Can someone please explain to me why Cung Le's show salary was $350k and other fighters such as Uriah Faber (who likely attracts more fans, especially in California event) only got $32k to show or Dan Henderson made less to show? The UFC makes so much on these fighters with ppv buys etc, the should really appreciate their employees better. Or these fighters just have really terrible agents that can't negotiate worth a darn. I'm not trying to start an argument, just don't believe Cung deserved more than Wanderlei or others. I would like to note that this was one of the best cards I have seen in a long time so it is good to see UFC awarded two fight of the nights. The fighters should be paid for number of ppv buys they generated, if they are not already, I'm not sure.
Dan Henderson: $250,000 (no win bonus)
def. Mauricio Rua: $165,000
Wanderlei Silva: $200,000 (no win bonus)
def. Cung Le: $350,000
Urijah Faber: $64,000 (includes $32,000 win bonus)
def. Brian Bowles: $19,000
Martin Kampmann: $58,000 (includes $29,000 win bonus)
def. Rick Story: $19,000
Stephan Bonnar: $68,000 (includes $34,000 win bonus)
def. Kyle Kingsbury: $10,000
Ryan Bader: $48,000 (includes $24,00 win bonus)
def. Jason Brilz: $13,000
Michael McDonald: $14,000 (includes $7,000 win bonus)
Alex Soto: $6,000
Chris Weidman: $24,000 (includes $12,000 win bonus)
def. Tom Lawlor: $12,000
Gleison Tibau: $34,000 (includes $17,000 win bonus)
def. Rafael Dos Anjos: $16,000
Miguel Torres: $60,000 (includes $30,000 win bonus)
def. Nick Pace: $4,000
Seth Baczynski: $16,000 (includes $8,000 win bonus)
def. Matt Brown: $12,000
Danny Castillo: $34,000 (includes $17,000 win bonus)
def. Shamar Bailey: $8,000