UFC 168 Salaries: Chris Weidman and Anderson Silva top $1.8 million payroll

UFC 168 took place on Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas and headliners Chris Weidman and Anderson Silva topped the disclosed fighter salaries. UFC 168

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

The total disclosed salaries were $1,813,500 payroll with Silva being the highest earner at $600,000 and Weidman made $400,000. The other top earners on the card were Josh Barnett ($170,000), Ronda Rousey ($100,000), and Dennis Siver ($66,000).

The complete UFC 168 salaries are below and does not include any fees such as insurance, licenses and taxes.

  • Chris Weidman: $400,000 (includes $200,000 win bonus)
  • Anderson Silva: $600,000
  • Ronda Rousey: $100,000 (includes $50,000 win bonus)
  • Miesha Tate: $28,000
  • Travis Browne: $56,000 (includes $28,000 win bonus)
  • Josh Barnett: $170,000
  • Jim Miller: $92,000 (includes $46,000 win bonus)
  • Fabricio Camoes: $8,000
  • Dustin Poirier: $32,500 (includes $15,000 win bonus) *
  • Diego Brandao: $15,000 *
  • Uriah Hall: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
  • Chris Leben: $51,000
  • Michael Johnson: $36,000 (includes $18,000 win bonus)
  • Gleison Tibau: $39,000
  • Dennis Siver: $66,000 (includes $33,000 win bonus)
  • Manny Gamburyan: $25,000
  • John Howard: $32,000 (includes $16,000 win bonus)
  • Siyar Bahadurzada: $17,000
  • William Macario: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
  • Bobby Voelker: $12,000
  • Robbie Peralta: $24,000 (includes $12,000 win bonus)
  • Estevan Payan: $10,000

* – Brando fined 25% of his purse for missing weight and half of his fine went to Poirier