Cung Le 350k tops UFC 139 payroll

source: 5thround.com

Prelim Card:

Danny Castillo: $35,600 (includes $17,000 win bonus)
def. Shamar Bailey: $8,000*

Seth Baczynski: $16,000 (includes $8,000 win bonus)
def. Matt Brown: $12,000

Miguel Torres: $60,800 (includes $30,000 win bonus)
def. Nick Pace: $4,000*

Gleison Tibau: $54,000 (includes $27,000 win bonus)
def. Rafael Dos Anjos: $16,000

Chris Weidman: $24,000 (includes $12,000 win bonus)
Def. Tom Lawlor: $12,000

Michael McDonald: $14,000 (includes $7,000 win bonus)
def. Alex Soto: $6,000

Ryan Bader: $48,000 (includes $24,000 win bonus)
def. Jason Brilz: $13,000

Main Card:

Stephan Bonnar: $68,000 (includes $34,000 win bonus)
def. Kyle Kingsbury: $10,000

Martin Kampmann: $58,000 (includes $29,000 win bonus)
def. Rick Story: $19,000

Urijah Faber: $64,000 (includes $32,000 win bonus)
def. Brian Bowles: $19,000

Wanderlei Silva: $200,000 (no win bonus)
def. Cung Le: $350,000

Dan Henderson: $250,000 (no win bonus)
def. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua: $165,000

* – Bailey and Pace were each fined 20% of their show purse for missing weight, Bailey in the amount of $1,600 and Pace $800. The money went to their opponents.

The numbers that get reported to the athletic commissions are only the contracted salaries. These figures do not include deductions for items such as insurance, licenses and taxes. They do not contain money paid by sponsors, Fight Night bonuses from the UFC, discretionary bonuses, etc.

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11/22/11 4:30 PM by jbapk

He got his fame because he was a local boy who with charisma and a flashy style who had success in a town that only has one major league team.And for the third time, the idea that Cung Le was leading the charge for San Shou against mma when he hasn't competed in a kickboxing match in 6-7 years is silly. He trains at AKA, fights mma, so exactly does this scenario:"Wanna go watch some San Shou? I would but I'm gonna go catch an MMA event." Have anything to do with Cung Le?If you want to see Le you're going to an mma event.

11/22/11 4:21 PM by Floppy Divac

Where do you think he got his following? The answer isn't mma. I think you are confused, possibly due to my confusing comment.

11/22/11 4:21 PM by jbapk

Btw,the question isn't whether Cung WAS the reason the event sold well, the question is whether the UFC THOUGHT before hand that Cung would increase sales.They may have miscalculated but that would explain why they paid Cung that amount.

11/22/11 4:16 PM by jbapk

I've never had anything to do with San Shou in my life and think Cung was a big fish competing in a small pond when he was doing it.I was simply making the point you sound ridiculous saying that this had anything to do with San Shou fans vs mma fans when Cung was competing in an mma match and hasn't been kickboxing in 7 yrs. I'm guessing considering your efforts on this thread you have some sort of hangup against Cung.Don't get so defensive about making silly arguments.

11/22/11 3:45 PM by JonesBonedTheFakeMrT

California kid too.

11/22/11 3:41 PM by JonesBonedTheFakeMrT

Lol.

11/22/11 1:42 PM by Jack Skellington

in his defence GSP recently admitted to making 4-5 million per fight but UFC's official salary for him is like 400,000 or something

11/22/11 1:40 PM by Jack Skellington

thats is strange especially on a show that included Wandy, Shogun, Faber & Hendo

11/22/11 12:56 PM by RyannVonDoom

Lol pwned

11/22/11 12:02 PM by HOLLYWOOD-MO

Why would they do that? The money they pay out is tax deductible. So are you saying that that both parties are intentionally defrauding the IRS?

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