For everyone who was curios about the salaries. Edwin Figueroa: $6,000 ($6,000 win bonus) def. Jason Reinhardt: $6,000 Jacob Volkmann: $14,000 ($14,000 win bonus) def. Danny Castillo: $17,000 Cole Miler: $17,000 ($17,000 win bonus) def. T.J. O'Brien: $6,000 Jim Hettes: $6,000 ($6,000 win bonus) def. Alex Caceres: $8,000 Ronny Markes: $8,000 ($8,000 win bonus) def. Karlos Vemola: $10,000 Ed Herman: $26,000 ($26,000 win bonus) def. Kyle Noke: $8,000 Joseph Benavidez: $21,500 ($21,500 win bonus) def. Eddie Wineland: $10,000 Jared Hamman: $12,000 ($12,000 win bonus) def. CB Dollaway: $20,000 Duane Ludwig: $16,000 ($16,000 win bonus) def. Amir Sadollah: $20,000 Donald Cerrone: $22,000 ($22,000 win bonus) def. Charles Oliveira: $12,000 Ben Henderson: $17,000 ($17,000 win bonus) def. Jim Miller: $35,000 Chris Lytle: $35,000 ($35,000 win bonus) def. Dan Hardy: $25,000 Link: http://www.mmafighting.com/2011/08/17/ufc-on-versus-5-fighter-salaries-chris-lytle-earns-70-000/
My god its like the early days of boxing where a fighter would be glad to find a dollar under his pillow.
These guys fight for what boxers should get. Makes me sick knowing 1 fight lands boxers hundreds and hundreds of thousands or even millions.