Junior dos Santos might look worse for wear today – and have far less gold around his waist – but at least his pockets are fat. The former UFC Heavyweight Champion was the top earner from Saturday's UFC 155 event. Here is the fighter purse info, from the Nevada Athletic Commission.
MGM Grand Garden Arena
Las Vegas, Nevada
Attendance: 13,561
Gate: $3,286,025
Junior dos Santos: $400,000
Cain Velasquez: $200,000 ($100,000 to show, $100,000 win bonus)
Jim Miller: $147,000 ($41,000 to show, $41,000 win bonus, $65,000 Fight of the Night bonus)
Joe Lauzon: $92,000 ($27,000 to show, $65,000 Fight of the Night bonus)
John Moraga: $87,000 ($11,000 to show, $11,000 win bonus, $65,000 Submission of the Night bonus)
Yushin Okami: $84,000 ($42,000 to show, $42,000 win bonus)
Todd Duffee: $81,000 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 win bonus, $65,000 Knockout of the Night bonus)
Chris Leben: $51,000
Melvin Guillard: $42,000
Tim Boetsch: $37,000
Alan Belcher: $37,000
Costa Philippou: $36,000 ($18,000 to show, $18,000 win bonus)
Derek Brunson: $30,000 ($13,000 to show, $17,000 win bonus)
Eddie Wineland: $30,000 ($15,000 to show, $15,000 win bonus)
Jamie Varner: $24,000 ($12,000 to show, $12,000 win bonus)
Max Holloway: $24,000 ($12,000 to show, $12,000 win bonus)
Erik Perez: $20,000 ($10,000 to show, $10,000 win bonus)
Leonard Garcia: $20,000
Brad Pickett: $17,000
Myles Jury: $16,000 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 win bonus)
Michael Johnson: $14,000
Phil De Fries: $14,000
Chris Cariaso: $12,000
Byron Bloodworth: $6,000
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