UFC Fight Night: Diaz vs. Neer

UFC Fight Night: Diaz vs. Neer (also known as UFC Fight Night 15) was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on September 17, 2008, at the Omaha Civic Auditorium in Omaha, Nebraska.

Background
The event served as the lead-in to the premiere of The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir on Spike TV.

Jeremy Horn was originally scheduled to face Wilson Gouveia on this card, but was injured. He was replaced by Ryan Jensen.

Bonus Awards
Fighters were awarded $30,000 bonuses.


 * Fight of the Night: Nate Diaz vs. Josh Neer
 * Knockout of the Night: Alessio Sakara
 * Submission of the Night: Wilson Gouveia

Purses
Below are the fighter base salaries for the event. The total base fighter payroll was $305,000.


 * Nate Diaz — $40,000 ($20,000 to show, $20,000 to win)
 * Josh Neer — $9,000
 * Clay Guida — $26,000 ($13,000 to show, $13,000 to win)
 * Mac Danzig — $15,000
 * Alan Belcher — $26,000 ($13,000 to show, $13,000 to win)
 * Ed Herman — $16,000
 * Eric Schafer — $12,000 ($6,000 to show, $6,000 to win)
 * Houston Alexander — $13,000
 * Alessio Sakara — $34,000 ($17,000 to show, $17,000 to win)
 * Joe Vedepo — $3,000
 * Wilson Gouveia — $36,000 ($18,000 to show, $18,000 to win)
 * Ryan Jensen — $4,000
 * Joe Lauzon — $20,000 ($10,000 to show, $10,000 to win)
 * Kyle Bradley — $4,000
 * Jason Brilz — $6,000 ($3,000 to show, $3,000 to win)
 * Brad Morris — $4,000
 * Mike Massenzio — $6,000 ($3,000 to show, $3,000 to win)
 * Drew McFedries — $16,000
 * Dan Miller — $10,000 ($5,000 to show, $5,000 to win)
 * Rob Kimmons — $5,000