UFC Vegas 263 salaries and payouts including base pay, win bonuses, performance bonuses and promotional compliance pay are shown in the table below.
The card was highlighted by two title fights – one contested at middleweight between champion Israel Adesanya and Marvin Vettori, and the other at flyweight between champion Deiveson Figueiredo and Brandon Moreno. A highly anticipated tilt between Leon Edwards and Nate Diaz was also on the ticket.
Edwards largely controlled the pace of the fight with Diaz, staggering him with leg kicks. The tide almost turned in the fifth and final round however as Diaz nearly knocked out Edwards in the final minute. Moreno dominated the champion Figueiredo with blistering fast hands and terrific grappling. Moreno was eventually able to submit the Brazilian with a rear naked choke to take control of the flyweight belt. In the main event, Adesanya put together a striking clinic against a game Vettori. In the end, Adesanya was just too much and he defended his belt.
Moreno took a $50k performance of the night bonus and so did Drew Dober and Brad Riddell for their Fight of the Night. Paul Craig took home the other $50k bonus for his brutal dislocation of Jamahal Hill’s arm.
*The base pay numbers are OFFICIAL as provided by the Arizona Department of Gaming. The win bonuses were redacted from the released document so the numbers are assumed (later released according to MMAFighting.com although we didn’t receive that updated document). All promotional compliance pay figures are based on the formula negotiated with Venum.
PPV Assumptions
Estimates online indicate 600,000 PPV buys globally
Assuming champions got PPV points – Figueiredo and Adesanya
Assuming that Nate Diaz also has PPV points in his contract
Formula for PPV can be found here
Other notes
Steven Peterson was fined 20% of his purse for missing weight – the base goes to his opponent Chase Hooper and the win portion goes to the commission. Peterson’s disclosed base pay for the fight was $23,000 which we assume is NOT adjusted for 20%. The value in the table below has been adjusted accordingly.
Total Payout to Fighters (including fight purse, PPV points, bonuses and compliance pay): $5,586,900
Total Compliance Pay (Venum): $358,500
UFC Vegas 263 Detailed Payouts
| Fighter | Opponent | Date | Event | Result | Base Salary | Win Bonus | PPV Buys | PPV Payout (est) | Performance Bonus | Sponsorship | Total | Comments | Source 1 | Source 2 | Source 3 | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belal Muhammad | Demian Maia | 6/12/2021 | UFC 263 | W | $80,000 | $80,000 | $11,000 | $171,000 | 14 | 4 | ||||||
| Leon Edwards | Nate Diaz | 6/12/2021 | UFC 263 | W | $110,000 | $110,000 | $11,000 | $231,000 | 14 | 8 | ||||||
| Israel Adesanya | Marvin Vettori | 6/12/2021 | UFC 263 | W | $500,000 | $0 | 600,000 | $600,000 | $42,000 | $1,142,000 | champ | 12 | ||||
| Jamahal Hill | Paul Craig | 6/12/2021 | UFC 263 | L | $28,000 | $0 | $4,500 | $32,500 | 5 | 13 | ||||||
| Brandon Moreno | Deiveson Figueiredo | 6/12/2021 | UFC 263 | W | $100,000 | $100,000 | $50,000 | $32,000 | $282,000 | contender | 24 | |||||
| Deiveson Figueiredo | Brandon Moreno | 6/12/2021 | UFC 263 | L | $210,000 | $0 | 600,000 | $600,000 | $42,000 | $852,000 | champ | 31 | ||||
| Marvin Vettori | Israel Adesanya | 6/12/2021 | UFC 263 | L | $350,000 | $0 | $32,000 | $382,000 | contender | 63 | ||||||
| Nate Diaz | Leon Edwards | 6/12/2021 | UFC 263 | L | $250,000 | $0 | 600,000 | $600,000 | $21,000 | $871,000 | 26 | 74 | ||||
| Drew Dober | Brad Riddell | 6/12/2021 | UFC 263 | L | $87,000 | $0 | $50,000 | $16,000 | $153,000 | 17 | 101 | |||||
| Demian Maia | Belal Muhammad | 6/12/2021 | UFC 263 | L | $175,000 | $0 | $21,000 | $196,000 | 33 | 119 | ||||||
| Paul Craig | Jamahal Hill | 6/12/2021 | UFC 263 | W | $55,000 | $55,000 | $50,000 | $11,000 | $171,000 | 12 | Unranked | |||||
| Brad Riddell | Drew Dober | 6/12/2021 | UFC 263 | W | $40,000 | $40,000 | $50,000 | $4,500 | $134,500 | 4 | Unranked | |||||
| Eryk Anders | Darren Stewart | 6/12/2021 | UFC 263 | W | $75,000 | $75,000 | $11,000 | $161,000 | 12 | Unranked | ||||||
| Darren Stewart | Eryk Anders | 6/12/2021 | UFC 263 | L | $45,000 | $0 | $11,000 | $56,000 | 13 | Unranked | ||||||
| Lauren Murphy | Joanne Calderwood | 6/12/2021 | UFC 263 | W | $70,000 | $70,000 | $11,000 | $151,000 | 11 | Unranked | ||||||
| Joanne Calderwood | Lauren Murphy | 6/12/2021 | UFC 263 | L | $51,000 | $0 | $11,000 | $62,000 | 13 | Unranked | ||||||
| Movsar Evloev | Hakeem Dawodu | 6/12/2021 | UFC 263 | W | $36,000 | $36,000 | $4,500 | $76,500 | 5 | Unranked | ||||||
| Hakeem Dawodu | Movsar Evloev | 6/12/2021 | UFC 263 | L | $55,000 | $0 | $6,000 | $61,000 | 7 | Unranked | ||||||
| Pannie Kianzad | Alexis Davis | 6/12/2021 | UFC 263 | W | $28,000 | $28,000 | $6,000 | $62,000 | 6 | Unranked | ||||||
| Alexis Davis | Pannie Kianzad | 6/12/2021 | UFC 263 | L | $43,000 | $0 | $11,000 | $54,000 | 13 | Unranked | ||||||
| Matt Frevola | Terrance McKinney | 6/12/2021 | UFC 263 | L | $23,000 | $0 | $6,000 | $29,000 | 6 | Unranked | ||||||
| Terrance McKinney | Matt Frevola | 6/12/2021 | UFC 263 | W | $12,000 | $12,000 | $4,000 | $28,000 | 2 | Unranked | ||||||
| Chase Hooper | Steven Peterson | 6/12/2021 | UFC 263 | L | $41,600 | $0 | $4,500 | $46,100 | Opponent Fined | 5 | Unranked | |||||
| Steven Peterson | Chase Hooper | 6/12/2021 | UFC 263 | W | $18,400 | $18,400 | $6,000 | $42,800 | Fined 20% | 6 | Unranked | |||||
| Fares Ziam | Luigi Vendramini | 6/12/2021 | UFC 263 | W | $14,000 | $14,000 | $4,000 | $32,000 | 3 | Unranked | ||||||
| Luigi Vendramini | Fares Ziam | 6/12/2021 | UFC 263 | L | $15,000 | $0 | $4,000 | $19,000 | 3 | Unranked | ||||||
| Carlos Felipe | Jake Collier | 6/12/2021 | UFC 263 | W | $25,000 | $25,000 | $4,500 | $54,500 | 4 | Unranked | ||||||
| Jake Collier | Carlos Felipe | 6/12/2021 | UFC 263 | L | $28,000 | $0 | $6,000 | $34,000 | 9 | Unranked |
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