Machida earned an event-high $200,000 for his controversial main event win over Rua, while “Shogun” received $155,000 for his efforts.

Other top earners included Joe Stevenson ($94,000), Cain Velasquez ($70,000), and Chael Sonnen ($54,000).

14,892 fans attended the card at the Staples Center, generating a $1,762,549 live gate.

The disclosed fighter salaries for UFC 104 were:

• Lyoto Machida ($200,000 – no win bonus) def. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua ($155,000)
• Cain Velasquez ($70,000 – includes $35,000 win bonus) def. Ben Rothwell ($50,000)
• Gleison Tibau ($38,000 – $19,000 win bonus) def. Josh Neer ($14,000)
• Joe Stevenson ($94,000 – $47,000 win bonus) def. Spencer Fisher ($26,000)
• Anthony Johnson ($27,000 – $15,000 win bonus) def. Yoshiyuki Yoshida ($15,000)*
• Ryan Bader ($30,000 – $15,000 win bonus) def. Eric Schafer ($13,000)
• Pat Barry ($14,000 – $7,000 win bonus) def. Antoni Hardonk ($16,000)
• Chael Sonnen ($54,000 – $27,000 win bonus) def. Yushin Okami ($18,000)
• Jorge Rivera ($36,000 – $18,000 win bonus) def. Rob Kimmons ($9,000)
• Kyle Kingsbury ($16,000 – $8,000 win bonus) def. Razak Al-Hassan ($3,000)
• Stefan Struve ($14,000 – $7,000 win bonus) def. Chase Gormley ($10,000)

Remember, the salaries listed above are simply those reported by the UFC to the athletic commission and do not represent a fighter’s actual earnings.

In addition to their salaries above, Barry earned an extra $120,000, while Hardonk and Stuve each received $60,000 in “fight night” bonuses.

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* Figures reflect Johnson forfeiting $3,000 ( 20% of $15,000 show money) to Yoshida for failing to make weight.

Pictured: Lyoto Machida

In a decision that was met with boos from the live crowd and claims of robbery and calls for an immediate rematch from online fans, the judges awarded Machida the victory with 48-47 scores despite Rua winning the bout on nearly every observer’s scorecard.

Rua’s strategy relied on damaging leg and body kicks that left Machida battered after the five-round technical showdown, while Machida connected less frequently with precision strikes. Despite more frequent and damaging blows, the decision was given to the reigning champ, who was defending the title for the first time since winning the belt from Rashad Evans in May.

Machida remains undefeated, improving to 16-0 in the victory with his eight-straight wins inside the Octagon tied for second-best in the promotion’s history, while Rua falls to 18-4 in defeat.

In the UFC 104 co-headliner, Cain Velasquez cemented his status as a top heavyweight contender with a dominating win over Ben Rothwell. After blitzing the IFL veteran for the entirety of the opening round, Velasquez picked up where he left off in the second, taking Rothwell to the ground and quickly finishing him with punches.

Velasquez, now 8-0 on his career with five-straight UFC wins, remains in line for a future title show, while Rothwell falls to 30-7 and will return to the Octagon in search of his first UFC win to get him back on track.

In other main card action, Gleison Tibau used dominant takedowns to pick up a decision over Josh Neer, Joe Stevenson forced Spencer Fisher to tap to a barrage of elbows, and Antony Johnson earned a 41-second knockout of Yoshiyuki Yoshida.

On the preliminary card, The Ultimate Fighter 8 winner Ryan Bader earned a unanimous decision over Eric Schafer, Pat Barry kicked off the Spike TV card with an impressive second-round TKO of Antoni Hardonk, Chael Sonnen dominated Yushin Okami en route to a unanimous decision win, and Jorge Rivera, Kyle Kingsbury, and Stefan Struve also earned wins.

The official results for UFC 104 were:

• Lyoto Machida (c) def. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua via unanimous decision (48-47, 48-47, 48-47)
  UFC Light Heavyweight Championship
• Cain Velasquez def. Ben Rothwell via TKO (strikes) — Round 2, 0:58
• Gleison Tibau def. Josh Neer via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
• Joe Stevenson def. Spencer Fisher via submission (strikes) — Round 2, 4:03
• Anthony Johnson def. Yoshiyuki Yoshida via TKO (strikes) — Round 1, 0:41
• Ryan Bader def. Eric Schafer via unanimous decison (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
• Patrick Barry def. Antoni Hardonk via TKO (strikes) — Round 2, 2:30
• Chael Sonnen def. Yushin Okami via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
• Jorge Rivera def. Rob Kimmons via TKO (strikes) — Round 3, 1:53
• Kyle Kingsbury def. Razak Al-Hassan via split decision (28-29, 29-28, 29-28)
• Stefan Struve def. Chase Gormley via submission (triangle choke) — Round 1, 4:04

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Pictured: Lyoto Machida

Light heavyweight champ Lyoto Machida (202.5) and challenger Mauricio “Shogun” Rua (204.5) successfully made weight for the UFC 104 main event, as did co-headliners Cain Velasquez (238) and Ben Rothwell (265).

