UFC Vegas 34 Salaries and Payouts – MMA Salaries

UFC Vegas 34 (UFC on ESPN: Cannonier vs. Gastelum, UFC on ESPN 29) salaries and payouts including base pay, win bonuses, performance bonuses, and promotional compliance pay are shown in the table below.

This card (on August 21, 2021) was highlighted by a middleweight scrap between #9 Kelvin Gastelum and #3 Jared Cannonier. Cannonier won a close decision that could have gone either way. This card also featured Olympic silver medalist Mark Madsen vs 30-fight UFC veteran Clay Guida. Madsen was able to eek out a split decision to stay undefeated.

The prelims were full of highlights and the bonus payouts showed that. Three out of four of the performance of the night bonuses went to prelim fighters (Josiane Nunes, Ignacio Bahamondes, and William Knight). The lone main card bonus went to Alexandre Pantoja.*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. Total Payout to Fighters (including fight purse, PPV points, bonuses, and compliance pay): $1,669,100

Total Compliance Pay (Venum): $155,500

UFC Vegas 34 Detailed Payouts