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 <\/p>\n

(A $420,000 broken nose for Cung Le).<\/p>\n

Would you let Wanderlei Silva break your nose for $420,000?\u00a0 Cung Le would (well he didn’t exactly LET Silva break his nose, it just sorta happened).\u00a0 Despite losing to The Axe Murderer in the co-main event at UFC 139, Le was the event’s top earner.\u00a0 As for headliner Dan Henderson, his $320,000 payday on Saturday pushed him to second spot in our 2011 Fighter Salaries: Top 10 Earners list<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0 Here are the official fighter purses for the event, straight from the California Athletic Commission.<\/p>\n

Cung Le: <\/strong>$420,000 ($350,000 to show, $70,000 Fight of the Night bonus)<\/p>\n

Dan Henderson: <\/strong>$320,000 ($250,000 to show, $70,000 Fight of the Night bonus)<\/p>\n

Wanderlei Silva: <\/strong>$270,000 ($200,000 to show, $70,000 Fight of the Night bonus)<\/p>\n

Mauricio Rua: <\/strong>$235,000 ($165,000 to show, $70,000 Fight of the Night bonus)<\/p>\n

Urijah Faber: <\/strong>$134,000 ($32,000 to show, $32,000 win bonus, $70,000 Submission of the Night bonus)<\/p>\n

Michael McDonald: $84,000 ($7,000 to show, $7,000 win bonus, $70,000\u00a0Knockout of the Night bonus)<\/p>\n

Stephan Bonnar: <\/strong>$68,000 ($34,000 to show, $34,000 win bonus)<\/p>\n

Miguel Torres: <\/strong>$60,400 ($30,000 to show, $30,000 win bonus, $400 for opponent missing weight)<\/p>\n

Martin Kampmann: <\/strong>$58,000 ($29,000 to show, $29,000 win bonus)<\/p>\n

Gleison Tibau<\/strong>: $54,000 ($27,000 to show, $27,000 win bonus)<\/p>\n

Ryan Bader: <\/strong>$48,000 ($24,000 to show, $24,000 win bonus)<\/p>\n

Danny Castillo<\/strong>: $34,800 ($17,000 to show, $17,000 win bonus, $800 for opponent missing weight)<\/p>\n

Chris Weidman: <\/strong>$24,000 ($12,000 to show, $12,000 win bonus)<\/p>\n

Brian Bowles: <\/strong>$19,000<\/p>\n

Rick Story: <\/strong>$19,000<\/p>\n

Seth Baczynski: <\/strong>$16,000 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 win bonus)<\/p>\n

Rafael dos Anjos: <\/strong>$16,000<\/p>\n

Jason Brilz: <\/strong>$13,000<\/p>\n

Tom Lawlor:<\/strong> $12,000<\/p>\n

Matt Brown<\/strong>: $12,000<\/p>\n

Kyle Kingsbury: <\/strong>$10,000<\/p>\n

Shamar Bailey: <\/strong>$6,400 (fined 20% of purse for missing weight)<\/p>\n

Alex Soto: <\/strong>$6,000<\/p>\n

Nick Pace: <\/strong>$3,200 (fined 20% of purse for missing weight)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  (A $420,000 broken nose for Cung Le). 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