It’s good to be king, aka the UFC’s Heavyweight Champion. Newly crowned champ Junior dos Santos came out on top in his tilt with Cain Velasquez on Saturday, and also came out on top of the salary heap for UFC on Fox: Velasquez vs dos Santos. Here is the complete fighter salary info for UFC on Fox, straight from the California Athletic Commission.
Junior dos Santos: $285,000 ($110,000 to show, $110,000 win bonus, $65,000 Knockout of the Night bonus)
Ben Henderson: $125,000 ($30,000 to show, $30,000 win bonus, $65,000 Fight of the Night bonus)
Clay Guida: $105,000 ($40,000 to show, $65,000 Fight of the Night bonus)
Cain Velasquez: $100,000
Ricardo Lamas: $85,000 ($10,000 to show, $10,000 win bonus, $65,000 Submission of the Night bonus)
Mike Pierce: $36,000 ($18,000 to show, $18,000 win bonus)
DaMarques Johnson: $28,000 ($14,000 to show, $14,000 win bonus)
Dustin Poirier: $20,000 ($10,000 to show, $10,000 win bonus)
Robert Peralta: $16,000 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 win bonus)
Alex Caceres: $16,000 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 win bonus)
Cub Swanson: $15,000
Norifumi Yamamoto: $15,000
Darren Uyenoyama: $12,000 ($6,000 to show, $6,000 win bonus)
Aaron Rosa: $12,000 ($6,000 to show, $6,000 win bonus)
Pablo Garza: $8,000
Clay Harvison: $8,000
Mackens Semerzier: $8,000
Paul Bradley: $8,000
Cole Escovedo: $6,000
Matt Lucas: $6,000
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