18 UFC fighters making millions

In a recent article with Mike Sager of Esquire Magazine, Dana White estimates that 18 fighters make more than a million dollars in the UFC:
White estimates that eighteen of his ultimate fighters earn in the millions per annum. Many others make in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. New guys make fifty to seventy-five, “depending where you are in the pecking order.”

http://mmapayout.com/2010/01/eighteen-ufc-fighters-making-million/

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So who are the 18???

1 Lesnar
2 Couture
3 Liddell
4 Griffin
5 A Silva
6 GSP
7 BJ Penn
8 Hughes
9 Evans
10 Rampage
11 Ortiz
12 Shogun
13 Big Nog
14 Machida
15 Bisping
16 W Silva
17 Cro Cop
18


I would have said Hendo, but he's gone. Who else would you think makes that much? I was looking a Mir and he only makes 45K to show or he did vs Brock @ 100.

Hendo wanted to be on that list.

You can probably add Wandy to that list too and possibly Cro Cop

Hendo I imagine wanted to be on the top of the list. I am sure he wanted compensation for the loss of his major sponser in addition to Lesnar/Couture money. Remember when someone, unnamed supposedly lost over a quarter million bucks a week before 100 due to the sponser ban? Didn't it turn out to be him?

I imagine Bisping could be on it too considering how much they want to use him to spead into England.

Okay who has the last one???

Knowing Dana, he's probably including their sponsorship money and not just their salary pay.

I call Bullshit.

The last one? Kimbo Slice. Nevermind the fact he hasn't been in the UFC a year. It's gotta be him.

I was thinking Rich Franklin. Kimbo did in Elite, but he only made 55K or something like that on the TUF finale.

Ya but we all know Dana twists numbers and pays people under the table through unreported bonuses.

Rich franklin is a good option though.