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UFC 187 Salaries: Rumble takes home $500,000 for title shot against DC, matches Weidman

The numbers are in and, at least wihtout any locker room pay or PPV points, Anthony Johnson and Chris Weidman were the big salary winners at UFC 187.

A big PPV card means some big UFC salaries, or at least that's the fallout from UFC 187 on the pay scale end of things. Fighters took home a combined $2.45 million, with Chris Weidman and, surprisingly, Anthony Johnson leading the way with half a million in reported salary each. By comparison, Daniel Cormier's reported base pay was just $180,000, just over half as much as Vitor Belfort made in a loss.