Kurt Pellegrino Out Until 2011 With Torn ACL

Kurt Pellegrino announced that he will have to go under the knife to fix a torn ACL,

Minor setback twitterbugs, dr says I did tear ACL needs to be replaced.Surgery nxt tues. Can’t wait to have a brand new knee n no more probs [Twitter]

Pellegrino is coming off a hard fought decision loss to George Sotiropoulos at UFC 116 “Lesnar vs Carwin”.

UFC 116 Fighter Payouts

The UFC 116 fighter payouts were released today by the Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC). The bigger winner on the card is obviously Brock Lesnar who pulled in 400k plus a 75k Submission of the Night fight bonus. Goran Reljic was the low man on the totem pole, pulling in a ridiculous 5k for his performance. Hopefully he gets a little extra cash from his sponsors, since his fight was broadcast on the PPV, after the main event.

Total Payout: $923,000

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

TG: Junkie

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