Good to see our guys GSP ($210k) and MACHIDA ($60k) get some decent dough though. Chuck's contract must be game-tight or something (being undoubtedly the biggest name out there ... still). $500k for that 3-found fight against Silva? Not worth it:
UFC 79 MAIN CARD:
Georges St. Pierre ($160,000 + $50,000 “Submission of the Night” bonus) def. Matt Hughes ($100,000)
Chuck Liddell ($500,000) def. Wanderlei Silva ($150,000) — both fighters received an additional $50,000 “Fight of the Night” bonus
Eddie Sanchez ($46,000 + $50,000 “Knockout of the Night” bonus) def. Soa Palelei ($5,000)
Lyoto Machida ($60,000) def. Rameau Sokoudjou ($40,000)
Rich Clementi ($28,000) def. Melvin Guillard ($10,000)
UFC 79 PRELIMINARY CARD:
James Irvin ($16,000) def. Luis Cane ($5,000)
Manny Gamburyan ($20,000) def. Nate Mohr ($6,000)
Dean Lister ($22,000) def. Jordan Radev ($5,000)
Roan Carneiro ($10,000) def. Tony DeSouza ($7,000)
Mark Bocek ($6,000) def. Doug Evans ($3,000)"
