Brock added a bunch more of this to his bank account
The Nevada State Athletic Commission released the salaries for UFC 116. The biggest earner was heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar. On top of his 400k purse, the giant also received a bonus for submission of the night, an arm-triangle on Shane Carwin, worth an extra 75 grand. It’s worth noting that some of fighters on the card receive cuts of the pay-per-view broadcast revenues, which doesn’t figure into the sums released by the athletic commission.
Here’s a list of the payouts for UFC 116:
Brock Lesnar: US$400,000 + US$75,000 (best submission)
Shane Carwin: US$40,000
Chris Leben: US$86,000 + US$75,000 (fight of the night)
Yoshihiro Akiyama: US$45,000 + US$75,000 (fight of the night)
Chris Lytle: US$52,000
Matt Brown: US$10,000
Stephan Bonnar: US$50,000 + US$75,000 (fight of the night)
Krzysztof Soszynski: US$10,000 + US$75,000 (fight of the night)
George Sotiropoulos: US$24,000
Kurt Pellegrino: US $25,000
Brendan Schuab: $20,000 ($10,000 win bonus)
Chris Tuchscherer: $12,000
Ricardo Romero: US $16,000
Seth Petruzelli: US $10,000
Kendall Grove: US $50,000
Goran Reljic: US $5,000
Gerald Harris: US $20,000 + US$75,000 (best knockout nocaute)
David Branch: US $6,000
Daniel Roberts: US $12,000
Forrest Petz: US $6,000
Jon Madsen: US $16,000
Karlos Vemola: US $8,000