UFC Vegas 39 Salaries and Payouts – MMA Salaries

UFC Vegas 39 (UFC on ESPN+ 52, UFC Fight Night 194, UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Rodriguez) salaries and payouts including base pay, win bonuses, performance bonuses, and promotional compliance pay are shown in the table below. This card (on October 9, 2021) was highlighted by a clash between two rising strawweight contenders in Mackenzie Dern and Marina Rodriguez. Despite some sticky grappling situations, Rodriguez was able to strike her way to a unanimous decision over the Brazilian Jiu Jitsu World Champion Dern.

Bonuses went to Dern/Rodriguez, Loopy Godinez and Agapova.

The fight between Deron Winn and Phil Hawes was cancelled after some wild circumstances:

This is wild. Deron Winn vs. Phil Hawes canceled. Chris Curtis steps in very late to face Hawes. Curtis makes weight. Hawes declines the opponent change. And JAMES KRAUSE (@TheJamesKrause) who is there to coach Tim Elliott, offers to step on the scale and take the Curtis fight!

— Brett Okamoto (@bokamotoESPN) October 8, 2021

*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): $1,223,400
Total Compliance Pay (Venum): $118,000

UFC Vegas 39 Detailed Payouts