Forrest Griffin Career Earnings
(UFC pay only, not including PPV or locker room bonuses, Athletic commissions didn’t start releasing fighter purse info until 2004, so the info below only reflects money earned from UFC 46 and onward)
* denotes an estimated purse
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TUF 1 Finale – Apr 9/05 – W (Bonnar) – $16,000 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 win bonus)*
UFC 53 – Jun 4/05 – W (Mahood) – $24,000 ($12,000 to show, $12,000 win bonus)*
UFC 55 – Oct 7/05 – W (Sinosic) – $28,000 ($14,000 to show, $14,000 win bonus)*
UFC 59 – Apr 15/06 – L (Ortiz) – $16,000
UFC 62 – Aug 26/06 – W (Bonnar) – $32,000 ($16,000 to show, $16,000 win bonus)
UFC 66 – Dec 30/06 – L (Jardine) – $16,000
UFC 72 – Jun 16/07 – W (Ramirez) – $38,000 ($19,000 to show, $19,000 win bonus)*
UFC 76 – Sept 22/07 – W (Rua) – $84,000 ( ($22,000 to show, $22,000 win bonus, $40,000 Submission of the Night bonus)
UFC 86 – Jul 5/08 – W (Jackson) – $310,000 ($100,000 to show, $150,000 win bonus, $60,000 Fight of the Night bonus)
UFC 92 – Dec 27/08 – L (Evans) – $160,000 ($100,000 to show, $60,000 Fight of the Night bonus)
UFC 101 – Aug 8/09 – L (Silva) – $160,000 ($100,000 to show, $60,000 Fight of the Night bonus)*
UFC 106 – Nov 21/09 – W (Ortiz) – $250,000 ($100,000 to show, $150,000 win bonus)
UFC 126 – Feb 5/11 – W (Franklin) – $275,000 ($125,000 to show, $150,000 win bonus)
UFC 134 – Aug 27/11 – L (Rua) – $125,000*
UFC 148 – Jul 7/12 – W (Ortiz) – $350,000 ($125,000 to show, $150,000 win bonus, $75,000 Fight of the Night bonus)
Total Career Earnings: $1,884,000
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