UFC 148 bonuses: $75,000 each

No submissions on the card.

KO of the night: Anderson Silva

Fight of the night: Tito Ortiz and Forrest Griffin

Any other night Mendes would have gotten knockout of the night.

8 Decisions

3 TKO (Kim shoulder injury)

Not much to pick from. Hard to beat Silva's KO just on significance alone. But the whole knee to the chest thing is fitting, another badass stoppage stemming from a strike unique to his previous highlight finishes.

I though Kim tapped out when he got injured. Looked like he clapped his hands together and said something when he hit the ground. Whatever he did was enough for Maia to stop before the ref jumped in.

OU wrote:

I though Kim tapped out when he got injured. Looked like he clapped his hands together and said something when he hit the ground. Whatever he did was enough for Maia to stop before the ref jumped in.

Looked like a verbal tap to me.

http://mmajunkie.com/news/29590/ufc-148-salaries-griffin-ortiz-paydays-top-14-million-payroll.mma
The full UFC 148 payouts included:

Anderson Silva: $200,000 (no win bonus)
def. Chael Sonnen: $50,000

Forrest Griffin: $275,000 (includes $150,000 win bonus)
def. Tito Ortiz: $250,000

Cung Le: $150,000 (no win bonus)
def. Patrick Cote: $21,000

Demian Maia: $96,000 (includes $48,000 win bonus)
def. Dong Hyun Kim: $44,000

Chad Mendes: $36,000 (includes $18,000 win bonus)
def. Cody McKenzie: $10,000

Mike Easton: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
def. Ivan Menjivar: $13,000

Melvin Guillard: $72,000 (includes $36,000 win bonus)
def. Fabricio Camoes: $8,000

Khabib Nurmagomedov: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
def. Gleison Tibau: $31,000

Constantinos Philippou: $32,000 (includes $16,000 win bonus)
def. Riki Fukuda: $28,000

Shane Roller: $46,000 (includes $23,000 win bonus)
def. John Alessio: $10,000

Rafaello Oliveira: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
def. Yoislandy Izquierdo: $6,000

Now, the usual disclaimer: The figures do not include deductions for items such as insurance, licenses and taxes. Additionally, the figures do not include money paid by sponsors, which can oftentimes be a substantial portion of a fighter's income. They also do not include any other "locker room" or special discretionary bonuses the UFC oftentimes pays. They also do not include portions of the pay-per-view revenue that some top-level fighters receive.

For example, as previously reported, UFC officials handed out additional $75,000 UFC 148 bonuses to Silva ("KO of the Night") and Griffin and Ortiz ("Fight of the Night").

In other words, the above figures are simply base salaries reported to the commission and do not reflect entire compensation packages for the event.

Tito vs Forrest was by far the best fight on the card. But Ace vs Wandy 2 was actually far better then this fight. Amazing just how much of a better watch 47 was then 48. Is this going to be the biggest differential between 2 consecutive PPVs in terms of # of buys? UFC 99 did 360K buys and UFC 100 did 1.7. Might be the one to beat.

OU wrote:

http://mmajunkie.com/news/29590/ufc-148-salaries-griffin-ortiz-paydays-top-14-million-payroll.mma
The full UFC 148 payouts included:

Anderson Silva: $200,000 (no win bonus)
def. Chael Sonnen: $50,000

Forrest Griffin: $275,000 (includes $150,000 win bonus)
def. Tito Ortiz: $250,000

Cung Le: $150,000 (no win bonus)
def. Patrick Cote: $21,000

Demian Maia: $96,000 (includes $48,000 win bonus)
def. Dong Hyun Kim: $44,000

Chad Mendes: $36,000 (includes $18,000 win bonus)
def. Cody McKenzie: $10,000

Mike Easton: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
def. Ivan Menjivar: $13,000

lol, anyone remember this?

Pay for TUF Finale 14 wrote:

Michael Bisping: $425,000 (includes $150,000 win bonus)

def. Jason "Mayhem" Miller: $45,000

You would think that was enough money where Bisping wouldn't have to cry publicly so often.

