Losing the UFC heavyweight championship is certainly not the way that Junior Dos Santos wanted to spend his Saturday night. But he was well compensated for taking a beating at the hands of Cain Velasquez. The Brazilian walked out of Vegas with $400,000 in his pocket, the richest purse paid to any fighter on the night. For his trouble, Velasquez received the shiny gold belt and 200K. Here’s what the rest of the payouts looked like:
Jim Miller: $82,000 ($41,000 to win, $41,000 to show) vs. Joe Lauzon: $27,000
Costa Philippou: $36,000 ($18,000 to win, $18,000 to show) vs. Tim Boetsch: $37,000
Yushin Okami: $84,000 ($42,000 to win, $42,000 to show) vs. Alan Belcher: $37,000
Derek Brunson: $30,000 ($13,000 to show, $17,000 to win) vs. Chris Leben: $51,000
Eddie Wineland: $30,000 ($15,000 to win, $15,000 to show) vs. Brad Pickett: $17,000
Erik Perez: $20,000 ($10,000 to win, $10,000 to show) vs. Byron Bloodworth: $6,000
Jamie Varner: $24,000 ($12,000 to win, $12,000 to show) vs. Melvin Guillard: $42,000
Myles Jury: $16,000 ($8,000 to win, $8,000 to show) vs. Michael Johnson: $14,000
Todd Duffee: $16,000 ($8,000 to win, $8,000 to show) vs. Phil DeFries: $14,000
Max Holloway: $24,000 ($12,000 to win, $12,000 to show) vs. Leonard Garcia: $20,000
John Moraga: $22,000 ($11,000 to win, $11,000 to show) vs. Chris Cariaso: $12,000
The UFC returns to PPV on February 2nd. Jose Aldo takes on Frankie Edgar in the night’s main event.
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