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The Nevada State Athletic Commission has released fighter salary information based on the UFC 84 card held Saturday, May 24 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center.  The following is information promoters have to submit to the state athletic commissions.  Fighter salaries are public information, just like it is in all major sports.

MAIN EVENT FIGHTERS

- B.J. Penn: $250,000 (defeated Sean Sherk; win bonus was $125,000)
- Sean Sherk: $35,000 (lost to B.J. Penn)

MAIN CARD FIGHTERS

- Tito Ortiz: $210,000 (lost to Lyoto Machida)
- Wanderlei Silva: $150,000 (defeated Keith Jardine)
- Lyoto Machida: $100,000 (defeated Tito Ortiz)
- Keith Jardine: $10,000 (lost to Wanderlei Silva; win bonus would have been $10,000)
- Goran Reljic: $6,000 (defeated Wilson Gouveia; win bonus was $3,000)
- Wilson Gouveia: $18,000 (lost to Goran Reljic)
- Antonio Mendes: $4,000 (lost to Thiago Silva)
- Thiago Silva: $50,000 (defeated Antonio Mendes; win bonus was $25,000)

PRELIMINARY CARD FIGHTERS

- Rousimar Palhares: $10,000 (defeated Ivan Salaverry; win bonus was $5,000)
- Ivan Salaverry: $20,000 (lost to Rousimar Palhares)
- Kazuhiro Nakamura: $20,000 (lost to Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou)
- Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou: $80,000 (defeated Kazuhiro Nakamura; win bonus was $40,000)
- Terry Etim: $10,000 (lost to Rich Clement)
- Rich Clementi: $40,000 (defeated Terry Etim; win bonus was $20,000)
- Yoshiyuki Yoshida: $12,000 (defeated Jon Koppenhaver; win bonus was $6,000)
- Jon Koppenhaver: $8,000 (lost to Yoshiyuki Yoshida)
- Dong Hyun Kim: $40,000 (defeated Jason Tan; win bonus was $20,000)
- Jason Tan: $3,000 (lost to Dong Hyun Kim)
- Shane Carwin: $12,000 (defeated Christian Wellisch; win bonus was $6,000)
- Christian Wellisch: 10,000 (lost to Shane Carwin)

UFC 84 DISCLOSED FIGHTER PAYROLL: $1,098,000