UFC on Versus Salaries: Junior Dos Santos Earns $120,000

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Kongo added $110,000 into his bank account with the win over Paul Buentello making him the top earner from UFC on VS (before bonuses). Jon Jones earned a cool $40,000 for his first round stoppage of Brandon Vera and also earned an additional $50,000 for knock out of the night.  Junior Dos Santos earned himself $70,000 for his knock out of Gabriel Gonzaga, and also won a bonus for knock out of the night which carried his total earnings to $120,000 for the night.  Full fighter payouts after the jump

Jon Jones ($20,000+$20,000=$40,000) def. Brandon Vera ($60,000)
Junior Dos Santos ($35,000+$35,000=$70,000) def. Gabriel Gonzaga ($67,000)
Cheick Kongo ($55,000+$55,000=$110,000) def. Paul Buentello ($40,000)
Alessio Sakara ($21,000+$21,000=$42,000) def. James Irvin ($20,000)
Clay Guida ($25,000+$25,000=$50,000) def. Shannon Gugerty ($9,000)
Vladimir Matyushenko ($28,000+$28,000=$56,000) def. Eliott Marshall ($10,000)
Darren Elkins ($6,000+$6,000=$12,000) def. Duane Ludwig ($12,000)
John Howard ($13,000+$13,000=$26,000) def. Daniel Roberts ($6,000)
Brendan Schaub ($10,000+$10,000=$20,000) def. Chase Gormley ($10,000)
Mike Pierce ($8,000+$8,000=$16,000) def. John Paulino ($6,000)
Jason Brilz ($9,000+$9,000=$18,000) def. Eric Schafer ($13,000)

In addition to the above fight purses, the UFC awarded Jones (KO of the Night), Dos Santos (KO of the Night), Howard (KO of the Night) and Guida (Submission of the Night) each with a $50,000 bonus at the post-fight press conference.