Despite the defeat he suffered against Brazilian Fabrício Werdum, the Russian Fedor Emelianenko had the highest salary at M-1 Global Strikeforce, an event held last Saturday, in the city of San José, California. The former Pride champion pocketed 400 thousand dollars despite being caught in the right triangle applied by the Tupiniquim black belt. Check out the full list of salaries from the show:
Fabricio Werdum: $100,000 (no win bonus)
Fedor Emelianenko: $ 400,000
Werdum defeated Emelianenko via triangle submission in R1;
Cung le: $100,000 (no win bonus)
Scott Smith: $ 55,000
Le defeated Smith via knockout in R2;
Chris Cyborg: $35,000 ($15,000 for the performance, $15,000 for the win, $5,000 bonus for defending the belt
Jan Finney: $ 6,000
Chris Cyborg defeated Finney via TKO in R2;
Josh thomson: $60,000 (no win bonus)
Pat Healy: $ 8,000
Thomson defeated Healy via rear naked choke submission in R3;
Chris Cope: $3,000 ($2,000 for performance, $1,000 win bonus)
Ron Keslar: $ 1,500
Cope defeated Keslar via TKO in R2;
Bret Bergmark: $3,000 ($1,500 for performance, $1,500 win bonus)
Vagner-Rocha: $ 2,500
Bergmark defeated Rocha via unanimous decision by the judges;
Yancy medeiros: $8,000 ($4,000 for performance, $4,000 win bonus)
Gareth Joseph: $ 2000
Medeiros defeated Joseph via TKO in R2;
Bobby Stack: $2,800 ($1,300 for performance, $1,500 win bonus)
Derrick Bernsed: $ 2,000
Stack defeated Bernsed via split decision;
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