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[jesusatemyhotdog]

St. Pierre, Liddell win big at UFC 79 - Sportsnet.ca

Liddell earned a purse of US$500,000 while Silva picked up $150,000, according to the Nevada State Athletic Commission. Those figures do not take into account any contract bonuses from the UFC, which does not disclose such details.

Hughes' purse was $100,000 compared to $80,000 for St. Pierre with both fighters doubling their pay in event of a win. There were no win bonuses for Liddell or Silva, according to the commission.

Earlier, unbeaten Brazilian Lyoto Machida put on a show in spoiling Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou's UFC debut by submitting the highly touted light-heavyweight from Cameroon.

The 23-year-old Sokoudjou, who came out wearing a mask from the "Predator" movies, earned a reputation on the Pride circuit where he demolished Antonio Rogerio Nogueira in 23 seconds and Ricardo Arona in 1:59.

But Machida (12-0 and 4-0 in the UFC) schooled him, dominating him on the ground, before winning by arm triangle at 4:20 of the second round. Sokoudjou fell to 4-2.

Machida, 29, came into the fight having already beaten B.J. Penn, Rich Franklin and Stephan Bonnar. He leaves deserving consideration for a title shot.

Machida earned a purse of $60,000, including a $30,000 win bonus, while Sokoudjou collected $40,000.

In Summary:

GSP: $160,000 (80 + 80)
Hughes: $100, 000

Liddell: $500, 000
Silva: $150, 000

Machida: $60, 000 (30 + 30)
Sokoudjou: $40, 000

[KENO5366]

I guess Chuck is a much bigger draw for the UFC then Matt Hughes. Thats a big pay difference.

[Bigshanks666]

Originally Posted by KENO5366

I guess Chuck is a much bigger draw for the UFC then Matt Hughes. Thats a big pay difference.

Yeah I would say so simply because the casual mma fans that watch the UFC would rather see chuck stand and knock someone out then see hughes take someone down for gnp or a sub.

[KENO5366]

Originally Posted by Bigshanks666

Yeah I would say so simply because the casual mma fans that watch the UFC would rather see chuck stand and knock someone out then see hughes take someone down for gnp or a sub.

Me too. Good point. Just surprised about the pay gap.

[Bigshanks666]

Originally Posted by KENO5366

Me too. Good point. Just surprised about the pay gap.

Yeah it does seem like a pretty huge gap. Id be interested to see how many ppv buys they get when chuck is the main even as opposed to hughes.

[mmafanatic087]

If the fighters dont mind than who cares

[MMAhole]

Chuck gets more than all of them combined?

Are we sure Dana is not still his manager?

No, it's true though. He fills the seats and interests the more mainstream market with his appeal. He is uber marketable.

[lottie-12]

Although, Matt did say that he's not fighting for the money. So he shouldn't care.

[Krazikarl]

If they both get the same PPV bonus (which is just a guess, but I thought that they said that Couture's PPV bonus was somewhat standard, which would indicate that all the big names get something similar), then the difference in pay is probably pretty minimal.