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By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief
The Nevada State Athletic Commission has released the disclosed pay figures for Saturday's UFC 143 event from Las Vegas. Unsurprisingly, headliner Nick Diaz topped the night's $880,000 payroll with $200,000 in his loss to Carlos Condit. Condit came in third on the night at $110K, while longtime UFC vet Josh Koscheck earned $146K in his win over Mike Pierce. Full payroll figures are below (via MMAJunkie.com):
* Carlos Condit: $110,000 (includes $55,000 win bonus)
* Nick Diaz: $200,000
* Fabricio Werdum: $100,000 (no win bonus)
* Roy Nelson: $20,000
* Josh Koscheck: $146,000 (includes $73,000 win bonus)
* Mike Pierce: $20,000
* Renan Barao: $22,000 (includes $11,000 win bonus)
* Scott Jorgensen: $20,500
* Ed Herman: $62,000 (includes $31,000 win bonus)
* Clifford Starks: $8,000
* Dustin Poirier: $24,000 (includes $12,000 win bonus)
* Max Holloway: $6,000
* Edwin Figueroa: $16,000 (includes $8,000 win bonus)
* Alex Caceres: $8,000
* Matt Brown: $30,000 (includes $15,000 win bonus)
* Chris Cope: $8,000
* Matt Riddle: $30,000 (includes $15,000 win bonus)
* Henry Martinez: $6,000
* Rafael Natal: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
* Michael Kuiper: $6,000
* Stephen Thompson: $12,000 (includes $6,000 win bonus)
* Dan Stittgen: $5,000
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