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
UFC 266 Detailed Payouts
| Fighter | Opponent | Date | Event | Result | Base Salary | Win Bonus | PPV Buys | PPV Payout (est) | Performance Bonus | Sponsorship | Total | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Volkanovski | Brian Ortega | 9/25/2021 | UFC 266 | W | $300,000 | $0 | 500,000 | $400,000 | $50,000 | $42,000 | $792,000 | |
| Merab Dvalishvili | Marlon Moraes | 9/25/2021 | UFC 266 | W | $40,000 | $40,000 | $50,000 | $6,000 | $136,000 | |||
| Brian Ortega | Alexander Volkanovski | 9/25/2021 | UFC 266 | L | $300,000 | $0 | $32,000 | $332,000 | ||||
| Curtis Blaydes | Jairzinho Rozenstruik | 9/25/2021 | UFC 266 | W | $100,000 | $100,000 | $11,000 | $211,000 | ||||
| Marlon Moraes | Merab Dvalishvili | 9/25/2021 | UFC 266 | L | $120,000 | $0 | $6,000 | $126,000 | ||||
| Dan Hooker | Nasrat Haqparast | 9/25/2021 | UFC 266 | W | $150,000 | $150,000 | $16,000 | $316,000 | ||||
| Jairzinho Rozenstruik | Curtis Blaydes | 9/25/2021 | UFC 266 | L | $70,000 | $0 | $6,000 | $76,000 | ||||
| Robbie Lawler | Nick Diaz | 9/25/2021 | UFC 266 | W | $250,000 | $100,000 | $21,000 | $371,000 | ||||
| Valentina Shevchenko | Lauren Murphy | 9/25/2021 | UFC 266 | W | $200,000 | $200,000 | 500,000 | $400,000 | $50,000 | $42,000 | $892,000 | |
| Lauren Murphy | Valentina Shevchenko | 9/25/2021 | UFC 266 | L | $100,000 | $0 | $32,000 | $132,000 | ||||
| Nick Diaz | Robbie Lawler | 9/25/2021 | UFC 266 | L | $400,000 | $0 | $11,000 | $411,000 | ||||
| Jessica Andrade | Cynthia Calvillo | 9/25/2021 | UFC 266 | W | $100,000 | $100,000 | $16,000 | $216,000 | ||||
| Cynthia Calvillo | Jessica Andrade | 9/25/2021 | UFC 266 | L | $72,000 | $0 | $6,000 | $78,000 | ||||
| Nasrat Haqparast | Dan Hooker | 9/25/2021 | UFC 266 | L | $42,000 | $0 | $6,000 | $48,000 | ||||
| Shamil Abdurakhimov | Chris Daukaus | 9/25/2021 | UFC 266 | L | $30,000 | $0 | $6,000 | $36,000 | ||||
| Chris Daukaus | Shamil Abdurakhimov | 9/25/2021 | UFC 266 | W | $40,000 | $40,000 | $50,000 | $4,500 | $134,500 | |||
| Roxanne Modafferi | Taila Santos | 9/25/2021 | UFC 266 | L | $60,000 | $0 | $11,000 | $71,000 | ||||
| Taila Santos | Roxanne Modafferi | 9/25/2021 | UFC 266 | W | $24,000 | $24,000 | $4,500 | $52,500 | ||||
| Uros Medic | Jalin Turner | 9/25/2021 | UFC 266 | L | $20,000 | $0 | $4,000 | $24,000 | ||||
| Jalin Turner | Uros Medic | 9/25/2021 | UFC 266 | W | $20,000 | $20,000 | $6,000 | $46,000 | ||||
| Cody Brundage | Nick Maximov | 9/25/2021 | UFC 266 | L | $12,000 | $0 | $4,000 | $16,000 | ||||
| Nick Maximov | Cody Brundage | 9/25/2021 | UFC 266 | W | $14,000 | $14,000 | $4,000 | $32,000 | ||||
| Matthew Semelsberger | Martin Sano Jr. | 9/25/2021 | UFC 266 | W | $30,000 | $30,000 | $4,500 | $64,500 | ||||
| Martin Sano Jr. | Matthew Semelsberger | 9/25/2021 | UFC 266 | L | $12,000 | $0 | $4,000 | $16,000 | ||||
| Jonathan Pearce | Omar Morales | 9/25/2021 | UFC 266 | W | $20,000 | $20,000 | $4,500 | $44,500 | ||||
| Omar Morales | Jonathan Pearce | 9/25/2021 | UFC 266 | L | $30,000 | $0 | $4,500 | $34,500 |
