The following is the reported pay fighters received for competing on the UFC 81 “Breaking Point” card on February 2nd in Las Vegas:
-Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira ($200,000) def. Tim Sylvia ($100,000)
-Frank Mir ($80,000) def. Brock Lesnar ($250,000)
-Nate Marquardt ($52,000) def. Jeremy Horn ($25,000)
-Ricardo Almeida ($40,000) def. Rob Yundt ($5,000)
-Tyson Griffin ($36,000) def. Gleison Tibau ($11,000)
-Chris Lytle ($24,000) def. Kyle Bradley ($4,O00)
-Tim Boetsch ($12,000) def. David Heath ($6,000)
-Marvin Eastman ($14,000) def. Terry Martin ($12,000)
-Rob Emerson ($16,000) def. Keita Nakamura ($5,000)
Total reported pay out: $892,000
The knockout, submission and fight of the night bonus-checks went to the following fighters:
Fight of the Night: Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira def. Tim Sylvia (both fighters earn an extra $60,000)
Knockout of the Night: Chris Lytle def. Kyle Bradley (Lytle earns an extra $60,000)
Submission of the Night: Frank Mir def. Brock Lesnar (Mir earns an extra $60,000)
Note: The $60,000 checks are the highest given for those particular post-show bonuses in UFC history. Previously, the UFC 79 show (which featured Chuck Liddell vs. Wanderlei Silva) saw $55,000 bonus checks as the all-time high. The event prior to UFC 81, UFC 80 (BJ Penn vs. Joe Stevenson) featured bonus checks of only $35,000.
