This Superbowl weekend pay per view card (On February 12, 2022) is highlighted by a rematch between middleweight champion Israel Adesanya and former champion Robert Whittaker. In his last title defense, Adesanya took a one-sided decision against Marvin Vettori. Before that win, however, Adesanya tasted defeat for the first time as he tried to move up to take the light heavyweight title off Jan Blachowicz. Adesanya looks to continue his reign at middleweight against Bobby Knuckles. Whittaker has won 12 of his last 13 fights with his lone defeat coming to Adesanya. We shouldn’t expect much jiu jitsu in the co-main event as Derrick Lewis and Tai Tuivasa look to slug it out. The two heavyweights have had 51 total fights in their career and have only gone the distance 8 times. Also highlighting the main card is a fight with major title implications as Jared Cannonier battles Derek Brunson.
Odds: Adesanya is a 3 to 1 favorite at -300 while Whittaker is at +220 at BetUS
Update: Adesanya defended his title after five hard fought rounds against Whittaker. Whittaker found some success with his takedowns but Adesanya’s pinpoint striking and ability to get back to his feet ultimately won him the unanimous decision. In the co-main event, a Tai Tuivasa elbow knocked out hometown favorite Derrick Lewis. Tuivasa put himself in clear title contention with the win. Bonuses went to Tuivasa, Jared Cannonier, Sergei Morozov and Douglas Silva de Andrade.
*Note that the official payouts have not been disclosed for this fight card in Texas 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:
Assuming only Adesanya is getting PPV Share
Assuming Adesanya, Whittaker, and Andrei Arlovski are getting paid flat salaries with no potential win bonus
Solely for the purposes of salary estimation, assuming 550,000 buys based on the increased cost and the drawing power of the card
Assume Dana White Contender Series appearances count towards number of UFC fights as it relates to Venum pay
Total Payout for UFC 271: $4,728,500
Venum (Sponsorship) Fighter payout: $274,500
Performance Bonus money paid out: $200,000 (Tuivasa, Cannonier, Morozov, Silva de Andrade)
UFC 271 Detailed Payouts
| Fighter | Opponent | Date | Event | Result | Base Salary | Win Bonus | PPV Buys | PPV Payout (est) | Performance Bonus | Sponsorship | Total | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Israel Adesanya | Robert Whittaker | 2/12/2022 | UFC 271 | W | $1,000,000 | $0 | 550,000 | $500,000 | $42,000 | $1,542,000 | ||
| Robert Whittaker | Israel Adesanya | 2/12/2022 | UFC 271 | L | $600,000 | $0 | $32,000 | $632,000 | ||||
| Derrick Lewis | Tai Tuivasa | 2/12/2022 | UFC 271 | L | $300,000 | $0 | $21,000 | $321,000 | ||||
| Jared Cannonier | Derek Brunson | 2/12/2022 | UFC 271 | W | $100,000 | $100,000 | $50,000 | $11,000 | $261,000 | |||
| Derek Brunson | Jared Cannonier | 2/12/2022 | UFC 271 | L | $100,000 | $0 | $16,000 | $116,000 | ||||
| Renato Moicano | Alexander Hernandez | 2/12/2022 | UFC 271 | W | $60,000 | $50,000 | $11,000 | $121,000 | ||||
| Tai Tuivasa | Derrick Lewis | 2/12/2022 | UFC 271 | W | $100,000 | $100,000 | $50,000 | $11,000 | $261,000 | |||
| Alexander Hernandez | Renato Moicano | 2/12/2022 | UFC 271 | L | $60,000 | $0 | $6,000 | $66,000 | ||||
| Bobby Green | Nasrat Haqparast | 2/12/2022 | UFC 271 | W | $72,000 | $72,000 | $16,000 | $160,000 | ||||
| Nasrat Haqparast | Bobby Green | 2/12/2022 | UFC 271 | L | $60,000 | $0 | $6,000 | $66,000 | ||||
| Andrei Arlovski | Jared Vanderaa | 2/12/2022 | UFC 271 | W | $360,000 | $0 | $21,000 | $381,000 | ||||
| Jared Vanderaa | Andrei Arlovski | 2/12/2022 | UFC 271 | L | $36,000 | $0 | $4,500 | $40,500 | ||||
| Roxanne Modafferi | Casey O'Neill | 2/12/2022 | UFC 271 | L | $60,000 | $0 | $11,000 | $71,000 | ||||
| Casey O'Neill | Roxanne Modafferi | 2/12/2022 | UFC 271 | W | $26,000 | $26,000 | $4,500 | $56,500 | ||||
| Kyler Phillips | Marcelo Rojo | 2/12/2022 | UFC 271 | W | $30,000 | $30,000 | $4,500 | $64,500 | ||||
| Marcelo Rojo | Kyler Phillips | 2/12/2022 | UFC 271 | L | $20,000 | $0 | $4,000 | $24,000 | ||||
| Carlos Ulberg | Fabio Cherant | 2/12/2022 | UFC 271 | W | $24,000 | $24,000 | $4,000 | $52,000 | ||||
| Fabio Cherant | Carlos Ulberg | 2/12/2022 | UFC 271 | L | $20,000 | $0 | $4,500 | $24,500 | ||||
| Leomana Martinez | Ronnie Lawrence | 2/12/2022 | UFC 271 | L | $18,000 | $0 | $4,000 | $22,000 | ||||
| Ronnie Lawrence | Leomana Martinez | 2/12/2022 | UFC 271 | W | $14,000 | $14,000 | $4,000 | $32,000 | ||||
| A.J. Dobson | Jacob Malkoun | 2/12/2022 | UFC 271 | L | $12,000 | $0 | $4,000 | $16,000 | ||||
| Jacob Malkoun | A.J. Dobson | 2/12/2022 | UFC 271 | W | $15,000 | $15,000 | $4,000 | $34,000 | ||||
| Douglas Silva de Andrade | Sergey Morozov | 2/12/2022 | UFC 271 | W | $40,000 | $40,000 | $50,000 | $6,000 | $136,000 | |||
| Sergey Morozov | Douglas Silva de Andrade | 2/12/2022 | UFC 271 | L | $20,000 | $0 | $50,000 | $4,000 | $74,000 | |||
| Jeremiah Wells | Mike Mathetha | 2/12/2022 | UFC 271 | W | $16,000 | $16,000 | $4,000 | $36,000 | ||||
| Mike Mathetha | Jeremiah Wells | 2/12/2022 | UFC 271 | L | $14,000 | $0 | $4,000 | $18,000 | ||||
| William Knight | Maxim Grishin | 2/12/2022 | UFC 271 | L | $36,000 | $0 | $6,000 | $42,000 | Fined 40% | |||
| Maxim Grishin | William Knight | 2/12/2022 | UFC 271 | W | $44,000 | $20,000 | $4,500 | $68,500 | Rcv'd 40% |
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