Quote Originally Posted by MarkieJ View Post
Is that all they got? For all of the abuse they put their bodies through, and all of the pay-per-view buys, those fighters are getting ripped off.
This is the total pay roll for UFC 116:
The total payroll for UFC 116 as provided by the Nevada State Athletic Commission was $923,000. Though that does not include bonuses, endorsements, or any other type of bonus worked into a fighter's contract.

Bonuses of $75,000 were awarded to six fighters in addition to the payout information listed below. Gerald Harris won the knockout of the night bonus, while Brock Lesnar took home submission of the night honours.

The fight of the night bonus was awarded to two different fights. They were the Stephan Bonnar vs. Krzysztoff Soszynski and Chris Leben vs. Yoshihiro Akiyama fights.

Here is the full list of payout information from UFC 116:

Brock Lesnar: $400,000 (no win bonus)
def. Shane Carwin: $40,000

Chris Leben: $86,000 ($43,000 win bonus)
def. Yoshihiro Akiyama: $45,000

Chris Lytle: $52,000 ($26,000 win bonus)
def. Matt Brown: $10,000

Stephan Bonnar: $50,000 ($25,000 win bonus)
def. Krzysztof Soszynski: $10,000

George Sotiropoulos: $24,000 ($12,000 win bonus)
def. Kurt Pellegrino: $25,000

Brendan Schuab: $20,000 ($10,000 win bonus)
def. Chris Tuchscherer: $12,000

Ricardo Romero: $16,000 ($8,000 win bonus)
def. Seth Petruzelli: $10,000

Kendall Grove: $50,000 ($25,000 win bonus)
def. Goran Reljic: $5,000

Gerald Harris: $20,000 ($10,000 win bonus)
def. David Branch: $6,000

Daniel Roberts: $12,000 ($6,000 win bonus)
def. Forrest Petz: $6,000

Jon Madsen: $16,000 ($8,000 win bonus)
def. Karlos Vemola: $8,000
-This one is odd to me:
George Sotiropoulos: $24,000 ($12,000 win bonus)
def. Kurt Pellegrino: $25,000

Not sure how the winner makes less then the loser? He made more with his bonus but without the bonus he would have made a $1,000 less for winning?