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The Massachusetts State Athletic Commission has released the disclosed payroll figures for last weekend's UFC 118 event, and topping the night's disclosed payroll was James Toney with a $500,000 payday for the three minutes he spent in the cage with Randy Couture. Randy Couture, B.J. Penn and Frankie Edgar all fell in line after that at the top of the disclosed numbers. Full payroll is below:
• Frankie Edgar $96,000 (includes $48,000 win bonus)
• B.J. Penn $150,000
• Randy Couture $250,000
• James Toney $500,000
• Demian Maia $68,000
• Mario Miranda $8,000
• Gray Maynard $46,000 (includes $23,000 win bonus)
• Kenny Florian $65,000
• Nate Diaz $60,000 (includes $30,000 win bonus)
• Marcus Davis $31,000
• Joe Lauzon $24,000 (includes $12,000 win bonus)
• Gabe Ruediger $8,000
• Nik Lentz $22,000 (includes $11,000 win bonus)
• Andre Winner $10,000
• Dan Miller $30,000 (includes $15,000 win bonus)
• John Salter $8,000
• Greg Soto $12,000 (includes $6,000 win bonus)
• Nick Osipczak $10,000
• Mike Pierce $24,000 (includes $12,000 win bonus)
• Amilcar Alves $6,000
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