UFC 266 salaries and payouts including base pay, win bonuses, performance bonuses and promotional compliance pay are shown in the table below.
This card (on September 25, 2021) was highlighted by TWO title fights and the return of a legend. Alexander Volkanovski defended his belt in a thrilling back and forth battle with Brian “T-City” Ortega. Flyweight queen Valentina Shevchenko stopped Lauren Murphy’s 5-fight win streak with a 4th round KO. Former champion Robbie Lawler stopped former Strikeforce kingpin Nick Diaz after an exciting few rounds filled with striking exchanges. Bonuses went to Volk and Ortega for Fight of the Night and Merab and Daukaus for Perforamance of the Night.
*Note that the official payouts have not been disclosed for this fight card in Las Vegas 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 500,000 views based on the drawing power of this card (this will be updated if official numbers are released)
Assuming Shevchenko and Volk are getting paid using the standard PPV formula.Assuming Volk and Diaz are getting flat, no win bonus contracts. Total Payout to Fighters (including fight purse, PPV points, bonuses and compliance pay): $4,708,500
Total Compliance Pay (Venum): $314,500
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UFC 266 Salaries and Payouts – MMA Salaries
UFC 266 salaries and payouts including base pay, win bonuses, performance bonuses and promotional compliance pay are shown in the table below.
This card (on September 25, 2021) was highlighted by TWO title fights and the return of a legend. Alexander Volkanovski defended his belt in a thrilling back and forth battle with Brian “T-City” Ortega. Flyweight queen Valentina Shevchenko stopped Lauren Murphy’s 5-fight win streak with a 4th round KO. Former champion Robbie Lawler stopped former Strikeforce kingpin Nick Diaz after an exciting few rounds filled with striking exchanges. Bonuses went to Volk and Ortega for Fight of the Night and Merab and Daukaus for Perforamance of the Night.
*Note that the official payouts have not been disclosed for this fight card in Las Vegas 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 500,000 views based on the drawing power of this card (this will be updated if official numbers are released)
Assuming Shevchenko and Volk are getting paid using the standard PPV formula.Assuming Volk and Diaz are getting flat, no win bonus contracts. Total Payout to Fighters (including fight purse, PPV points, bonuses and compliance pay): $4,708,500
Total Compliance Pay (Venum): $314,500