{"id":185120,"date":"2016-02-05T10:07:29","date_gmt":"2016-02-05T18:07:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=185120"},"modified":"2016-02-05T10:07:29","modified_gmt":"2016-02-05T18:07:29","slug":"ufc-fight-night-81-salary-report-travis-browne-dominick-cruz-top-payroll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc-fight-night-81-salary-report-travis-browne-dominick-cruz-top-payroll\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC Fight Night 81 salary report: Travis Browne and Dominick Cruz at the top of payroll"},"content":{"rendered":"

UFC Fight Night 81<\/a>, which took place on Jan. 17 proved to be a night of exciting fights in Boston\u2019s TD Garden. New UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz<\/a> and heavyweight Travis Browne<\/a> were among the top earners of the fight card. The main card fights were featured on FS1 while the preliminary bouts were aired on UFC Fight Pass.<\/p>\n

In the main event, Dominick Cruz was able to reclaim the UFC bantamweight title with a split decision victory taking the belt from T.J. Dillashaw.<\/p>\n

The total disclosed payroll for the event was $1,189,000.<\/p>\n

The full list of UFC Fight Night 81 paydays via MMA Junkie<\/a> included:<\/p>\n

Dominick Cruz: $110,000 (includes $55,000 win bonus)
\ndef. T.J. Dillashaw: $70,000<\/p>\n

Eddie Alvarez: $100,000 (no win bonus)
\ndef. Anthony Pettis: $80,000<\/p>\n

Travis Browne: $120,000 (includes $60,000 win bonus)
\ndef. Matt Mitrione: $36,000<\/p>\n

Francisco Trinaldo: $54,000 (includes $27,000 win bonus)
\ndef. Ross Pearson: $48,000<\/p>\n

Patrick Cote: $86,000 (includes $43,000 win bonus)
\ndef. Ben Saunders: $18,000<\/p>\n

Ed Herman: $94,000 (includes $47,000 win bonus)
\ndef. Tim Boetsch: $52,000<\/p>\n

Chris Wade: $34,000 (includes $17,000 win bonus)
\ndef. Mehdi Baghdad: $12,000<\/p>\n

Luke Sanders: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
\ndef. Maximo Blanco: $25,000<\/p>\n

Paul Felder: $36,000 (includes $18,000 win bonus)
\ndef. Daron Cruickshank: $20,000<\/p>\n

Ilir Latifi: $44,000 (includes $22,000 win bonus)
\ndef. Sean O\u2019Connell: $18,000<\/p>\n

Charles Rosa: $24,000 (includes $12,000 win bonus)
\ndef. Kyle Bochniak: $10,000<\/p>\n

Rob Font: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
\ndef. Joey Gomez: $10,000<\/p>\n

Francimar Barroso: $30,000 (includes $15,000 win bonus)
\ndef. Elvis Mutapcic: $18,000<\/p>\n

These figures do not include deductions for items such as licenses, insurance, and taxes. In addition, the figures do not include sponsor pay, such as the official UFC-Reebok sponsorship program. They also do not include any other \u201clocker room\u201d or special discretionary bonuses the UFC oftentimes pays to their fighters.<\/p>\n

Ed Herman and Luke Sanders took an additional $50,000 \u201cPerformance of the Night\u201d bonus home while Dominick Cruz and T.J. Dillashaw each took home a $50,000 \u201cFight of the Night\u201d bonus.<\/p>\n

Are there any fighters with pay that stick out in your mind? Share your thoughts on the salaries from Boston’s UFC Fight Night 81 in the comments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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