Here are the official fighter payouts from last Saturday night’s UFC 82: Pride of a Champion event held in Columbus, Ohio.
- Andrei Arlovski - $170,000
- Anderson Silva - $140,000
- Heath Herring - $140,000
- Dan Henderson - $100,000
- Jon Fitch - $60,000
- Diego Sanchez - $60,000
- Chris Leben - $50,000
- Cheick Kongo - $30,000
- Yushin Okami - $28,000
- Evan Tanner - $25,000
- Josh Koscheck - $20,000
- Alessio Sakara - $17,000
- Luigi Fioravanti - $16,000
- Luke Cummo - $16,000
- Jorge Gurgel - $14,000
- Chris Wilson - $12,000
- Dustin Hazelett - $12,000
- Jake O’Brien - $11,000
- David Bielkheden - $8,000
- John Halverson - $3,000
The total announced fighter payout was $932,000.
Anderson Silva also earned an extra $120,000 for Submission of the Night and Fight of the Night ($60,000 for each bonus), Dan Henderson earned $60,000 for Fight of the Night, and Chris Leben earned $60,000 for Knockout of the Night.
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Seems like they were paying Andrei pretty well wonder why he has been in a contract dispute with them for so long. Maybe they didn’t think he was worth the money and offered him less. I still think he’s one of the best heavies out there and is a tough matchup for anyone. Anderson deserves a raise after clearing out the middleweight division. He’s been mentioning moving up to light heavy so there are some good matchups for him there. I don’t see anyone of the middleweights that can beat him right now.