Diego Sanchez scored an event-high base salary of $70,000 for his dominating victory over Luigi Fioravanti at Saturday's live finale for "The Ultimate Fighter 7: Team Rampage vs. Team Forrest."
Other top earners from the event, which took place at The Palms Las Vegas and aired live on Spike TV, included Spencer Fisher ($36,000) and main-event winner Kendall Grove ($32,000). "TUF7" champion Amir Sadollah earned $16,000.
The total disclosed payroll for the event was $410,000.
The reported salaries included:
* Kendall Grove ($32,000) def. Evan Tanner ($25,000)
* Amir Sadollah ($16,000) def. C.B. Dollaway ($8,000)
* Diego Sanchez ($70,000) def. Luigi Fioravanti ($10,000)
* Spencer Fisher ($36,000) def. Jeremy Stephens ($16,000)
* Matthew Riddle ($16,000) def. Dante Rivera ($8,000)
* Dustin Hazelett ($24,000) def. Josh Burkman ($10,000)
* Drew McFedries ($26,000) def. Marvin Eastman ($9000)
* Matt Brown ($16,000) def. Matt Arroyo ($8,000)
* Dean Lister ($28,000) def. Jeremy Horn ($25,000)
* Tim Credeur ($8,000) vs. Cale Yarbrough ($8,000)*
* Rob Kimmons ($6,000) def. Rob Yundt ($5,000)
