Randy ‘The Natural’ Couture (18-10-0) claimed baller status following his rear naked choke victory over Mark ‘The Hammer’ Coleman (16-9-0) at UFC 109: Relentless this past weekend. Baller status comes naturally to Couture who has been in the MMA game for well over a decade and would have earned his $250,000 purse win, lose or draw.

Other notable payouts went to Matt ‘The Terror’ Serra (10-6-0) who took home a $75K win bonus which he folded over another knot of $60K for delivering the ‘Knockout of the Night’. Oh, and Serra also received $75K just for showing up, which nets him a cool $210K for a night’s work – not bad, but not ballin’ like Randy Couture!

‘Submission of the Night’ awards ($60K) went to Paulo Thiago for his beautifully executed D’arce choke on Mike Swick, and both Chael Sonnen and Nate Marquardt took home $60K as their bout was crowned ‘Fight of the Night’ by UFC president Dana White.

In total, UFC handed out $1,199,000 in disclosed payroll, and below you will find a complete list of each fighter’s share of the loot:

Note: Winners are listed first and in bold, losers second (the way it should be)

Randy Couture: $250,000
Mark Coleman: $60,000

Chael Sonnen: $124,000 ($32,000 win bonus, $60,000 FOTN bonus)
Nate Marquardt: $105,000 ($60,000 FOTN bonus)

Paulo Thiago: $90,000 ($15,000 win bonus, $60,000 SOTN bonus)
Mike Swick: $43,000

Demian Maia: $62,000 ($31,000 win bonus)
Dan Miller: $15,000

Matt Serra: $210,000 ($75,000 win bonus, $60,000 KOTN bonus)
Frank Trigg: $30,000

Mac Danzig: $40,000 ($20,000 win bonus)
Justin Buchholz: $8,000

Melvin Guillard: $28,000 ($14,000 win bonus)
Ronys Torres: $4,000

Rob Emerson: $24,000 ($12,000 win bonus)
Phillipe Nover: $10,000

Phil Davis: $10,000 ($5,000 win bonus)
Brian Stann: $17,000

Chris Tuchscherer: $20,000 ($10,000 win bonus)
Tim Hague: $7000

Joey Beltran: $12,000 ($6,000 win bonus)
Rolles Gracie: $15,000

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