UFC 141 salaries already released...
UFC 141 salaries: Win or lose, Brock Lesnar will be tonight's top earner
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One thing's certain: Brock Lesnar and fellow headliner Alistair Overeem will be the top earners at tonight's UFC 141 event.
Nevada State Athletic Commission executive director Keith Kizer today emailed the list of officially disclosed paydays to MMAjunkie.com.
Lesnar makes a flat $400,000 for the event. Overeem, meanwhile, earns a base pay of $264,285.71 and an additional $121,428.57 as a "win bonus" if victorious.
UFC 141 takes place tonight at Las Vegas' MGM Grand Garden Arena. The night's main card, including the five-round non-title fight between Lesnar and Overeem, airs on pay-per-view. Prelims stream on Facebook and air on Spike TV.
Overeem's base payday became public information today when his former gym and management team, Golden Glory, filed a countersuit in Nevada in response to Overeem's suit this past month for breach of contract.
The full paydays (show/win money) for tonight's fighters include:
Brock Lesnar: $400,000 show/no win bonus
Alistair Overeem: $264,285.71/$121,428.57
Donald Cerrone: $30,000/$30,000
Nate Diaz: $37,000/$37,000
Jon Fitch: $60,000/$60,000
Johny Hendricks: $26,000/$26,000
Alexander Gustafsson: $16,000/$16,000
Vladimir Matyushenko: $40,000/$40,000
Jim Hettes: $8,000/$8,000
Nam Phan: $8,000/$8,000
Junior Assuncao: $8,000/$8,000
Ross Pearson: $20,000/$20,000
Danny Castillo: $19,000/$19,000
Anthony Njokuani: $12,000/$12,000
Dong Hyun Kim: $41,000/$41,000
Sean Pierson: $8,000/$8,000
Efrain Escudero: $10,000/$10,000
Jacob Volkmann: $16,000/$16,000
Luis Ramos: $6,000/$6,000
Matt Riddle: $15,000/$15,000
Manny Gamburyan: $18,000/$18,000
Diego Nunes: $12,000/$12,000
good find LSBJJ! the Reem's pay is really odd.
Still pains me to see people under 10k.
Overeem had his purse withheld because of a lawsuit filed by his former management company.....
In its order, the Nevada court, citing an existing an enforceable contract, asked Zuffa to "issue a check from the portion of the purse owed to Overeem in the respective amount of $241,285,49, made payable to Knock-Out Investments; and that the Nevada State Athletic Commission shall hold" the check pending further order of the court.
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Nevada State Athletic Commission executive director Keith Kizer told ESPN.com that he was aware of the order.
"My understanding is if the plaintiff posts the $200,000 bond and promptly serves the UFC, the UFC would give us a check to hold in that case," Kizer said. "I don't know why we hold it, but that's the court order. That's fine. What we probably want to do then is give it to the court. They can put it in escrow pending the case."























What's with the .17 and .57 cents with Overeem's pay? Is it just me or do those number seem pretty precise, down the penny?