UFC 143 Fighter Salaries

You sure you want to retire, Nick Diaz?  Now that you are the top paid guy on UFC pay-per-view cards, you want to quit?  Didn’t think so.

Here is UFC 143’s fighter purse info, straight from the Nevada Athletic Commission.

Nick Diaz: $185,500 ($200,000 to show plus $65,000 bonus, fined 30% purse for failed drug test)

Fabricio Werdum: $165,000 ($100,000 to show, $65,000 Fight of the Night bonus)

Josh Koscheck: $146,000 ($73,000 to show, $73,000 win bonus)

Carlos Condit: $110,000 ($55,000 to show, $55,000 win bonus)

Dustin Poirier: $89,000 ($12,000 to show, $12,000 win bonus, $65,000 Submission of the Night bonus)

Roy Nelson: $85,000 ($20,000 to show, $65,000 Fight of the Night bonus)

Stephen Thompson: $77,000 ($6,000 to show, $6,000 win bonus, $65,000 Knockout of the Night bonus)

Ed Herman: $62,000 ($31,000 to show, $31,000 win bonus)

Matt Brown: $30,000 ($15,000 to show, $15,000 win bonus)

Matt Riddle: $30,000 ($15,000 to show, $15,000 win bonus)

Renan Barao: $22,000 ($11,000 to show, $11,000 win bonus)

Scott Jorgensen: $20,500

Mike Pierce: $20,000

Rafael Natal: $20,000 ($10,000 to show, $10,000 win bonus)

Edwin Figueroa: $16,000 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 win bonus)

Clifford Starks: $8,000

Alex Caceres: $8,000

Chris Cope: $8,000

Max Hollaway: $6,000

Henry Martinez: $6,000

Michael Kuiper: $6,000

Dan Stittgen: $6,000