by MMAjunkie.com Staff on Feb 27, 2013 at 1:40 pm ET
Co-main event fighters Lyoto Machida and Dan Henderson were the top earners at this past weekend's UFC 157 event.
MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) on Wednesday obtained the list of disclosed paydays from the California State Athletic Commission. The total disclosed payroll for the event was $1,173,050.
Machida beat Henderson by split decision to earn a light-heavyweight title shot with the winner of April's UFC 159 headliner between champion Jon Jones and challenger Chael Sonnen. Former champ Machida earned $200,000 for the victory while Henderson made $250,000. Neither fighter had a contracted win bonus.
Main-event fighters Ronda Rousey and Liz Carmouche made history as participants in the first UFC women's bout. Rousey earned $90,000 for her first-round submission of Carmouche (which included a $45,000 win bonus), who made $12,000 in defeat.
Other top earners on the card included Robbie Lawler, who returned to the UFC for the first time in more than eight years and beat Josh Koscheck via a first-round TKO. Lawler made $105,000 while Koscheck picked up $78,000. Additionally, Urijah Faber made easy work of Ivan Menjivar for a $100,000 payday.
"UFC 157: Rousey vs. Carmouche" took place this past Saturday, Feb. 23, at Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif. The main card aired on pay-per-view following prelims on FX and Facebook.
The full UFC 157 payouts included:
Ronda Rousey: $90,000 (includes $45,000 win bonus)
def. Liz Carmouche: $12,000
Lyoto Machida: $200,000 (no win bonus)
def. Dan Henderson: $250,000
Urijah Faber: $100,000 (includes $50,000 win bonus)
def. Ivan Menjivar: $17,000
Court McGee: $40,000 (includes $20,000 win bonus)
def. Josh Neer: $16,000
Robbie Lawler: $105,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
def. Josh Koscheck: $78,000
Brendan Schaub: $36,000 (includes $18,000 win bonus)
def. Lavar Johnson: $29,000
Mike Chiesa: $30,000 (includes $15,000 win bonus)
def. Anton Kuivanen: $8,000
Dennis Bermudez: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
def. Matt Grice: $8,000
Sam Stout: $52,000 (includes $26,000 win bonus)
def. Caros Fodor: $15,000
Kenny Robertson: $16,000 (includes $8,000 win bonus)
def. Brock Jardine: $8,000
Neil Magny: $16,000 (includes $8,000 win bonus)
def. Jon Manley: $8,000
Nah-Shon Burrell: $12,500 (includes $7,000 win bonus)
def. Yuri Villefort: $6,550*
* Burrell missed weight and a percentage of his fight purse went to Villefort.
Now, the usual disclaimer: The figures do not include deductions for items such as insurance, licenses and taxes. Additionally, the figures do not include money paid by sponsors, which can oftentimes be a substantial portion of a fighter's income. They also do not include any other "locker room" or special discretionary bonuses.
For example, as previously reported, UFC officials handed out additional $50,000 UFC 157 bonuses to Lawler ("KO of the Night"), Robertson ("Submission of the Night"), and Bermudez and Grice ("Fight of the Night").
In other words, the above figures are simply base salaries reported to the commission and do not reflect entire compensation packages for the event.
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