UFC Fight Night 70 Salaries: Machida earns top payday!

By Chris Taylor - June 29, 2015

Machida and Romero Face Off
Despite suffering a third-round knockout loss to Yoel Romero, former UFC champion Lyoto Machida still received the top payout at this past weekend’s UFC Fight Night 70 event earning $200,000 for his efforts.

Here is a list of all the UFC Fight Night 70 salaries, which were obtained by MMAJunkie:

Yoel Romero: $66,000 (includes $33,000 win bonus)
def. Lyoto Machida: $200,000

Lorenz Larkin: $66,000 (includes $33,000 win bonus)
def. Santiago Ponzinibbio: $10,000

Antonio Carlos Junior: $34,000 (includes $17,000 win bonus)
def. Eddie Gordon: $15,000

Thiago “Marreta” Santos: $32,000 (includes $16,000 win bonus)
def. Steve Bosse: $10,000

Hacran Dias: $26,000 (includes $13,000 win bonus)
def. Levan Makashvili: $12,000

Alex Oliveira: $24,000 (includes $12,000 win bonus)
def. Joe Merritt: $10,000

Leandro Silva: $28,000 (includes $13,000 win bonus)*
def. Lewis Gonzalez: $8,000*

Tony Sims: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
def. Steve Montgomery: $10,000

Sirwan Kakai: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
def. Danny Martinez : $10,000

* – Gonzalez missed weight; 20 percent of his purse went to Silva

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