Luke Thomas over at BloodyElbow.com has gotten his hands on the fighter payouts from the Strikeforce/EliteXC Judgment Day show last weekend.

-Frank Shamrock ($1.3 million) def. Phil Baroni ($75,000)
-Cung Le ($100,000) def. Tony Fryklund ($12,000)
-Murilo “Ninja” Rua ($50,000) def. Joey Villasenor ($32,000)
-Paul Buentello ($50,000) def. Carter Wiliams ($25,000)
-Paul Daley ($30,000) def. Duane “Bang” Ludwig ($15,000)
-Edson Berto ($25,000) def. Victor Valenzuela ($30,000)
-Josh Thomson ($15,000) def. Nick Gonzalez ($10,000)

With numbers like these it’s easy to see why guys like Nick Diaz, Sokoudjou, and many others are taking a long hard look at all their options before just “giving in” to the UFC.

** UPDATE **

It appears that there might be some question about the fighter payouts as The Fight Network is reporting much different numbers.

Frank Shamrock – $200,000
Phil Baroni – $100,000
Cung Le – $45,000
Tony Fryklund – $8,000
Paul Daley – $6,000 (plus $6,000 win bonus)
Duane Ludwig – $15,000
Josh Thomson – $15,000 (plus $5,000 win bonus)
Nick Gonzalez – $4,000
Murilo Rua – $25,000 (plus $25,000 win bonus)
Joey Villasenor – $15,000
Paul Buentello – $25,000 (plus $25,000 win bonus)
Sean Bassett – $3,700
David Smith – $1,000 (plus $1,000 win bonus)
Sam Spengler – $3,000
Seth Kleinbeck – $3,000 (plus $3,000 win bonus)
Chris Cariaso – $3,000 (plus $1,000 win bonus)
Anthony Figueroa – $3,000
Rex Richards – $2,000 (plus $2,000 win bonus)
Ray Seraille – $4,000
Jason Von Flue – $10,000
Luke Stewart – $10,000
Mike Pyle – $10,000 (plus $10,000 win bonus)
Aaron Wetherspoon – $4,000
Nik Theotikos – $2,800
Nikk Covert – $1,500
Edson Berto – $7,000 (plus $7,000 win bonus)
Victor Valenzuela – $4,000
Carter Williams – $13,340

** UPDATE **

MMAWeekly.com is now confirming the same numbers as The Fight Network.