UFC 187 fighter salaries are out and there are a few strange payouts

UFC 187 is done and dusted, and now the fighters' earnings for the vent have been released.

https://twitter.com/MikeChiappetta/status/603315803623006208 The biggest earners on the night were Chris Weidman and Anthony Johnson. Middleweight champ Weidman banked a cool $500,000 ($250,000 to show, %250,000 to win) for successfully defending his belt against Vitor Belfort. While Anthony Johnson took home the same amount, despite losing his light heavyweight title fight with Daniel Cormier. Rumble's big pay day might have had something to do with Jon Jones being forced to withdraw from the fight, after he was banned indefinitely from the sport. The salaries also showed the UFC's valuation of the lower divisions. For example, flyweight contenders John Dodson and Joseph Benavidez both earned less than welterweight gatekeeper Dong Hyun Kim. You can see the breakdown of all the fighters' payouts for the event below.

Daniel Cormier: $180,000 ($90,000 to show, $90,000 to win) Anthony Johnson: $500,000 Cormier def. Johnson by submission

Chris Weidman: $500,000 ($250,000 to show, $250,000 to win) Vitor Belfort: $300,000 Weidman def. Belfort by technical knockout

Donald Cerrone: $152,000 ($76,000 to show, $76,000 to win) John Makdessi: $30,000 Cerrone def. Makdessi by technical knockout

Andrei Arlovski: $84,000 ($42,000 to show, $42,000 to win) Travis Browne: $60,000 Arlovski def. Browne by technical knockout

Joseph Benavidez: $106,000 ($53,000 to show, $53,000 to win) John Moraga: $28,000 Benavidez def. Moraga by unanimous decision

John Dodson: $40,000 ($20,000 to show, $20,000 to win) Zach Makovsky: $19,000 Dodson def. Makovsky by unanimous decision

Dong Hyun Kim: $116,000 ($58,000 to show, $58,000 to win) Josh Burkman: $45,000 Kim def. Burkman by submission

Rafael Natal: $70,000 ($35,000 to show, $35,000 to win) Uriah Hall: $14,000 Natal def. Hall by split decision

Colby Covington: $24,000 ($12,000 to show, $12,000 to win) Mike Pyle: $51,000 Covington def. Pyle by unanimous decision

Islam Makhachev: $20,000 ($10,000 to show, $10,000 to win) Leo Kuntz: $10,000 Makhachev def. Kuntz by submission

Justin Scoggins: $30,000 ($15,000 to show, $15,000 to win) Josh Sampo: $13,000 Scoggons def. Sampo by unanimous decision