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Here are the official fighter salary numbers from last Friday nights Strikeforce fight card.

Cung Le: $50,000
Trevor Prangley: $30,000
Alistair Overeem: $30,000
Brian Schwartz: $30,000
Falaniko Vitale: $20,000
Paul Buentello: $20,000
Jorge Santiago: $15,000
Sam Morgan: $10,000
Bobby Southworth: $10,000
Luke Stewart: $10,000
Dennis Hallman: $10,000
Alexander Crispin: $6,500
Sean Salmon: $5,000
Eric Lawson: $5,000
Jeremiah Metcalf: $5,000
Anthony Figueroa: $4,000
Anthony Ruiz: $3,500
Clint Coronel: $3,000
Lemont Davis: $2,000
Bryson Kamaka: $1,500
Josh Neal: [...]

Here are the fighter salaries from UFC 76: Knockout.

Chuck Liddell - $500,000
Mauricio Rua - $150,000
Lyoto Machida - $50,000
Jon Fitch - $44,000
Forrest Griffin- $44,000
Tyson Griffin - $24,000
Rich Clementi - $24,000
Diego Sanchez - $22,000
Kazuhiro Nakamura - $20,000
Matt Wiman - $16,000
Keith Jardine - $14,000
Christian Wellisch - $14,000
Thiago Tavares - $9,000
Jeremy Stephens - $6,000
Michihiro Omigawa - $5,000
Anthony Johnson - [...]

Here are the official fighter salary numbers from last nights WEC 30 event.

Rob McCullough: $24,000
John Alessio: $22,000
Miguel Torres: $20,000
Rich Crunkilton: $10,000
Chase Beebe: $10,000
Brian Stann: $10,000
Marcus Hicks: $8,000
Donald Cerrone: $6,000
Bryan Baker: $6,000
Rani Yahya: $6,000
Blas Avena: $6,000
Jeff Bedard: $4,000
Ian McCall: $4,000
Jesse Forbes: $4,000
Kenneth Alexander: $3,000
Marcelo Brito: $3,000
Jeremiah Billington: $2,000
Scott McAfee: $2,000
Joe Benoit: $2,000
Coty Wheeler: $2,000

The total fighter [...]

The Nevada State Athletic Commission has released the fighter payouts for this past Saturday’s UFC 74: Respect card.

Randy Couture — $250,000
Gabriel Gonzaga — $45,000
Georges St. Pierre — $140,000
Josh Koscheck — $10,000
Roger Huerta — $34,000
Alberto Crane — $4,000
Joe Stevenson — $32,000
Kurt Pellegrino — $8,000
Patrick Cote — $24,000
Kendall Grove — $12,000
Renato “Babalu” Sobral — $50,000
David Heath — [...]