The official salaries for UFC 116 were:

• Brock Lesnar: $400,000 (no win bonus) def. Shane Carwin: $40,000
• Chris Leben: $86,000 (includes $43,000 win bonus) def. Yoshihiro Akiyama: $45,000
• Chris Lytle: $52,000 ($26,000 win bonus) def. Matt Brown: $10,000
• Stephan Bonnar: $50,000 ($25,000 win bonus) def. Krzysztof Soszynski: $10,000
• George Sotiropoulos: $24,000 ($12,000 win bonus) def. Kurt Pellegrino: $25,000
• Brendan Schuab: $20,000 ($10,000 win bonus) def. Chris Tuchscherer: $12,000
• Ricardo Romero: $16,000 ($8,000 win bonus) def. Seth Petruzelli: $10,000
• Kendall Grove: $50,000 ($25,000 win bonus) def. Goran Reljic: $5,000
• Gerald Harris: $20,000 ($10,000 win bonus) def. Dave Branch: $6,000
• Daniel Roberts: $12,000 ($6,000 win bonus) def. Forrest Petz: $6,000
• Jon Madsen: $16,000 ($8,000 win bonus) def. Karlos Vemola: $8,000