Numbers are starting to show up for the UFC 61: Bitter Rivals fighter payouts.
Tito Ortiz: $210,000 (defeated Ken Shamrock in co-main event)
Tim Sylvia: $120,000 (defeated Andrei Arlovski in co-main event)
Ken Shamrock: $100,000 (lost to Tito Ortiz in co-main event)
Andrei Arlovski: $90,000 (lost to Tim Sylvia in co-main event)
Frank Mir: $56,000 (defeated Dan Christison)
Joe Stevenson: $24,000 (defeated Yves Edwards)
Jeff Monson: $20,000 (defeated Anthony Perosh)
Drew Fickett: $12,000 (defeated Kurt Pellegrino)
Josh Burkman: $10,000 (defeated Josh Neer)
Hermes Franca: $8,000 (defeated Joe Jordan)
Yves Edwards: $8,000 (lost to Joe Stevenson)
Josh Neer: $6,000 (lost to Josh Burkman)
Cheick Kongo: $6,000 (defeated Gilbert Aldana)
Dan Christison: $5,000 (lost to Frank Mir)
Joe Jordan: $4,000 (lost to Hermes Franca)
Anthony Perosh: $3,000 (lost to Jeff Monson)
Gilbert Aldana: $2,000 (lost to Cheick Kongo)
Kurt Pellegrino: $2,000 (lost to Drew Fickett)
Disclosed Fighter Payroll: $676,000
[source: MMAWeekly.com]











Frank Mir made 56k? Wow…that’ll buy him plenty of Jelly doughnuts.
touche…touche