The top earners from UFC 146 were either the current or former UFC heavyweight champions with Junior dos Santos, Frank Mir, and Cain Velasquez all taking home $200,000. ProMMAnow (www.prommanow.com) obtained the salary information from the Nevada State Athletic Commission. The full UFC 146 payout is below:
- Junior dos Santos: ($200,000) defeated Frank Mir: ($200,000)
- Cain Velasquez: ($200,000) defeated Antonio Silva: ($70,000)
- Roy Nelson: ($40,000 including $20,000 win bonus) defeated Dave Herman: ($21,000)
- Stipe Miocic: ($20,000 including $10,000 win bonus) defeated Shane del Rosario: ($20,000)
- Stefan Struve: ($58,000 includes $29,000 win bonus) defeated Lavar Johnson: ($26,000)
- Darren Elkins: ($28,000 includes $14,000 win bonus) defeated Diego Brandao: ($15,000)
- Jamie Varner: ($20,000 includes $10,000 win bonus) defeated Edson Barboza: ($18,000)
- C.B. Dollaway: ($40,000 includes $20,000 win bonus) defeated Jason “Mayhem” Miller: ($45,000)
- Dan Hardy: ($50,000 includes $25,000 win bonus) defeated Duane “Bang” Ludwig: ($18,000)
- Paul Sass: ($20,000 includes $10,000 win bonus) defeated Jacob Volkmann: ($20,000)
- Glover Teixeira: ($30,000 includes $15,000 win bonus) defeated Kyle Kingsbury: ($12,000)
- Mike Brown: ($52,000 includes $26,000 win bonus) defeated Daniel Pineda: ($10,000)
**The above figures are base salaries reported to the commission and do not reflect entire compensation salaries for the event.