UFC 118 Bonuses & Salaries

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Here are the special fight bonuses for UFC 118:

- Fight of the Night: Marcus Davis vs. Nate Diaz
- Submission of the Night: Joe Lauzon

15,575 fans attended the event for a live gate of $3,000,000

Again, each fighter received $60,000 extra for their performances in addition to their respective base salaries, which we will pass along as soon as possible.

Can't really argue with that.

It wasn't until after the awards were handed out that I realized that there wasn't a single KO or TKO on the entire card. I wonder how many times that's happened...

I thought that was strange, too. I knew there was none on the main card or the Spike card, but I was surprised that there wasn't even a KO on the prelim card.

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UFC 118 Salaries
Posted by: Corey Santiago

The UFC 118 salaries have been released and to everyone's shock it was James Toney who went home with the most amount of money, taking home half a million dollars in his beat down he suffered from Randy Couture.

Couture took home $250,000 for his dominating performance over Toney that ended with Couture making the Boxing champion tap via arm triangle choke. The former Lightweight champion, B.J. Penn earned $150,000 for his loss to UFC Lightweight champion, Frankie Edgar who received $96,000 for his five round dominance over B.J. Penn in the main event of the night.


Here are the full list of salaries:

Frankie Edgar: $96,000 (Includes $48,000 win bonus) def. B.J. Penn:�$150,000

Randy Couture: $250,000 def. James Toney: $500,000

Demian Maia: $68,000 def. Mario Miranda: $8,000

Gray Maynard: $46,000 (Includes $23,000 win bonus) def. Kenny Florian: $65,000

Nate Diaz: $120,000 (Includes $30,000 win bonus, $60,000 “Fight of the Night” bonus) def. Marcus Davis: $91,000 (Includes $60,000 “Fight of the Night" bonus)

Joe Lauzon: $84,000 (Includes $12,000 win bonus, $60,000 “Submission of the Night” bonus) def. Gabe Ruediger: $8,000

Nik Lentz: $22,000 (Includes $11,000 win bonus) def. Andre Winner: $10,000

Dan Miller: $30,000 (Includes $15,000 win bonus) def. John Salter: $8,000

Greg Soto: $12,000 (Includes $6,000 win bonus) def. Nick Osipczak:�$10,000

Mike Pierce: $24,000 (Includes $12,000 win bonus) def. Amilcar Alves: $6,000

Let me get this straight, Dana White paided Toney 500 Grand to get his ass kicked? Worth it.

But probably $600,000 tuned in to watch him get his ass kicked

That dude has a great agent.