Official UFC 104 fighter salaries; plus official gate and attendance figures
by Jacob Camargo on October 27, 2009

The official fighter salaries for UFC 104: "Machida vs. Shogun" were released from the the California State Athletic Commission today. The event took place last Saturday on Oct. 24 from the Staples Center in Los Angeles, Calif.

The event's top earners were headliners Lyoto Machida at $200,000, and Mauricio "Shogun" Rua took in $155,000. Machida retained his UFC light-heavyweight title by earning a much talked about controversial split decision win over Rua.

Others top earners from the event included Joe Stevenson ($94,000), surging heavyweight contender Cain Velasquez ($70,000), and Chael Sonnen ($54,000).

Pat Barry also made off with a good chunk of change as well, as he pocketed a total of $136,000. He brought in $14,000 for his salary and an additional $120,000 in fight night awards. Barry and his opponent, Antoni Hardonk, each took home $60,000, as they were awarded "Fight of the Night" for their back and forth heavyweight bout. Barry pocketed another $60,000, as he was awarded "Knockout of the Night" for his second round-win over Hardonk.

Preliminary card fighter Stefan Struve was the other fighter to earn a bonus as he took home "Submission of the Night" and a extra $60,000 for his first-round submission win over Chase Gormley.

Also released today by the CSAC, UFC 104 officially drew 14,892 spectators for a gate of $1.9 million. UFC president Dana White announced at the UFC 104 post-fight press conference that the event brought in 16,000 fans, which is down from the official attendance figure. However, White's announced $1.9 million gate figure was right on target.

The UFC's previous event at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, UFC 60, on May 27, 2006 drew a very similar attendance of 14,765, but the gate was much larger, at $2.9 million.

Below is the complete list of UFC 104 payouts:

Lyoto Machida - $200,000 (No win bonus)
Mauricio Rua - $155,000
Machida defeated Rua by unanimous decision

Cain Velasquez - $70,000 (Includes $35,000 win bonus)
Ben Rothwell - $50,000
Velasquez defeated Rothwell by second-round TKO (strikes)

Gleison Tibau - $38,000 (Includes $19,000 win bonus)
Josh Neer - $14,000
Tibau defeated Neer by unanimous decision

Joe Stevenson - $94,000 (Includes $47,000 win bonus)
Spencer Fisher - $26,000
Stevenson defeated Fisher by second-round TKO (strikes)

Anthony Johnson - $30,000 (Includes $15,000 win bonus)*
Yoshiyuki Yoshida - $12,000
Johnson defeated Yoshida by first round TKO (strikes)

Ryan Bader - $30,000 (Includes $15,000 win bonus)
Eric Schafer - $13,000
Bader defeated Schafer by unanimous decision

Pat Barry - $14,000 (Includes $7,000 win bonus)
Antoni Hardonk - $16,000
Barry defeated Hardonk by second-round TKO (strikes)

Chael Sonnen - $54,000 (Includes $27,000 win bonus)
Yushin Okami - $18,000
Sonnen defeated Okami by unanimous decision

Jorge Rivera - $36,000 (Includes $18,000 win bonus)
Rob Kimmons - $9,000
Rivera defeated Kimmons by third-round TKO (strikes)

Kyle Kingsbury - $16,000 (Includes $8,000 win bonus)
Razak Al-Hassan - $3,000
Kingsbury defeated Razak Al-Hassan by split decision

Stefan Struve - $14,000 (Includes $7,000 win bonus)
Chase Gormley - $10,000
Struve defeated Gormley by first-round submission (triangle choke)

*Johnson was forced to forfeit 20 percent of his purse for failing to make weight for his welterweight bout against Yoshida. He weighed-in at 176 pounds, which was five pounds over the 171-pound welterweight limit....

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