Demian Maia - Forrest Griffin $275k - Tito Ortiz $250k Top Disclosed Earnings For Silva - Ufc 148 Salaries

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Jul 9, 2012 - 1:05:09 PMBy: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-ChiefThe Nevada State Athletic Commission provides released the basically unveiled payroll figures from Saturday night's UFC 148 event, which usually was held on the MGM Grand Garden Arena throughout Las Vegas.

Topping that night's revealed profits were co-main occurrence fighters Forrest Griffin plus Tito Ortiz, that acquired $275,000 plus $250,000, respectively. UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva, who seem to defeated Chael Sonnen a second time while in the night's main event, received an appartment charge of $200,000, although majority associated with his income to get the evening can come by means of pay-per-view points.

Other top earners about the event, which in turn made possible a U.S. record $7 million gate, were Cung Le ($150K), Demian Maia ($96K), and Sonnen ($50K). The night's full unveiled payroll, $1,438,000 with total, is definitely underneath (via MMAJunkie.com ):

* Anderson Silva: $200,000 (no earn bonus) * Chael Sonnen: $50,000 * Forrest Griffin: $275,000 (includes $150,000 succeed bonus) * Tito Ortiz: $250,000 * Cung Le: $150,000 (no win bonus) * Patrick Cote: $21,000 * Demian Maia : $96,000 (includes $48,000 gain bonus) * Dong Hyun Kim: $44,000 * Chad Mendes: $36,000 (includes $18,000 gain bonus) * Cody McKenzie: $10,000 * Mike Easton: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus) * Ivan Menjivar: $13,000 * Melvin Guillard: $72,000 (includes $36,000 acquire bonus) * Fabricio Camoes: $8,000 * Khabib Nurmagomedov: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus) * Gleison Tibau: $31,000 * Constantinos Philippou: $32,000 (includes $16,000 gain bonus) * Riki Fukuda: $28,000 * Shane Roller: $46,000 (includes $23,000 acquire bonus) * John Alessio: $10,000 * Rafaello Oliveira: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus) * Yoislandy Izquierdo: $6,000

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