(Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports)
It’s good to be the champ – Robbie Lawler was the top earner at Saturday’s UFC 181. Here is the fighter purse info for the event, released by the Nevada Athletic Commission.
Attendance: 9,617
Gate: $2,488,000
Robbie Lawler: $220,000 ($110,000 to show, $110,000 win bonus)
Anthony Pettis: $250,000 ($100,000 to show, $100,000 win bonus, $50,000 Performance of the Night bonus)
Gilbert Melendez: $200,000
Johny Hendricks: $150,000
Urijah Faber: $140,000 ($70,000 to show, $70,000 win bonus)
Travis Browne: $100,000 ($50,000 to show, $50,000 win bonus)
Sergio Pettis: $80,000 ($15,000 to show, $15,000 win bonus, $50,000 Fight of the Night bonus)
Josh Samman: $66,000 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 win bonus, $50,000 Performance of the Night bonus)
Matt Hobar: $60,000 ($10,000 to show, $50,000 Fight of the Night bonus)
Tony Ferguson: $48,000 ($24,000 to show, $24,000 win bonus)
Brendan Schaub: $32,000
Corey Anderson: $30,000 ($15,000 to show, $15,000 win bonus)
Todd Duffee: $20,000 ($10,000 to show, $10,000 win bonus)
Raquel Pennington: $20,000 ($10,000 to show, $10,000 win bonus)
Francisco Rivera: $20,000
Clay Collard: $16,000 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 win bonus)
Eddie Gordon: $15,000
Abel Trujillo: $14,000
Anthony Hamilton: $10,000
Alex White: $10,000
Justin Jones: $8,000
Ashlee Evans-Smith: $8,000
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