The California State Athletic Commission has released the fighter salaries from the July 26th EliteXC event that took place on CBS. The night featured three title belts; none of which ending in an upset. The numbers for the event were down significantly compared to the inaugural event in May. Although the card may have lacked “star” power, the quality of the fights and fighters was much improved. Notice the 
discrepancy in the salaries. The highest paid participant was Antonio Silva, who ironically was not featured on CBS. He headlined the prelude to the CBS show which aired on Showtime. Silva made more than twice the amount of the CBS headliner and MW champion Robbie Lawler. Although some of the fighters on CBS such as Tomas Denny earned a minimal wage, one can speculate that they were able to obtain lucrative sponsorship deals.
Robbie Lawler: $90,000 (which included a $45,000 win bonus)
def. Scott Smith: $14,000
Nick Diaz: $60,000 (no win bonus)
def. Thomas Denny: $8,500
Jake Shields: $45,000 ($10,000 win bonus)
def. Nick Thompson: $25,000
Cristiane Cyborg: $6,000 ($3,000 win bonus)
def. Shayna Baszler: $8,000
Antonio Silva: $200,000 ($100,000 win bonus)
def. Justin Eilers: $20,000
Rafael “Feijao” Cavalcante: $20,000 ($10,000 win bonus)
def. Travis Galbraith: $5,000
Wilson Reis: $5,000 ($2,500 win bonus)
def. Bryan Caraway: $2,000
Anthony Ruiz: $5,001 ($3,00O win bonus)
def. Jeremy Freitag: $2,5000
David Douglas: $4,000 ($1,500 win bonus)
def. Marlon Matias: $2,500
Carl Seumanutafa: $4,000 ($2,000 win bonus)
def. Mike Cook: $2000
Drew Montgomery: $3,000 ($1,500 win bonus)
def. Brandon Tarn: $2,000