Welterweight knockout artist Anthony Johnson will likely be moving to middleweight for his next bout after weighing in 6 pounds over the division’s 170 pound limit. Johnson will forfeit 20 percent of his purse to opponent Yoshiyuki Yoshida, who weighed in at 170 pounds, but the fight will go on as scheduled.

Lightweights Josh Neer and Gleison Tibau both narrowly missed the division’s 155 pound limit for their matchup, but have agreed that neither will need to shed extra weight, instead meeting at a 157 pound catchweight.

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The official weigh-in results were:

MAIN CARD

• 205: Lyoto Machida (c) (202.5) vs. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua (204.5)
  UFC Light Heavyweight Championship
• 265: Cain Velasquez (238) vs. Ben Rothwell (265)
• 155: Joe Stevenson (155.5) vs. Spencer Fisher (155)
• 170: Anthony Johnson (176) vs. Yoshiyuki Yoshida (170)*
• 155: Josh Neer (156.5) vs. Gleison Tibau (157)**

PRELIMINARY CARD

• 205: Ryan Bader (205) vs. Eric Schafer (205.5)
• 265: Antoni Hardonk (249.5) vs. Patrick Barry (237)
• 185: Yushin Okami (185) vs. Chael Sonnen (185)
• 185: Jorge Rivera (185) vs. Rob Kimmons (185)
• 205: Kyle Kingsbury (205.5) vs. Razak Al-Hassan (204.5)
• 265: Stefan Struve (243.5) vs. Chase Gormley (262)

* Johnson, who weighed in 6 pounds over the welterweight limit, will forfeit 20% of his purse to Yoshida for failing to make weight, but the fight will go on as scheduled.
** Neer and Tibau have agreed to fight at a catchweight of 157-pounds after both weighed in over the lightweight limit.

Pictured: Lyoto Machida

Notable additions to the card include middleweight contender Yushin Okami,  a winner of three-straight and 7 of his 8 UFC fights, who meets Chael Sonnen on the untelevised UFC 104 preliminary card, as well as former lightweight champion Sean Sherk, whose fight against Gleison Tibau has been shifted from UFC 103 to the UFC 104 main card.

The official fight card for UFC 104 now features:

MAIN CARD

• Lyoto Machida (c) vs. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua
  UFC Light Heavyweight Championship
• Cain Velasquez vs. Ben Rothwell
• Sean Sherk vs. Gleison Tibau
• Joe Stevenson vs. Spencer Fisher
• Anthony Johnson vs. Yoshiyuki Yoshida

PRELIMINARY CARD

• Antoni Hardonk vs. Pat Barry
• Yushin Okami vs. Chael Sonnen
• Jorge Rivera vs. Rob Kimmons
• Ryan Bader vs. Eric Schafer
• Razak Al-Hassan vs. Kyle Kingsbury
• Chase Gormley vs. Stefan Struve

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Pictured: Sean Sherk

Stevenson (30-10) is coming off a “Fight of the Night” unanimous decision win over Nate Diaz in June, while Fisher has won three-straight, most-recently defeating Caol Uno in June.

UFC 104 is headlined by a light heavyweight championship bout between title-holder Lyoto Machida and Mauricio “Shogun” Rua.

The current rumored card for the pay-per-view event includes:

• Lyoto Machida (c) vs. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua
  UFC Light Heavyweight Championship
• Shane Carwin vs. Cain Velasquez
• Yushin Okami vs. Chael Sonnen
• Ryan Bader vs. Eric Schafer
• Ben Rothwell vs. Chase Gormley
• Joe Stevenson vs. Spencer Fisher
• Antoni Hardonk vs. Pat Barry
• Razak Al-Hassan vs. Kyle Kingsbury
• Anthony Johnson vs. Yoshiyuki Yoshida
• Jorge Rivera vs. Rob Kimmons

Check out the MMAFrenzy.com UFC rumors section for the latest UFC 104 rumors.

