroa: $16,000 (includes $8,000 win bonus) def. Alex Caceres: $8,000
Matt Brown: $30,000 (includes $15,000 win bonus) def. Chris Cope: $8,000
Matt Riddle: $30,000 (includes $15,000 win bonus) def. Henry Martinez: $6,000

Preliminary Card (Facebook)

Rafael Natal: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus) def. Michael Kuiper: $6,000
Stephen Thompson: $12,000 (includes $6,000 win bonus) def. Dan Stittgen: $6,000