This past weekends Ultimate Fighting Championship pay-per-view event saw a number of big names competing on the UFC 156: Aldo vs. Edgar card.
A total of seven fighters earned six figure payouts with former champ Rashad Evans, Alistair Overeem, and featherweight title holder Jose Aldo rounding out the top three.
UFC 156: Aldo vs. Edgar took place this past Saturday (Feb. 2, 2013) at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. The main card aired on pay-per-view, while the prelim card was split between FX television and streaming video on Facebook.
Evans earned $300,000 in his decision loss to Antonio Rogerio Nogueira ($174,000), while Overeem earned $285,714.29 after his knockout loss to Antonio ‘Bigfoot’ Silva ($70,000), and UFC featherweight champ Frankie Edgar was paid $240,000 after successfully defending his title against Frankie Edgar ($120,000).
Check out the full UFC 156 payroll, as posted by MMAWeekly.com, below:
Main Card (Pay-per-view)
Jose Aldo: $240,000 (with $120,000 win bonus) def. Frankie Edgar: $120,000
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira: $174,000 (with $67,000 win bonus) def. Rashad Evans: $300,000
Antonio Silva: $70,000 (no win bonus) def. Alistair Overeem: $285,714.29
Demian Maia: $120,000 (with $60,000 win bonus) def. Jon Fitch: $66,000
Joseph Benavidez: $60,000 (with $30,000 win bonus) def. Ian McCall: $9,000
Preliminary Card (FX)
Evan Dunham: $46,000 (with $23,000 win bonus) def. Gleison Tibau: $33,000
Tyron Woodley: $87,000 (with $43,500 win bonus) def. Jay Hieron: $12,000
Bobby Green: $20,000 (with $10,000 win bonus) def. Jacob Volkmann: $22,000
Isaac Vallie-Flagg: $20,000 (with $10,000 win bonus) def. Yves Edwards: $21,000
Preliminary Card (Facebook)
Dustin Kimura: $16,000 (with $8,000 win bonus) def. Chico Camus: $8,000
Francisco Rivera: $16,000 (with $8,000 win bonus) def. Edwin Figueroa: $10,000