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Brown tops UFC Fight Night 40 salaries

May 12, 2014 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

MMA Junkie reports the salaries from UFC Fight Night 40 this past Saturday.  Main eventer Matt Brown topped the modest salary payroll of $680,000.

Via MMA Junkie:

Matt Brown: $82,000 (includes $41,000 win bonus)
def. Erick Silva: $22,000

Constantinos Philippou: $46,000 (includes $23,000 win bonus)
def. Lorenz Larkin: $28,000

Daron Cruickshank: $24,000 (includes $12,000 win bonus)
def. Erik Koch: $18,000

Neil Magny: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
def. Tim Means: $10,000

Soa Palelei: $32,000 (includes $16,000 win bonus)
def. Ruan Potts: $10,000

Chris Cariaso: $42,000 (includes $21,000 win bonus)
def. Louis Smolka: $10,000

Ed Herman: $80,000 (includes $40,000 win bonus)
def. Rafael Natal: $26,000

Kyoji Horiguchi: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
def. Darrell Montague: $8,000

Zak Cummings: $16,000 (includes $8,000 win bonus)
def. Yan Cabral: $10,000

Johnny Eduardo: $16,000 (includes $8,000 win bonus)
def. Eddie Wineland: $21,000

Nik Lentz: $58,000 (includes $29,000 win bonus)
def. Manny Gamburyan: $25,000

Justin Salas: $24,000 (includes $12,000 win bonus)
def. Ben Wall: $8,000

Albert Tumenov: $16,000 (includes $8,000 win bonus)
def. Anthony Lapsley: $8,000

Payout Perspective:

Brown had a great night as he made a reported total of $182,000 including the $100,000 in bonuses.  Ed Herman also did well with $80K total  Johnny Eduardo received a $50K bonus in addition to his $16K but was suspended 30 days for throwing his mouthpiece into the crowd in what has to be a UFC first.

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