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Brock Lesnar defeated Shane Carwin on Saturday at UFC 119, and took home 43% of the night's disclosed payroll in the process. The Nevada State Athletic Commission has released the disclosed payroll figures for the event, and Lesnar took home $400,000 of the night's $923,000 payroll. The full disclosed payroll, not including bonus money, pay-per-view percentages for Lesnar and any other bonuses from the UFC, are below:
• Brock Lesnar: $400,000 (no win bonus)
• Shane Carwin: $40,000
• Chris Leben: $86,000 ($43,000 win bonus)
• Yoshihiro Akiyama: $45,000
• Chris Lytle: $52,000 ($26,000 win bonus)
• Matt Brown: $10,000
• Stephan Bonnar: $50,000 ($25,000 win bonus)
• Krzysztof Soszynski: $10,000
• George Sotiropoulos: $24,000 ($12,000 win bonus)
• Kurt Pellegrino: $25,000
• Brendan Schuab: $20,000 ($10,000 win bonus)
• Chris Tuchscherer: $12,000
• Ricardo Romero: $16,000 ($8,000 win bonus)
• Seth Petruzelli: $10,000
• Kendall Grove: $50,000 ($25,000 win bonus)
• Goran Reljic: $5,000
• Gerald Harris: $20,000 ($10,000 win bonus)
• David Branch: $6,000
• Daniel Roberts: $12,000 ($6,000 win bonus)
• Forrest Petz: $6,000
• Jon Madsen: $16,000 ($8,000 win bonus)
• Karlos Vemola: $8,000
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