UFC champion Junior dos Santos – Photo by Donald Miralle via UFC.com
This past Memorial Day weekend the Ultimate Fighting Championship held their first ever pure heavyweight main card with UFC 146: Dos Santos vs. Mir in Las Vegas.
On Tuesday, the Nevada State Athletic Commission released the disclosed salaries for all of the events participants, which totaled $1,233,000.
UFC 146 took place on May 26, 2012 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada with bouts airing live across pay-per-view, FX television, and via streaming video at Facebook.com/UFC.
Event headliners, UFC champ Junior dos Santos and challenger Frank Mir, each earned $200,000 in their fight which saw ‘Cigano’ end things in the second via TKO. Also earning the same payday was co-main event winner Cain Velasquez who finished Antonio ‘Bigfoot’ Silva ($70,000) in the first round.
The full UFC 146 salaries, as reported by MMAWeekly.com, are as follows:
Main Card (Pay-per-view)
Junior Dos Santos: $200,000 (no win bonus) def. Frank Mir: $200,000
Cain Velasquez: $200,000 (includes $100,000 win bonus) def. Antonio Silva: $70,000
Roy Nelson: $40,000 (includes $20,00 win bonus) def. Dave Herman: $21,000
Stipe Miocic: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus) def. Shane Del Rosario: $20,000
Stefan Struve: $58,000 (includes $29,000 win bonus) def. Lavar Johnson: $26,000Prelim Card (FX Television)
Darren Elkins: $28,000 (includes $14,000 win bonus) def. Diego Brandao: $15,000
Jamie Varner: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus) def. Edson Barboza: $18,000
C.B. Dollaway: $40,000 (includes $20,000 win bonus) def. Jason “Mayhem” Miller: $45,000
Dan Hardy: $50,000 (includes $25,000 win bonus) def. Duane “Bang” Ludwig: $18,000Prelim Card (Facebook)
Paul Sass: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus) def. Jacob Volkmann: $20,000
Glover Teixeira: $30,000 (includes $15,000 win bonus) def. Kyle Kingsbury: $12,000
Mike Brown: $52,000 (includes $26,000 win bonus) def. Daniel Pineda: $10,000