10 Highest Paid Fighters From UFC On FOX 12

UFC on FOX 12 had a fair number of big names spread throughout its card: Robbie Lawler, Matt Brown, Anthony Johnson, Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (a.k.a. Lil Nog). Bobby Green, Josh Thompson, and Clay Guida are all guys who are capable of headlining or co-headlining an event, and all of them were packed onto the main card last night. Some fighters, like Lawler and Thompson, are still cashing in on Strikeforce contracts, while others, like Brown and Guida, have worked their way up through the UFC ranks to get to the point where they can earn a decent wage. A number of fighters went home happy even in defeat, while others, despite hefty win bonuses, might not have banked what you would expect for a top draw. Payouts in the UFC are always an interesting situation, since so much depends on how good a contract an agent can procure for a fighter, and how that fighter performs in the cage - though once you're at legend status, a la Lil Nog, it doesn't really matter, since your name alone draws. Still, there are quite a few points of interest as to how UFC on FOX 12 paid out, so lets take a look at the ten highest paid fighters from the event. Note: these numbers are as provided by the California State Athletic Commission, and do not include Performance or Fight of the Night Bonuses. In that regard, Lawler and Brown took home an extra $50,000 for their fight of the night bout, while Dennis Bermudez and Anthony Johnson took home $50,000 extra each for Performance of the night bonuses.