UFC 265 salaries and payouts including base pay, win bonuses, performance bonuses and promotional compliance pay are shown in the table below.
This card (on August 8, 2021) was highlighted by an interim heavyweight title fight between Derrick Lewis and Ciryl Gane. Gane put on a kickboxing clinic and wore down “The Black Beast” eventually winning by TKO in the third round. Jose Aldo also topped Pedro Munhoz in a war that went the distance. Bonuses went to Rafael Fiziev/Bobby Green, Vicente Luque, Miles Johns, Jessica Penne and Gane. Former Rizin champion Manel Kape missed weight and was ineligible for a performance bonus following his flying knee KO of Ode Osbourne.
*Note that the official payouts have not been disclosed for this fight card in Houston so the salaries listed are based on estimates of previous contracts, trends and drawing power. Other assumptions are made like expected contract changes. All promotional compliance pay figures are based on the formula negotiated with Venum.
Assumptions:For the purposes of PPV share estimation, we are using 400,000 views based on the drawing power of this card (this will be updated if official numbers are released)Assuming Lewis and Gane are getting paid using the standard PPV formulaAssuming Aldo, Lewis, Gane are getting flat base pay with no win bonus
Gane revealed in interviews that his salary for the fight was $350,000. Assuming this is PPV bonus + base pay and excludes Venum/Performance Bonus.
Total Payout to Fighters (including fight purse, PPV points, bonuses and compliance pay): $3,421,500
Total Compliance Pay (Venum): $273,500
12 Sep 2025
UFC 265 Salaries and Payouts – MMA Salaries
UFC 265 salaries and payouts including base pay, win bonuses, performance bonuses and promotional compliance pay are shown in the table below.
This card (on August 8, 2021) was highlighted by an interim heavyweight title fight between Derrick Lewis and Ciryl Gane. Gane put on a kickboxing clinic and wore down “The Black Beast” eventually winning by TKO in the third round. Jose Aldo also topped Pedro Munhoz in a war that went the distance. Bonuses went to Rafael Fiziev/Bobby Green, Vicente Luque, Miles Johns, Jessica Penne and Gane. Former Rizin champion Manel Kape missed weight and was ineligible for a performance bonus following his flying knee KO of Ode Osbourne.
*Note that the official payouts have not been disclosed for this fight card in Houston so the salaries listed are based on estimates of previous contracts, trends and drawing power. Other assumptions are made like expected contract changes. All promotional compliance pay figures are based on the formula negotiated with Venum.
Assumptions:For the purposes of PPV share estimation, we are using 400,000 views based on the drawing power of this card (this will be updated if official numbers are released)Assuming Lewis and Gane are getting paid using the standard PPV formulaAssuming Aldo, Lewis, Gane are getting flat base pay with no win bonus
Gane revealed in interviews that his salary for the fight was $350,000. Assuming this is PPV bonus + base pay and excludes Venum/Performance Bonus.
Total Payout to Fighters (including fight purse, PPV points, bonuses and compliance pay): $3,421,500
Total Compliance Pay (Venum): $273,500