Pictured: Joe Stevenson

Jeff Glover vs. Wilson Reis:

Rumina Sato vs. Ulysses Gomez:

Rumina “Moon Wolf” Sato will take on Ulysses “Useless” Gomez in the headlining superfight on July 10, while UFC veteran Vinny Magalhaes will also compete that day against an opponent to be announced. Saturday’s lineup features grappling matches between four-time Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu world champion and WEC contender Fredson Paixao against 22-time Grapplers Quest champ Jeff “Pipelayer” Glover, as well as UFC lightweight contender Joe “Daddy” Stevenson against Bill “The Grill” Cooper.

“For fans of the ground game, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see some of the world’s premier grapplers in one place competing against each other,” said UFC President Dana White in a press release announcing the bouts.

Tickets for the first-ever UFC Fan Expo – which leads up to the historic UFC 100 event that takes place at the Mandalay Bay Events Center on Saturday, July 11th – are limited, but are still on sale and can be bought exclusively at www.ufcfanexpo.com. V.I.P. Passes sold out quickly, but fans can still buy tickets to the Expo, and Customers that purchase in advance will receive $10 off the two-day pass.

The UFC has also announced that is will be officially revealing the cast for The Ultimate Fighter 10: Heavyweights at the Fan Expo on Friday July 10.

[Pictured: Joe Stevenson]

According to NSAC executive director Keith Kizer, fighters Diego Sanchez, Clay Guida, DaMarques Johnson, James Wilks, Ross Pearson, Andre Winner, Chris Lytle, Joe Stevenson, Brad Blackburn, Nick Osipczak, Melvin Guillard, and Tomasz Drwal tested negative at the Spike-televised event, which took place at The Pearl in Las Vegas.

For more TUF 9 Finale coverage click here.

[Pictured: TUF 9 lightweight winner Ross Pearson]

Sanchez earned $90,000 for his main event win over Clay Guida ($23,000), while Stevenson received $70,000 by topping Nate Diaz ($20,000) in the first bout of the Spike-televised main card. The total disclosed payroll for the event (excluding fight night bonuses) was $430,000.

The event took place at The Pearl in Las Vegas and drew a sell-out attendance of 1,800 for a live gate of $500,000.

The official salaries for The Ultimate Fighter 9 Finale, as reported to the NSAC, were:

• Diego Sanchez ($90,000 – includes $45,000 win bonus)* def. Clay Guida ($23,000)*
• James Wilks ($16,000 – includes $8,000 win bonus) def. DaMarques Johnson ($8,000)
• Chris Lytle ($36,000 – includes $18,000 win bonus)* def. Kevin Burns ($9,000)*
• Ross Pearson ($16,000) def. Andre Winner ($8,000)
• Joe Stevenson ($70,000 – includes $35,000 win bonus)* def. Nate Diaz ($20,000)*
• Melvin Guillard ($24,000) – includes $12,000 win bonus) def. Gleison Tibau ($17,000)
• Brad Blackburn ($18,000 – includes $9,000 win bonus) def. Edgar Garcia ($5,000)
• Tomasz Drwal ($15,600 – includes $7,000 win bonus)*^ def. Mike Ciesnoleviscz ($6,400)^
• Nick Osipczak ($16,000 – includes $8,000 win bonus) def. Frank Lester ($8,000)
• Jason Dent ($16,000 – includes $8,000 win bonus)* def. Cameron Dollar ($8,000)

* Salaries do not include fight night bonuses.
^ The salaries of Drwal and Ciesnoleviscz have been adjusted for the 20% ($1,600) Ciesnoleviscz paid Drwal for failing to make weight.

[Pictured: Diego Sanchez]

Sanchez edged Guida by split decision in the evening’s main event following a standup war that saw Sanchez nearly finish Guida early in the opening frame only to have The Carpenter fight his way back into the fight with ground and pound in the second and third rounds. Ultimately it was Sanchez’s multiple near finishes and cut-opening elbows from his back that earned him split decision victory.

Lytle and Burns also engaged in a standup brawl that saw Burns rock Lytle late in round one only to have Lytle survive to open up a deep gash that sent blood streaming early in the third. The cut may have been the deciding factor in the bout as Lytle was awarded the unanimous decision win.

Stevenson put his recent training with Greg Jackson on full display in a technical tussle with Diaz, as “Daddy” battered Diaz on the feet and was constantly applying pressure on the ground en route to unanimous decision victory.

All six “Fight of the Night” winners, along with Jason Dent who earned “Submission of the Night” and Tomasz Drwal who was awarded “Knockout of the Night”, received $25,000 bonuses.

Click here to read MMAFrenzy.com’s TUF 9 Finale recap and official results.

[Pictured: Joe Stevenson]