Andrei Arlovski's $1.5 million payday tops Affliction's $3.1 million payroll

Andrei Arlovski's $1.5 million payday tops Affliction's $3.1 million payroll

Andrei Arlovski's $1.5 million payday tops Affliction's $3.1 million payroll
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Despite his first-round knockout loss to Fedor Emelianenko, Andrei Arlovski took home the largest disclosed payday -- $1.5 million in all -- from the Jan. 24 "Affliction: Day of Reckoning" event at the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif.

Josh Barnett earned the next-biggest payday with $500,000. Emelianenko earned a reported check worth $300,000.

The total disclosed payroll for the event was $3,093,660, though payout information for main-card fighter Matt Lindland was not immediately available.