Fighter Salaries for Main Fight Card:
- Cain Velasquez: $200,000 (includes $100,000 win bonus) def. Brock Lesnar: $400,000
- Jake Shields: $150,000 ($75,000 win bonus) def. Martin Kampmann: $27,000
- Diego Sanchez: $100,000 ($50,000 win bonus) def. Paulo Thiago: $18,000
- Matt Hamill: $58,000 ($29,000 win bonus) def. Tito Ortiz: $250,000
- Brendan Schaub: $20,000 ($10,000 win bonus) def. Gabriel Gonzaga: $67,000
Fight Salaries for Preliminary Fight Card:
- Court McGee: $30,000 ($15,000 win bonus) def. Ryan Jensen: $10,000
- Tom Lawlor: $20,000 ($10,000 win bonus) def. Patrick Cote: $21,000
- Daniel Roberts: $16,000 ($8,000 win bonus) def. Mike Guymon: $8,000
- Sam Stout: $32,000 ($16,000 win bonus) def. Paul Taylor: $16,000
- Chris Camozzi: $16,000 ($8,000 win bonus) def. Dongi Yang: $8,000
- Jon Madsen: $16,000 ($8,000 win bonus) def. Gilbert Yvel: $30,000
UFC 121 Disclosed Fighter Payroll: $1.513 million
