Ok, it is time to get paid  The Nevada State Athletic Commission released the salaries for UFC 86 today.  Notice that Grabriel Gonzaga (mentioned in the piece below) made $100,000.  The man was on the under card.  How does someone go from fighting in the main event for the HW title, to the under card a few fights later?  Either way, Gonzaga was the third highest paid fighter on the card.  Joe Stevenson and Josh Koschek also had a nice payday in UFC terms.  These figures do not include the fight of the night bonuses which were $60,000.  Fight of the Night went to Griffin and Jackson.  Submission of the night went to Cole Miller and the knock out of the night went to melvin Guillard.

MAIN EVENT:

Forrest Griffin: $250,000 (includes $150,000 win bonus) def.
Quinton Jackson: $225,000

Patrick Cote: $32,000 ($16,000 win bonus) def.
Ricardo Almeida: $23,000

Joe Stevenson: $60,000 ($30,000 win bonus) def.
Gleison Tibau: $11,000

Josh Koscheck: $70,000 ($35,000 win bonus) def.
Chris Lytle: $14,000

Tyson Griffin: $40,000 ($20,000 win bonus) def.
Marcus Aurelio: $40,000

Gabriel Gonzaga: $100,000 ($50,000 win bonus) def.
Justin McCully: $5,000

Cole Miller: $20,000 ($10,000 win bonus) def.
Jorge Gurgel: $ 10,000

Melvin Guillard: $20,000 ($10,000 win bonus) def.
Dennis Siver: $7,000

Justin Buchholz: $8,000 ($4000 win bonus) def.
Corey Hill: $8,000

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