UFC 276 (on July 2, 2022) was a pay per view card that featured two title fights. Israel Adesanya defended his middleweight belt in a grinding affair against Jared Cannonier. Cannonier was aggressive but the counterstriking of the champion proved to be too much as Adesanya took a 5-round decision. Alexander Volkanovski left no doubt about who the greatest featherweight in the world is right now after dominating former champion Max Holloway over five rounds. Holloway was left battered and bloodied after falling once again to the Aussie. A dangerous middleweight title contender emerged during the main card as well as kickboxing world champ Alex Periera knocked out a tough Sean Strickland.
Bonuses went to Periera, Julija Stoliarenko, and Jalin Turner for Performance of the Night while Bryan Barbarena and Robbie Lawler took home Fight of the Night honors.
*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:
Only champions getting PPV Points (Adesanya, Volk)
Estimating 400,000 PPV buys based on the cards drawing power (solely for the purposes of estimating PPV share)
Total Payout for UFC 275: $6,485,500
Venum (Sponsorship) Fighter payout: $363,500
Performance Bonus money paid out: $250,000 + $60,000 Crypto.com bonuses = $310,000
UFC 276 Detailed Payouts
| Fighter | Opponent | Date | Event | Result | Base Salary | Win Bonus | PPV Buys | PPV Payout (est) | Performance Bonus | Sponsorship | Total | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Volkanovski | Max Holloway | 7/2/2022 | UFC 276 | W | $1,000,000 | $0 | 400,000 | $200,000 | $20,000 | $42,000 | $1,262,000 | |
| Alex Pereira | Sean Strickland | 7/2/2022 | UFC 276 | W | $90,000 | $90,000 | $60,000 | $4,000 | $244,000 | |||
| Israel Adesanya | Jared Cannonier | 7/2/2022 | UFC 276 | W | $1,500,000 | $0 | 400,000 | $200,000 | $30,000 | $42,000 | $1,772,000 | |
| Max Holloway | Alexander Volkanovski | 7/2/2022 | UFC 276 | L | $500,000 | $0 | $32,000 | $532,000 | ||||
| Jared Cannonier | Israel Adesanya | 7/2/2022 | UFC 276 | L | $250,000 | $0 | $32,000 | $282,000 | ||||
| Robbie Lawler | Bryan Barberena | 7/2/2022 | UFC 276 | L | $200,000 | $0 | $50,000 | $21,000 | $271,000 | |||
| Pedro Munhoz | Sean O'Malley | 7/2/2022 | UFC 276 | W | $100,000 | $100,000 | $11,000 | $211,000 | ||||
| Donald Cerrone | Jim Miller | 7/2/2022 | UFC 276 | L | $250,000 | $0 | $21,000 | $271,000 | ||||
| Sean O'Malley | Pedro Munhoz | 7/2/2022 | UFC 276 | L | $150,000 | $0 | $6,000 | $156,000 | ||||
| Sean Strickland | Alex Pereira | 7/2/2022 | UFC 276 | L | $100,000 | $0 | $16,000 | $116,000 | ||||
| Bryan Barberena | Robbie Lawler | 7/2/2022 | UFC 276 | W | $60,000 | $60,000 | $50,000 | $11,000 | $181,000 | |||
| Jalin Turner | Brad Riddell | 7/2/2022 | UFC 276 | W | $42,000 | $42,000 | $50,000 | $6,000 | $140,000 | |||
| Brad Riddell | Jalin Turner | 7/2/2022 | UFC 276 | L | $72,000 | $0 | $6,000 | $78,000 | ||||
| Jim Miller | Donald Cerrone | 7/2/2022 | UFC 276 | W | $120,000 | $120,000 | $21,000 | $261,000 | ||||
| Ian Garry | Gabriel Green | 7/2/2022 | UFC 276 | W | $30,000 | $30,000 | $4,000 | $64,000 | ||||
| Gabriel Green | Ian Garry | 7/2/2022 | UFC 276 | L | $16,000 | $0 | $4,000 | $20,000 | ||||
| Dricus du Plessis | Brad Tavares | 7/2/2022 | UFC 276 | W | $24,000 | $24,000 | $4,000 | $52,000 | ||||
| Brad Tavares | Dricus du Plessis | 7/2/2022 | UFC 276 | L | $60,000 | $0 | $21,000 | $81,000 | ||||
| Andre Muniz | Uriah Hall | 7/2/2022 | UFC 276 | W | $50,000 | $50,000 | $6,000 | $106,000 | ||||
| Uriah Hall | Andre Muniz | 7/2/2022 | UFC 276 | L | $100,000 | $0 | $21,000 | $121,000 | ||||
| Maycee Barber | Jessica Eye | 7/2/2022 | UFC 276 | W | $50,000 | $50,000 | $6,000 | $106,000 | ||||
| Jessica Eye | Maycee Barber | 7/2/2022 | UFC 276 | L | $60,000 | $0 | $16,000 | $76,000 | ||||
| Julija Stoliarenko | Jessica-Rose Clark | 7/2/2022 | UFC 276 | W | $24,000 | $24,000 | $50,000 | $4,500 | $102,500 | |||
| Jessica-Rose Clark | Julija Stoliarenko | 7/2/2022 | UFC 276 | L | $36,000 | $0 | $6,000 | $42,000 |
