Hughes earns $260K from UFC 98 win

Matt Hughes earned $260,000 for his win over Matt Serra at UFC 98.

Lyoto Machida and Rashad Evans did both earn $200,000 for their fight at the recent UFC event.

The payments from UFC 98 as verified by the Nevada State Athletic Commission were:

Lyoto Machida – $200,000 (including $70,000 win bonus, $60,000 Knockout of the Night bonus) def. Rashad Evans – $200,000

Matt Hughes – $260,000 (including $100,000 win bonus, $60,000 Fight of the Night bonus) def. Matt Serra – $135,000 (including $60,000 Fight of the Night bonus)

Drew McFedries – $34,000 (including $17,000 win bonus) def. Xavier Foupa-Pokam – $6,000

Chael Sonnen – $50,000 (including $25,000 win bonus) def. Dan Miller – $15,000

Frankie Edgar – $40,000 (including $20,000 win bonus) def. Sean Sherk – $40,000

Brock Larson – $102,000 (including $21,000 win bonus, $60,000 Submission of the Night bonus) def. Mike Pyle -$15,000

Tim Hague – $10,000 (including $5,000 win bonus) def. Patrick Barry – $7,000

Kyle Bradley – $8,000 (including $5,000 win bonus) def. Phillipe Nover – $10,000

Krzysztof Soszynski – $16,000 (including $8,000 win bonus) def. Andre Gusmao – $5,000

Yoshiyuki Yoshida – $16,000 (including $8,000 win bonus) def. Brandon Wolff – $3,000

George Roop – $16,000 (including $8,000 win bonus) def. David Kaplan – $8,000

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