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Tuesday, May 29, 2007

UFC 71 salary info

By Art Shimko
arts767@verizon.net

-- MMAWeekly.com revealed what fighters were paid for this weekend's UFC 71 event:

Chuck Liddell was paid $500,000 while the man who beat him, Quinton Jackson, received $225,000; Karo Parisyan was paid $32,000 and Josh Burkman got $7,000; Ivan Salaverry was paid $17,500 while Terry Martin took home $12,000; Houston Alexander received $8,000 for his massacre against Keith jardine who got only $7,000; Kalib Starnes and Chris Leben both got $10,000 for their fight.

Pre-lim guys: Din Thomas got $28,000 while opponent Jeremy Stevens received $3,000; Wilson Gouveia was given $16,000 and Carmelo Marrero took home $5,000; Thiago Silva received $16,000 while his opponent James Irvin got $7,000; Alan Belcher received $14,000 while the man he defeated, Sean Salmon, was given $3,000.

Total disclosed payroll: $920,500

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