Despite a shocking knockout loss to Rashad Evans in the night's main event, Chuck Liddell still received the highest reported payday at this past weekend's "UFC 88: Breakthrough" event with a $500,000 fight purse.MMAjunkie.com today requested and received the list of official salaries from the Georgia Athletic and Entertainment Commission.
Other top earners included UFC 88 main-card winners Dan Henderson ($250,000), Evans ($120,000) and Rich Franklin ($100,000).
The total disclosed payroll for the event was a hefty $1,220,000.
The event took place this past Saturday, Sept. 6, at Atlanta's Philips Arena and aired live on pay per view.
The full list of salaries included:
Now, the usual disclaimer: the figures do not include deductions for items such as insurance, licenses and taxes. Additionally, the figures do not include money paid by sponsors, which can oftentimes be a substantial portion of a fighter's income. They also do not include any other "locker room" or special bonuses the UFC oftentimes pays.
In other words, these are simply base salaries reported to the commission and do not reflect entire compensation packages for the event.
For more on "Breakthrough," be sure to check out our previous coverage, including our UFC 88 results, UFC 88 recap and UFC 88 bonus winners.
For our entire event coverage, check out the UFC 88 page here at MMAjunkie.com.
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