Anderson Silva who was successful in his Light Heavyweight debut against James Irvin earned top dollar along with Brandon Vera who also made his debut at 205lbs. Both fighters received $200,000 paydays for the event. The estimated fight purse for the show came out to a total of $623,000.
Here are the fighter salaries who participated at the event:
Main Card
Anderson Silva ($200,000) defeats James Irvin ($20,000)
Brandon Vera ($200,000) defeats Reese Andy ($15,000)
Frankie Edgar ($26,000) defeats Hermes Franca ($17,000)
Cain Velasquez ($14,000) defeats Jake O'Brien ($11,000)
Kevin Burns ($10,000) defeats Anthony Johnson ($9,000)
CB Dollaway ($20,000) defeats Jesse Taylor ($8,000)
Undercard
Tim Credeur ($16,000) defeats Cale Yarbrough ($8,000)
Rory Markham ($12,000) defeats Brodie Farber ($3,000)
Nate Loughran ($8,000) defeats Johnny Rees ($4,000)
Brad Blackburn ($10,000) defeats James Giboo ($3,000)
Shannon Gugerty ($6,000) defeats Dale Hartt ($3,000)
Frankie Edgar, Hermes Franca, CB Dollaway and Rory Markham each earned $25,000 bonuses for Fight, Submission and Knockout of the night honors.
*Please note that bonuses or sponsorships is not included in fighter salaries.
