UFC 156 Fighter Salaries, Attendance & Gate

Dana White might be critical of his performance, but that didn’t stop the UFC from making Rashad Evans the highest paid fighter at UFC 156.  In a losing effort Evans took home $300,000 (if he had won he would have earned another $210,000).

Here is the official fighter purse info for UFC 156, released from the Nevada Athletic Commission.

Mandalay Bay Events Center
Las Vegas, Nevada

Attendance: 10,275
Gate: $2,437,150
Rashad Evans: $300,000

Jose Aldo: $290,000 ($120,000 to show, $120,000 win bonus, $50,000 Fight of the Night bonus)

Alistair Overeem: $285,714.29

Antonio Rogerio Nogueira: $174,000 ($107,000 to show, $67,000 win bonus)

Frankie Edgar: $170,000 ($120,000 to show, $50,000 Fight of the Night bonus)

Antonio Silva: $120,000 ($70,000 to show, $50,000 Knockout of the Night bonus)

Demian Maia: $120,000 ($60,000 to show, $60,000 win bonus)

Tyron Woodley: $87,000 ($43,500 to show, $43,500 win bonus)

Bobby Green: $70,000 ($10,000 to show, $10,000 win bonus, $50,000 Submission of the Night bonus)

Jon Fitch: $66,000

Joseph Benavidez: $60,000 ($30,000 to show, $30,000 win bonus)

Evan Dunham: $46,000 ($23,000 to show, $23,000 win bonus)

Gleison Tibau: $33,000

Jacob Volkmann: $22,000

Yves Edwards: $21,000

Isaac Vallie-Flagg: $20,000 ($10,000 to show, $10,000 win bonus)

Francisco Rivera: $16,000 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 win bonus)

Dustin Kimura: $14,400 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 win bonus, fined $1,600 for missing weight)

Jay Hieron: $12,000

Edwin Figueroa: $10,000

Ian McCall: $9,000

Chico Camus: $8,800 ($8,000 to show, $800 from Kimura for missing weight)