The full disclosed payroll for UFC 104 included:

Lyoto Machida: $200,000 (no win bonus)

def. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua: $155,000

Cain Velasquez: $70,000 (includes $35,000 win bonus)

def. Ben Rothwell: $50,000

Gleison Tibau: $38,000 ($19,000 win bonus)

def. Josh Neer: $14,000

Joe Stevenson: $94,000 ($47,000 win bonus)

def. Spencer Fisher: $26,000

Anthony Johnson: $30,0000 ($15,000 win bonus)*

def. Yoshiyuki Yoshida: $12,000

Ryan Bader: $30,000 ($15,000 win bonus)

def. Eric Schafer: $13,000

Pat Barry: $14,000 ($7,000 win bonus)

def. Antoni Hardonk: $16,000

Chael Sonnen: $54,000 ($27,000 win bonus)

def. Yushin Okami: $18,000

Jorge Rivera: $36,000 ($18,000 win bonus)

def. Rob Kimmons: $9,000

Kyle Kingsbury: $16,000 ($8,000 win bonus)

def. Razak Al-Hassan: $3,000

Stefan Struve: $14,000 ($7,000 win bonus)

def. Chase Gormley: $10,000

Now, the usual disclaimer: The figures do not include deductions for items such as insurance, licenses and taxes. Additionally, the figures do not include money paid by sponsors, which can oftentimes be a substantial portion of a fighter’s income. They also do not include any other “locker room” or special bonuses the UFC oftentimes pays.

For example, as discussed above, the figures above do not include the UFC’s traditional “fight night” bonuses. The UFC awarded $60,000 each to Struve (Submission of the Night) and Hardonk (Fight of the Night), and $120,000 to dual-award winner Barry (Knockout of the Night and Submission of the night).

In other words, the above salary figures are simply base salaries reported to the commission and do not reflect entire compensation packages for the event.

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