UFC 57: Liddell vs. Couture 3 was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on February 4, 2006. It was held at the Mandalay Bay Events Center on the Las Vegas Strip in Nevada, and broadcast live on pay-per-view in the United States.
Headlining the card was an anticipated rubber match between top UFC stars and former coaches of The Ultimate Fighter Chuck Liddell and Randy Couture, widely touted and marketed as MMA's first major trilogy.
It was the UFC's largest grossing gate to date, $3.3 million, in addition to an estimate of over 400,000 pay-per-view buys. The disclosed fighter payroll for the event was $667,000.
Chuck Liddell: $250,000
Randy Couture: $225,000
Renato "Babalu" Sobral: $32,000
Frank Mir: $26,000
Paul Buentello: $22,000
Joe Riggs: $20,000
Mike Van Arsdale: $16,000
Keith Jardine: $10,000
Nick Diaz: $10,000
Alessio Sakara: $10,000
Brandon Vera: $10,000
Marcio Cruz: $8,000
Elvis Sinosic: $6,000
Jeff Monson: $6,000
Mike Whitehead: $5,000
Justin Eilers: $5,000
Branden Lee Hinkle: $4,000
Gilbert Aldana: $2,000
Disclosed Fighter Payroll: $667,000
The following fighters were honored in the October 2011 book titled UFC Encyclopedia.