George St-Pierre couldn’t have drawn up a better return to the Octagon than what actually transpired at UFC 154 (other than that Carlos Condit head kick he ate). GSP battered Condit for a decision win in front of a roaring home crowd, and also walked away with the biggest pay check.
Before we go any further, we should note that international events generally don’t release fighter pay info, so none of the following salary data for the event is official. However, you can get a fairly accurate picture of a fighter’s pay based on official purse info released from past fights. So, based on that info, here is the estimated pay breakdown for the 26 fighters that traded blows (actually, Ring and Philippou didn’t trade blows but they still got paid their show money) at the event (but please remember – this is only an estimate, not official info, especially for any fighters that made their UFC debuts at the event).
Bell Centre
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Attendance: 17,249
Gate: $3,143,000
Georges St-Pierre: $470,000 ($200,000 to show, $200,000 win bonus, $70,000 Fight of the Night bonus)
Johny Hendricks: $130,000 ($30,000 to show, $30,000 win bonus, $70,000 Knockout of the Night bonus)
Carlos Condit: $127,000 ($57,000 to show, $70,000 Fight of the Night bonus)
Ivan Menjivar: $96,000 ($13,000 to show, $13,000 win bonus, $70,000 Submission of the Night bonus)
Rafael dos Anjos: $42,000 ($21,000 to show, $21,000 win bonus)
Patrick Cote: $42,000 ($21,000 to show, $21,000 win bonus)
Martin Kampmann: $42,000
Darren Elkins: $36,000 ($18,000 to show, $18,000 win bonus)
John Makdessi: $32,000 ($16,000 to show, $16,000 win bonus)
Matthew Riddle: $30,000 ($15,000 to show, $15,000 win
Chad Griggs: $27,000
Sam Stout: $26,000
Mark Bocek: $23,000
Alessio Sakara: $21,000
Francis Carmont: $20,000 ($10,000 to show, $10,000 win bonus)
Costa Philippou: $18,000
Mark Hominick: $17,000
Tom Lawlor: $17,000
Pablo Garza: $16,000 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 win bonus)
Cyrille Diabate: $12,000 ($6,000 to show, $6,000 win bonus)
Antonio Carvalho: $12,000 ($6,000 to show, $6,000 win bonus)
Rodrigo Damm: $8,000
Nick Ring: $8,000
Steven Siler: $8,000
John Maguire: $6,000
Azamat Gashimov: $6,000
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