Tito Ortiz: One and Done

Antonio Rodrigo "Minotauro" Nogueira -- $200,000 ($100,000 to show, $100,000 to win)
Tim Sylvia -- $100,000
Nogueira defeated Sylvia via submission (guillotine choke) in round three

Frank Mir -- $80,000 ($40,000 to show, $40,000 to win)
Brock Lesnar -- $250,000
Mir defeated Lesnar via submission (kneebar) in round one

Nate Marquardt -- $52,000 ($26,000 to show, $26,000 to win)
Jeremy Horn -- $25,000
Marquardt defeated Horn via submission (guillotine choke) in round two

Ricardo Almeida -- $40,000 ($20,000 to show, $20,000 to win)
Rob Yundt -- $5,000
Almeida defeated Yundt via submission (guillotine choke) in round one

Tyson Griffin -- $36,000 ($18,000 to show, $18,000 to win)
Gleison Tibau -- $11,000
Griffin defeated Tibau via unanimous decision

Chris Lytle -- $24,000 ($12,000 to show, $12,000 to win)
Kyle Bradley -- $4,000
Lytle defeated Bradley via technical knockout (strikes) in round one

Tim Boetsch -- $12,000 ($6,000 to show, $6,000 to win)
David Heath -- $6,000
Boetsch defeated Heath via technical knockout (strikes) in round one

Marvin Eastman-- $14,000 ($7,000 to show, $7,000 to win)
Terry Martin -- $12,000
Eastman defeated Martin via unanimous decision

Rob Emerson -- $16,000 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 to win)
Keita Nakamura -- $5,000
Emerson defeated Nakamura via split decision

Keep in mind the salaries listed above do not include fight bonuses, sponsorships, percentages and other unofficial payments. It also does not include deductions for expenses such as insurance, taxes, etc.

For example, the UFC often hands out extra cash for "Fight of the Night," "Knockout of the Night" and "Submission of the Night." To check out these figures for UFC 81 go here.

The total base fighter payroll for UFC 81 was $892,000.

in 2007 there was 4,800,000 pay per view buys with $255,000,000 in sales

UFC just rakes in the money and they pay out shit all to fighters and the contracts Dana White wants badly limits the fighters

some people may think Tito Ortis is a chump and hate him but i agree with him and the other fighters that are talking about this issue