Main-card fighter Robbie Lawler ($156,000) and preliminary-card competitors Melvin Guillard ($84,000) and Ed Herman ($74,000) earned the biggest disclosed paydays from this past weekend’s UFC on FOX 8 event. MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) today obtained the salary/fight-purse information from the Washington State Department of Licensing. UFC on FOX 8 took place July 27 at Seattle’s KeyArena, and the main card aired on FOX following prelims on FX and Facebook. UFC flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson , who submitted John Moraga in the night’s main event, tied for the fifth largest disclosed payday on the card. He earned $58,000, which included a $29,000 win bonus. The total disclosed payroll for the event was $850,000. The full UFC on FOX 8 paydays included: Demetrious Johnson: $58,000 (includes $29,000 win bonus) def. John Moraga: $17,000 Rory MacDonald : $48,000 (includes $24,000 win bonus) def. Jake Ellenberger : $52,000 Robbie Lawler: $156,000 (includes $78,000 win bonus) def.
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UFC on FOX 8 salaries: Lawler, Guillard, Herman earn top disclosed paydays – MMA Junkie