UFC On Fuel 3 Salaries: Donald Cerrone Top Earner at 60k

May 15, 2012; Fairfax, VA, USA; Donald Cerrone raises his hand in victory over Jeremy Stephens during the Korean zombie vs Poirier event at Patriot Center. Mandatory Credit: Rafael Suanes-US PRESSWIRE

The Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation in Virginia released the salaries from Tuesday's UFC on Fuel 3 card, and Donald Cerrone made out the best with a $60,000 payday. Not far behind was Amir Sadollah with $48,000. Cerrone earned more than both main eventers, Chan Sung Jung and Dustin Poirier,combined. They can take solace in the fact that they both earned performance bonus money though - the Korean Zombie picked up an additional 80k, while Poirier got 40k. Tom Lawlor also picked up 40k for his knockout of the night performance. Here's the rundown of the salaries (preliminary card after the jump:

Chan Sung Jung: $34,000 ($17,000 win bonus)
Dustin Poirier: $14,000

Amir Sadollah: $48,000 ($24,000 win bonus)
Jorge Lopez: $6,000

Donald Cerrone: $60,000 ($30,000 win bonus)
Jeremy Stephens: $24,000

Yves Jabouin: $20,000 ($10,000 win bonus)
Jeff Hougland: $8,000

Igor Pokrajac: $34,000 ($17,000 win bonus)
Fabio Maldonado: $11,000

Tom Lawlor: $24,000 ($12,000 win bonus)
Jason MacDonald: $19,000

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Brad Tavares: $20,000 ($10,000 win bonus)
Dongi Yang: $12,000

Cody McKenzie: $20,000 ($10,000 win bonus)
Marcus LeVesseur: $6,000

T.J. Grant: $30,000 ($15,000 win bonus)
Carlo Prater: $10,000

Rafael dos Anjos: $32,000 ( $16,000 win bonus)
Kamal Shalorus: $11,000

Johnny Eduardo: $12,000 ($6,000 win bonus)
Jeff Curran: $8,000

Francisco Rivera: $12,000 ($6,000 win bonus)
Alex Soto: $6,000

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