fighter payroll......man Jardine got screwed after that knockout.
MAIN EVENT FIGHTERS
– B.J. Penn: $250,000 (defeated Sean Sherk; win bonus was $125,000)
– Sean Sherk: $35,000 (lost to B.J. Penn; win bonus would have been $35,000)
MAIN CARD FIGHTERS
– Tito Ortiz: $210,000 (lost to Lyoto Machida; no win bonus)
– Wanderlei Silva: $150,000 (defeated Keith Jardine; no win bonus)
– Lyoto Machida: $100,000 (defeated Tito Ortiz; win bonus was $50,000)
– Keith Jardine: $10,000 (lost to Wanderlei Silva; won bonus would have been $10,000)
– Goran Reljic: $6,000 (defeated Wilson Gouveia; win bonus was $3,000)
– Wilson Gouveia: $18,000 (lost to Goran Reljic; won bonus would have been $18,000)
– Antonio Mendes: $4,000 (lost to Thiago Silva; won bonus would have been $4,000)
– Thiago Silva: $50,000 (defeated Antonio Mendes; win bonus was $25,000)
PRELIMINARY CARD FIGHTERS
– Rousimar Palhares: $10,000 (defeated Ivan Salaverry; win bonus was $5,000)
– Ivan Salaverry: $20,000 (lost to Rousimar Palhares; won bonus would have been $10,000)
– Kazuhiro Nakamura: $20,000 (lost to Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou; won bonus would have been $20,000)
– Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou: $80,000 (defeated Kazuhiro Nakamura; win bonus was $40,000)
– Terry Etim: $10,000 (lost to Rich Clement; won bonus would have been $10,000)
– Rich Clementi: $40,000 (defeated Terry Etim; win bonus was $20,000)
– Yoshiyuki Yoshida: $12,000 (defeated Jon Koppenhaver; win bonus was $6,000)
– Jon Koppenhaver: $8,000 (lost to Yoshiyuki Yoshida; won bonus would have been $4,000)
– Dong Hyun Kim: $40,000 (defeated Jason Tan; win bonus was $20,000)
– Jason Tan: $3,000 (lost to Dong Hyun Kim; won bonus would have been $3,000)
– Shane Carwin: $12,000 (defeated Christian Wellisch; win bonus was $6,000)
– Christian Wellisch: 10,000 (lost to Shane Carwin; won bonus would have been $10,000)
UFC 84 DISCLOSED FIGHTER PAYROLL: $1,098,000
UFC 84 AWARD BONUSES
(as disclosed by UFC president Dana White)
Each fighter received a $75,000 bonus for the following awards.
Fight of the Night:
– Goran Reljic and Wilson Gouveia
Knockout of the Night:
– Wanderlei Silva
Submission of the Night:
– Rousimar Palhares
All comments are my opinion