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UFC 156 Payouts: Rashad Evans ($300K) and Alistair Overeem ($285K) top disclosed $1.75 million payroll
Feb 4, 2013 - 2:00:02 PM UFC 156 Payouts: Rashad Evans ($300K) and Alistair Overeem ($285K) top disclosed $1.75 million payroll

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By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief

The Nevada State Athletic Commission has released the disclosed payroll for Saturday's UFC 156, with six fighters on the night's card earning six figures in a total payroll of $1,755,714.29. Topping the night's earnings were Rashad Evans, who took home $300,000 in his loss to Antonio Rogerio Nogueira, and Alistair Overeem, who earned just over $285K in his third round knockout loss to Bigfoot Silva. Evans missed out on a win bonus of $215,000, while Overeem missed out on just shy of $145,000 he would have earned with a win. The full list of payouts is below:

* Jose Aldo: $240,000 (includes $120,000 win bonus)
* Frankie Edgar: $120,000
* Antonio Rogerio Nogueira: $174,000 (includes $67,000 win bonus)
* Rashad Evans: $300,000
* Antonio Silva: $70,000 (includes no win bonus)
* Alistair Overeem: $285,714.29
* Demian Maia: $120,000 (includes $60,000 win bonus)
* Jon Fitch: $66,000
* Joseph Benavidez: $60,000 (includes $30,000 win bonus)
* Ian McCall: $9,000
* Evan Dunham: $46,000 (includes $23,000 win bonus)
* Gleison Tibau: $33,000
* Tyron Woodley: $87,000 (includes $43,500 win bonus)
* Jay Hieron: $12,000
* Bobby Green: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
* Jacob Volkmann: $22,000
* Isaac Vallie-Flagg: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
* Yves Edwards: $21,000
* Dustin Kimura: $16,000 (includes $8,000 win bonus)
* Chico Camus: $8,000
* Francisco Rivera: $16,000 (includes $8,000 win bonus)
* Edwin Figueroa: $10,000