How much is a high kick to the ear dropping you unconscious to the canvas of the UFC octagon worth? To Mirko Cro Cop, it is worth US$ 350,000. That is the payout the Croatian fighter received after having been run over by Gabriel Napão at UFC 70, on April 21, in Manchester, England. The star of the evening, Napão pocketed a check for US$ 60,000.
It is worth noting that the amounts revealed officially do not include the bonus or shares of pay-per-view sales. Check out the complete list:
Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic - US$ 350,000
Andrei Arlovski - US$ 160,000
Fabricio Werdum - US$ 80,000
Gabriel Gonzaga - US$ 60,000
Lyoto Machida - US$ 40,000
Cheik Kongo - US$ 40,000
Michael Bisping - US$ 24,000
Alessio Sakara - US$ 20,000
Júnior Assunção - US$ 16,000
Elvis Sinosic - US$ 8,000
Assuério Silva - US$ 8,000
Paul Taylor - US$ 8,000
Jess Liaudin - US$ 6,000
David Heath - US$ 6,000
Edilberto Crocotá - US$ 4,000
Dennis Silver - US$ 3,000
Victor Valimaki - US$ 3,000
David Lee - US$ 2,000
i'm pretty sure they all negotiate or at the very least agree to the amount they are being paid prior to stepping in the ring. i feel sorry for none of them, they wanted to fight for those amounts...if everyone said no to 2k the ufc would have to raise the pay.