He may have been battered and bested by hometown kid Michael Bisping today at UFC Fight Night: Silva vs Bisping, but The Spider Anderson Silva still left the event the top earner.
Before we go any further, we should note that most international fighter commissions 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 at the event (Michael Bisping’s is still based on his last publicly reported purse from TUF 14 Finale in 2011). But please remember – this is only an estimate, not official info, especially for any fighters that made their UFC debuts at the event.
Attendance: 16,734
Gate: $2,000,000
Anderson Silva: $665,000 ($600,000 to show, $50,000 Fight of the Night bonus, $15,000 Reebok sponsorship)
Michael Bisping: $320,000 ($250,000 to show, $50,000 Fight of the Night bonus, $20,000 Reebok sponsorship)
Gegard Mousasi: $110,000 ($70,000 to show, $30,000 win bonus, $10,000 Reebok sponsorship)
Scott Askham: $76,500 ($12,000 to show, $12,000 win bonus, $50,000 Performance of the Night bonus, $2,500 Reebok sponsorship)
Teemu Packalen: $72,500 ($10,000 to show, $10,000 win bonus, $50,000 Performance of the Night bonus, $2,500 Reebok sponsorship)
Brad Pickett: $70,000 ($30,000 to show, $30,000 win bonus, $10,000 Reebok sponsorship)
Thales Leites: $45,000 ($35,000 to show, $10,000 Reebok sponsorship)
Rustam Khabilov: $39,000 ($17,000 to show, $17,000 win bonus, $5,000 Reebok sponsorship)
Francisco Rivera: $33,000 ($23,000 to show, $10,000 Reebok sponsorship)
Tom Breese: $30,500 ($14,000 to show, $14,000 win bonus, $2,500 Reebok sponsorship)
Makwan Amirkhani: $30,500 ($14,000 to show, $14,000 win bonus, $2,500 Reebok sponsorship)
Krzysztof Jotko: $30,500 ($14,000 to show, $14,000 win bonus, $2,500 Reebok sponsorship)
Norman Parke: $29,000 ($24,000 to show, $5,000 Reebok sponsorship)
Arnold Allen: $26,500 ($12,000 to show, $12,000 win bonus, $2,500 Reebok sponsorship)
Daniel Omielanczuk: $26,500 ($12,000 to show, $12,000 win bonus, $2,500 Reebok sponsorship)
Davey Grant: $22,500 ($10,000 to show, $10,000 win bonus, $2,500 Reebok sponsorship)
David Teymur: $22,500 ($10,000 to show, $10,000 win bonus, $2,500 Reebok sponsorship)
Yaotzin Meza: $21,000 ($16,000 to show, $5,000 Reebok sponsorship)
Keita Nakamura: $14,500 ($12,000 to show, $2,500 Reebok sponsorship)
Mike Wilkinson: $14,500 ($12,000 to show, $2,500 Reebok sponsorship)
Chris Dempsey: $14,500 ($12,000 to show, $2,500 Reebok sponsorship)
Bradley Scott: $14,500 ($12,000 to show, $2,500 Reebok sponsorship)
Marlon Vera: $12,500 ($10,000 to show, $2,500 Reebok sponsorship)
Jarjis Danho: $12,500 ($10,000 to show, $2,500 Reebok sponsorship)
Thibault Gouti: $12,500 ($10,000 to show, $2,500 Reebok sponsorship)
Martin Svensson: $12,500 ($10,000 to show, $2,500 Reebok sponsorship)
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