Perspective:

Pay for UFC 141 wrote:

Alistair Overeem -- $385,714.28 (264,285.71 to show, 121,428.57 to win)*
Brock Lesnar -- $400,000
Overeem defeated Lesnar via technical knockout in round one

Nate Diaz -- $74,000 ($37,000 to show, $37,000 to win)
Donald Cerrone -- $30,000
Diaz defeated Cerrone via unanimous decision
Johny Hendricks -- $52,000 ($26,000 to show, $26,000 to win)
Jon Fitch -- $60,000
Hendricks defeated Fitch via knockout in round one

Pay for UFC 142 wrote:

Vitor Belfort: $279,000 ($275,000 to show, $4,000 from Anthony Johnson's purse)

Edson Barboza: $142,000 ($6,000 to show, $6,000 win bonus, $65,000 Fight of the Night bonus, $65,000 Knockout of the Night bonus)

Gabriel Gonzaga: $134,000 ($67,000 to show, $67,000 win bonus)

Rousimar Palhares: $79,000 ($7,000 to show, $7,000 win bonus, $65,000 Submission of the Night bonus)

Terry Etim: $75,000 ($10,000 to show, $65,000 Fight of the Night bonus)

Jose Aldo: $48,000 ($24,000 to show, $24,000 win bonus)

Pay for UFC on FOX 2 wrote:

Rashad Evans: $410,000 ($225,000 to show, $185,000 win bonus) - A close second place

Michael Bisping: $275,000

Lavar Johnson: $117,000 ($26,000 to show, $26,000 win bonus, $65,000 Knockout of the Night bonus)

Chael Sonnen: $100,000 ($50,000 to show, $50,000 win bonus)

Charles Oliveira: $97,000 ($16,000 to show, $16,000 win bonus, $65,000 Submission of the Night bonus)

Evan Dunham: $91,000 ($13,000 to show, $13,000 win bonus, $65,000 Fight of the Night bonus)

Pay for UFC 143 wrote:

Carlos Condit: $110,000 ($55,000 to show, $55,000 to win)
Nick Diaz: $200,000
Condit def. Diaz via unanimous decision

Fabricio Werdum: $100,000 (no win bonus)
Roy Nelson: $20,000
Werdum def. Nelson via unanimous decision

Josh Koscheck: $146,000 ($73,000 to show, $73,000 to win)
Mike Pierce: $20,000
Koscheck def. Pierce via split decision

Pay for UFC 145 wrote:

Jon Jones: $400,000 (no win bonus)
Rashad Evans: $300,000
Jones def. Evans via unanimous decision

Rory MacDonald: $36,000 ($18,000 to show, $18,000 to win)
Che Mills: $8,000
MacDonald def. Mills via technical knockout

Ben Rothwell: $104,000 ($52,000 to show, $52,000 to win)
Brendan Schaub: $14,000
Rothwell def. Schaub via knockout

Michael McDonald: $16,000 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 to win)
Miguel Torres: $32,000
McDonald def. Torres via knockout

Pay for UFC 145 wrote:

Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson: $200,000 ($250,000 to show, minus $50,000 for missing weight)

Jake Shields: $150,000 ($75,000 to show, $75,000 win bonus)

Benson Henderson: $125,000 ($30,000 to show, $30,000 win bonus, $65,000 Fight of the Night bonus)

Frankie Edgar: $116,000 ($51,000 to show, $65,000 Fight of the Night bonus)

Takanori Gomi: $100,000 ($50,000 to show, $50,000 win bonus)

Ryan Bader: $98,000 ($24,000 to show, $24,000 win bonus, $50,000 from Jackson for missing weight)

Anthony Pettis: $85,000 ($10,000 to show, $10,000 win bonus, $65,000 Knockout of the Night bonus)

Pay for UFC on FOX 3 wrote:

Nate Diaz: $139,000 ($37,000 to show, $37,000 win bonus, $65,000 Submission of the Night bonus)

Louis Gaudinot: $82,200 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 win bonus, $65,000 Fight of the Night bonus, $1,200 from Leneker missing weight)

Lavar Johnson: $77,000 ($6,000 to show, $6,000 win bonus, $65,000 Knockout of the Night bonus)

Josh Koscheck: $73,000

Pay for UFC 146 wrote:

Junior dos Santos $200,000 (No win bonus)
Frank Mir $200,000
Dos Santos def. Mir via TKO (Strikes)

Cain Velasquez $200,000 ($100,000 to show, $100,000 to win)
Antonio Silva $70,000
Velasquez def. Silva via TKO (Strikes)

Pay for UFC 147 wrote:

Wanderlei Silva: $265,000 ($200,000 to show, $65,000 Fight of the Night bonus)

Rich Franklin: $215,000 ($75,000 to show, $75,000 win bonus, $65,000 Fight of the Night bonus)

Fabricio Werdum: $100,000

Pay for SF HW GP wrote:

Josh Barnett: $200,000

Gilbert Melendez: $175,000

Daniel Cormier: $100,000 ($50,000 to show, $50,000 win bonus)

Josh Thomson: $90,000

Rafael Calvacante: $63,500 ($33,000 to show, $33,000 win bonus, fined $2,500 for failed drug test)