Official UFC 157 Fighter Salaries: Four Fighters Earn $100,000; Rousey Nets $90,000 & More

Posted by Will Hengelbrok on Wednesday, February 27th, 2013

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Four fighters from the UFC 157 event picked up checks of over $100,000 for their efforts, according to a release by the Nevada Athletic Commission through MMAjunkie.com.

Ronda Rousey: $90,000 (includes $45,000 win bonus)
Liz Carmouche: $12,000
Lyoto Machida: $200,000 (no win bonus)
Dan Henderson: $250,000
Urijah Faber: $100,000 (includes $50,000 win bonus)
Ivan Menjivar: $17,000
Court McGee: $40,000 (includes $20,000 win bonus)
Josh Neer: $16,000
Robbie Lawler: $105,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
Josh Koscheck: $78,000
Brendan Schaub: $36,000 (includes $18,000 win bonus)
Lavar Johnson: $29,000
Mike Chiesa: $30,000 (includes $15,000 win bonus)
Anton Kuivanen: $8,000
Dennis Bermudez: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
Matt Grice: $8,000
Sam Stout: $52,000 (includes $26,000 win bonus)
Caros Fodor: $15,000
Kenny Robertson: $16,000 (includes $8,000 win bonus)
Brock Jardine: $8,000
Neil Magny: $16,000 (includes $8,000 win bonus)
Jon Manley: $8,000
Nah-Shon Burrell: $12,500 (includes $7,000 win bonus)
Yuri Villefort: $6,550*

* Burrell missed weight and a percentage of his fight purse went to Villefort





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