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Smooth Henderson got his first UFC finish last night at UFC Fight Night: Henderson vs Khabilov, and left the Octagon with the biggest paycheck.
Before we go any further, we should note that the New Mexico Athletic Commission doesn’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 22 fighters that traded blows 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).
UPDATE: Apparently New Mexico does release fighter purse info (they just chose to ignore my requests). Here is the official fighter purse info from the event, first reported by Sherdog.
Attendance: 8,775
Gate: $697,901
Benson Henderson: $140,000 ($45,000 to show, $45,000 win bonus, $50,000 Performance of the Night bonus)
Diego Sanchez: $140,000 ($70,000 to show, $70,000 win bonus)
Scott Jorgensen: $102,000 ($26,000 to show, $26,000 win bonus, $50,000 Fight of the Night bonus)
Piotr Hallmann: $70,000 ($10,000 to show, $10,000 win bonus, $50,000 Performance of the Night)
Rafael dos Anjos: $64,000 ($32,000 to show, $32,000 win bonus)
Ross Pearson: $60,000 ($30,000 to show, $30,000 win bonus paid to him despite losing)
Danny Martinez: $58,000 ($8,000 to show, $50,000 Fight of the Night bonus)
John Dodson: $40,000 ($20,000 to show, $20,000 win bonus)
Yves Edwards: $24,000
Erik Perez: $21,000
Bryan Caraway: $20,000 ($10,000 to show, $10,000 win bonus)
Sergio Pettis: $20,000 ($10,000 to show, $10,000 win bonus)
Lance Benoist: $20,000 ($10,000 to show, $10,000 win bonus)
John Moraga: $19,000
Jason High: $19,000
Rustam Khabilov: $17,000
Jon Tuck: $16,000 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 win bonus)
Patrick Cummins: $16,000 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 win bonus)
Yaotzin Meza: $14,000
Bobby Voelker: $12,000
Jake Lindsey: $8,000
Roger Narvaez: $8,000
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