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By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief
The Virginia Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation, which oversaw Tuesday's UFC on Fuel 3 event from the Patriot Center in Fairfax, has released the officially disclosed payroll figures for the event.
Topping the list of payouts for the event were Donald Cerrone and Amir Sadollah, who combined accounted for 22 percent of the event's $481,000 payroll. The full list of payouts is below (via MMAJunkie.com):
* Chan Sung Jung: $34,000 (includes $17,000 win bonus)
* Dustin Poirier: $14,000
* Amir Sadollah: $48,000 (includes $24,000 win bonus)
* Jorge Lopez: $6,000
* Donald Cerrone: $60,000 (includes $30,000 win bonus)
* Jeremy Stephens: $24,000
* Yves Jabouin: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
* Jeff Hougland: $8,000
* Igor Pokrajac: $34,000 (includes $17,000 win bonus)
* Fabio Maldonado: $11,000
* Tom Lawlor: $24,000 (includes $12,000 win bonus)
* Jason MacDonald: $19,000
* Brad Tavares: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
* Dongi Yang: $12,000
* Cody McKenzie: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
* Marcus LeVesseur: $6,000
* T.J. Grant: $30,000 (includes $15,000 win bonus)
* Carlo Prater: $10,000
* Rafael dos Anjos: $32,000 (includes $16,000 win bonus)
* Kamal Shalorus: $11,000
* Johnny Eduardo: $12,000 (includes $6,000 win bonus)
* Jeff Curran: $8,000
* Francisco Rivera: $12,000 (includes $6,000 win bonus)
* Alex Soto: $6,000
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