UFC 106 Salaries
At UFC 106 Forrest Griffin and Tito Ortiz each earned $250,000 for their main event fight at Saturday’s. Griffin’s total prize included a $150,000 bonus for winning the fight, while Ortiz’s salary remained at $250,000.
Below are the disclosed paydays the UFC reported to the athletic commission and does not necessarily represent a fighter’s final earnings.
Forrest Griffin, $250,000 ($150,000 win bonus) def. Tito Ortiz, $250,000
Josk Koscheck, $106,000 ($53,000 win) def. Anthony Johnson, $7,000
Paulo Thiago, $16,000 ($8,000 win) def. Jacob Volkmann, $6,000
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira, $100,000 ($30,000 win) def. Luiz Cane, $19,000
Amir Sadollah, $30,000 ($15,000 win) def. Phil Baroni, $25,000
Ben Saunders, $20,000 ($10,000 win) def. Marcus Davis, $27,000
Kendall Grove, $44,000 ($22,000 win) def. Jake Rosholt, $15,000
Brian Foster, $12,000 ($6,000 win) def. Brock Larson, $26,000
Caol Uno, $20,000 drew Fabricio Camoes, $10,000
George Sotiropoulos, $20,000 ($10,000 win) def. Jason Dent, $8,000
Performance bonuses included
$70,000 bonus to each fighter for each award for Fight of the Night: Josh Koscheck vs. Anthony Johnson, Knockout of the Night: Antonio Rogerio Nogueira and Submission of the Night: Josh Koscheck.
***Karo Parisyan had pulled out of his fight against Dustin Hazelett for undisclosed reasons. Hazelett was paid his full purse while Parisyan will no longer be a part of the UFC as Dana White was furious with Parisyan continual backing out of fights.