The California State Athletic Commission has released the fighter salaries for UFC 104.The main event featuring the light heavyweight title bout between Lyoto Machida and Shogun Rua. The co main featured Cain Velasquez and Ben Rothwell which took place on Saturday, Oct. 24, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. These figures show only what the fighters have to report to the CSAC. This does include money from sponsors and any bonuses a fighter may receive revenue from.
Anthony Johnson did not make weight and had to surrender 20% of his $15,000 show money and would have received Knock out of the night bonus but was ineligible because he missed his weight. That was $60,000 mistake I bet Anthony will not make again. The big winner on the night was Pat Berry who received Knock out of the night and Fight of the night bonuses totaling $120,000.
MAIN CARD
Lyoto Machida $200,000 defeats Shogun Rua $155,000
Cain Velasquez $70,000 defeats Ben Rothwell $50,000
Gleison Tibau $38,000 defeats Josh Neer $14,000
Joe Stevenson $94,000 defeats Spencer Fisher $26,000
Anthony Johnson $30,000 defeats Yoshiyuki Yoshida $12,000
PRELIMINARY CARD
Ryan Bader $30,000 defeats Eric Schafer $13,000
Pat Barry $14,000 defeats Antoni Hardonk $16,000
Chael Sonnen $54,000 defeats Yushin Okami $18,000
Jorge Rivera $36,000 defeats Rob Kimmons $9,000
Kyle Kingsbury $16,000 defeats Razak Al-Hassan $3,000
Stefan Struve $14,000 defeats Chase Gormley $10,000
Total Fighter Payout: $922,000
UFC 104 BONUSES
Each fighter was awarded $60,000
Fight of the Night:
Pat Barry vs. Antoni Hardonk
Knockout of the Night:
Pat Barry
Submission of the Night:
Stefan Struve
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Misssin out on bonuses because yahh can’t make weight , what a shame!
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I bet Johnson doesn’t make that mistake again
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