UFC 181 Salaries: Lawler, Hendricks, Pettis, and Melendez top disclosed payroll of $1,317,000

UFC 181 took place on Saturday night at Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas and Robbie Lawler, Johny Hendricks, Anthony Pettis, and Gilbert Melendez topped the disclosed payroll of $1,317,000.UFC 181 Poster

The Nevada Athletic Commission released the salaries on Monday and were sent to TheMMAReport.com by email.

Lawler was the top earner on the card in terms of disclosed salary as he made $220,000 for his split decision victory over Hendricks ($150,000) in the main event to win the UFC welterweight title.

The complete UFC 181 salaries are below and does not include any fees such as insurance, licenses and taxes.

  • Robbie Lawler: $220,000 (includes $110,000 win bonus)
  • Johny Hendricks: $150,000
  • Anthony Pettis: $200,000 (includes $100,000 win bonus)
  • Gilbert Melendez: $200,000
  • Travis Browne: $100,000 (includes $50,000 win bonus)
  • Brendan Schaub: $32,000
  • Todd Duffee: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
  • Anthony Hamilton: $10,000
  • Tony Ferguson: $48,000 (includes $24,000 win bonus)
  • Abel Trujillo: $14,000
  • Urijah Faber: $140,000 (includes $70,000 win bonus)
  • Francisco Rivera: $20,000
  • Josh Samman: $16,000 (includes $8,000 win bonus)
  • Eddie Gordan: $15,000
  • Corey Anderson: $30,000 (includes $15,000 win bonus)
  • Justin Jones: $8,000
  • Raquel Pennington: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
  • Ashlee Evans-Smith: $8,000
  • Sergio Pettis: $30,000 (includes $15,000 win bonus)
  • Matt Hobar: $10,000
  • Clay Collard: $16,000 (includes $8,000 win bonus)
  • Alex White: $10,000