UFC 160: fighter Salaries

The fighter salaries resulting from Saturday night’s UFC 160 event in Las Vegas have now been revealed and show that defending heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez was the biggest earning with $400,000.

Next up was former champ Junior Dos Santos who took home $240,000, while Mark Hunt was also paid a healthy $160,000 salary despite his loss.

They were the only three to earn over $100,000 on this occasion with Mike Kyle next up with $84,000 and Donald Cerrone earning $82,000.

See all the salaries from UFC 160 below.

Cain Velasquez: $400,000 ($400,000 to show, $0 to win)

Antonio Silva: $75,000 ($75,000 to show, $75,000 to win)

Mark Hunt: $160,000 ($160,000 to show, $0 to win)

Junior Dos Santos: $240,000 ($120,000 to show, $120,000 to win)

James Te Huna: $30,000 ($30,000 to show, $30,000 to win)

Glover Teixeira: $48,000 ( $24,000 to show, $24,000 to win)

TJ Grant: $50,000 ($25,000 to show, $25,000 to win)

Gray Maynard: $45,000 ($45,000 to show, $45,000 to win)

KJ Noons: $41,000 ($41,000 to show, $36,000 to win)

Donald Cerrone: $82,000 ($41,000 to show, $41,000 to win)

Rick Story: $27,000 ($27,000 to show, $27,000 to win)

Mike Pyle: $84,000 ($42,000 to show, $42,000 to win)

Max Holloway: $14,000 ($14,000 to show, $14,000 to win)

Dennis Bermudez: $28,000 ($14,000 to show, $14,000 to win)

Robert Whitaker: $30,000 ($15,000 to show, $15,000 to win)

Colton Smith: $15,000 ($15,000 to show, $15,000 to win)

Abel Trujillo: $8,000 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 to win)

Khabib Nurmagomedov: $28,000 ($14,000 to show, $14,000 to win)

Stephen Thompson: $16,000 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 to win)

Nah-Shon Burrell: $9,000 ($9,000 to show, $9,000 to win)

George Roop: $26,000 ($14,000 to show, $14,000 to win)

Brian Bowles: $19,000 ($19,000 to show, $19,000 to win)

Estevan Payan: $10,000 ($10,000 to show, $10,000 to win)

Jeremy Stephens: $48,000 ($24,000 to show, $24,000 to win)

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