Beating a slew of Brazilian legends seems to have paid off for Chris Weidman. The UFC's middleweight champion led the payroll for Saturday's UFC 187 pay-per-view in Las Vegas, pocketing $500,000 in purse income for his first-round victory over Vitor Belfort in the night's co-main event, according to figures released to MMAFighting.com by the Nevada Athletic Commission.
Joining Weidman atop the disclosed salary list was light heavyweight title challenger Anthony Johnson. "Rumble" scored a $500,000 payday despite dropping his bid for Jon Jones' vacant UFC title with a third-round submission loss to Daniel Cormier in the card's headlining bout.