UFC 81 Bonuses

[mysterydriver]

The Ultimate Fighting Championship paid out bonuses to four fighters who competed on the UFC 81: Breaking Point card this past Saturday in Las Vegas.


Former UFC Heavyweight champion Frank Mir received a $60,000 bonus for his submission victory over Brock Lesnar at 1:39 of the first round via knee bar. The UFC acknowledged this during the end of the broadcast when they announced Mir won the Tap Out submission of the night. Mir's $60,000 bonus is on top of the $40,000 he received to show and the $40,000 he received to win.


Chris "Lights Out" Lytle received Knockout of the Night bonus of
$60,000 for his 33 second knockout victory over the debuting Kyle
Bradley. Lytle received the $60,000 bonus on top of the $20,000 he received to fight on Saturday.


Tim Sylvia and Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira each earned the Fight of the Night bonus of $60,000. Sylvia received $60,000 on top of the $100,000 he was paid to fight. Nogueira received $60,000 on top of the $200,000 he received for defeating Sylvia via guillotine choke in the 3rd round to become the UFC interim heavyweight champion.

Gerweck.net

Just found it interesting...

[domrep]

I doubt Sylvia got $1 million. His salary was for $100,000.

[mysterydriver]

domrep said:

I doubt Sylvia got $1 million. His salary was for $100,000.

Ah, I'm guessing there was a typo in the original report then. I'll fix it.

[domrep]

Here's the full list, just came out:

-Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira ($200,000) def. Tim Sylvia ($100,000)
-Frank Mir ($80,000) def. Brock Lesnar ($250,000)
-Nate Marquardt ($52,000) def. Jeremy Horn ($25,000)
-Ricardo Almeida ($40,000) def. Rob Yundt ($5,000)
-Tyson Griffin ($36,000) def. Gleison Tibau ($11,000)
-Chris Lytle ($24,000) def. Kyle Bradley ($4,O00)
-Tim Boetsch ($12,000) def. David Heath ($6,000)
-Marvin Eastman ($14,000) def. Terry Martin ($12,000)
-Rob Emerson ($16,000) def. Keita Nakamura ($5,000)

[Shy Guy]

even the undercard gets paid well. four thousand is pretty looking.

[Edison taps to the ARMBAR!]

I LOL at Brock getting paid more than Mir. And Tim Sylvia is a waste of a million dollars. Maybe like 500k, but not a full mil.

[mysterydriver]

edisoncarasio said:

I LOL at Brock getting paid more than Mir. And Tim Sylvia is a waste of a million dollars. Maybe like 500k, but not a full mil.

I guess it was only $100,000 (Which works much better than the first number...)

There was a typo in the Gerweck report...

[Square]

What wrestlers/ celebs were at the show?

[domrep]

Lytle did really well. $24,000 on top of the $60,000 bonus he got.

Wrestlers - Sable, Angle, Taker, Austin, JBL, Borash, Tenay
Celebrities - Jay-Z

[comahan]

Barry Bonds and Ken Griffey Jr were there as well, celeb wise.

[mysterydriver]

comahan said:

Barry Bonds and Ken Griffey Jr were there as well, celeb wise.

Bonds getting booed was hilarious.

[comahan]

mysterydriver said:

comahan said:

Barry Bonds and Ken Griffey Jr were there as well, celeb wise.

Bonds getting booed was hilarious.

I liked Rogans comment about him actually finding a hat that fit his head