UFC 284 (on February 11, 2023) is a pay per view card featuring a matchup between two of the best pound for pound fighters in the world in Alexander Volkanovski and Islam Makhachev. Volk is looking to become the 5th double weight class champion in UFC history following in the footsteps of Henry Cejudo, Conor McGregor, Amanda Nunes and Daniel Cormier. Makhachev will look to employ his smothering Dagestani wrestling on the Aussie as he defends his lightweight title. In the co-main event, Yair Rodriguez and Josh Emmett battle for the interim featherweight title.
Update: In the thrilling main event, Islam Makhachev used his sensational grappling to stifle a game Volkanovski over 5 hard fought rounds. In the co-main event, Yair Rodriguez took out Josh Emmett with a triangle to claim the interim featherweight title. Bonuses went to Volk and Makhachev for Fight of the Night and Jack Della Maddalena and Yair for Performance of the Night.
Assumptions:
Assuming only Volkanovski and Makhachev are getting PPV shares as they are both champions.
Assuming both main event fighters are getting paid flat with no possible win bonus.
500,000 PPV buys is an educated guess solely for the purpose of estimating PPV share – based on the drawing power of the card.
*Note that the official payouts have not been disclosed for this fight card in Australia 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 for UFC 284: $4,736,000
Venum (Sponsorship) Fighter payout: $264,000
Performance Bonus money paid out: $200,000
UFC 284 Detailed Payouts
| Fighter | Opponent | Date | Event | Result | Base Salary | Win Bonus | PPV Buys | PPV Payout (est) | Performance Bonus | Sponsorship | Total | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Islam Makhachev | Alexander Volkanovski | 2/11/2023 | UFC 284 | W | $1,000,000 | $0 | 500,000 | $400,000 | $50,000 | $42,000 | $1,492,000 | |
| Alexander Volkanovski | Islam Makhachev | 2/11/2023 | UFC 284 | L | $1,000,000 | $0 | 500,000 | $400,000 | $50,000 | $42,000 | $1,492,000 | |
| Yair Rodríguez | Josh Emmett | 2/11/2023 | UFC 284 | W | $150,000 | $150,000 | $50,000 | $32,000 | $382,000 | |||
| Josh Emmett | Yair Rodríguez | 2/11/2023 | UFC 284 | L | $100,000 | $0 | $32,000 | $132,000 | ||||
| Jack Della Maddalena | Randy Brown | 2/11/2023 | UFC 284 | W | $50,000 | $50,000 | $50,000 | $4,500 | $154,500 | |||
| Randy Brown | Jack Della Maddalena | 2/11/2023 | UFC 284 | L | $72,000 | $0 | $11,000 | $83,000 | ||||
| Justin Tafa | Parker Porter | 2/11/2023 | UFC 284 | W | $40,000 | $40,000 | $6,000 | $86,000 | ||||
| Parker Porter | Justin Tafa | 2/11/2023 | UFC 284 | L | $30,000 | $0 | $4,500 | $34,500 | ||||
| Jimmy Crute | Alonzo Menifield | 2/11/2023 | UFC 284 | D | $60,000 | $0 | $6,000 | $66,000 | ||||
| Alonzo Menifield | Jimmy Crute | 2/11/2023 | UFC 284 | D | $66,000 | $0 | $6,000 | $72,000 | ||||
| Tyson Pedro | Modestas Bukauskas | 2/11/2023 | UFC 284 | L | $60,000 | $0 | $6,000 | $66,000 | ||||
| Modestas Bukauskas | Tyson Pedro | 2/11/2023 | UFC 284 | W | $30,000 | $30,000 | $4,500 | $64,500 | ||||
| Joshua Culibao | Melsik Baghdasaryan | 2/11/2023 | UFC 284 | W | $30,000 | $30,000 | $4,500 | $64,500 | ||||
| Melsik Baghdasaryan | Joshua Culibao | 2/11/2023 | UFC 284 | L | $30,000 | $0 | $4,500 | $34,500 | ||||
| Shannon Ross | Kleydson Rodrigues | 2/11/2023 | UFC 284 | L | $20,000 | $0 | $4,000 | $24,000 | ||||
| Kleydson Rodrigues | Shannon Ross | 2/11/2023 | UFC 284 | W | $16,000 | $16,000 | $4,000 | $36,000 | Fined 20% | |||
| Jamie Mullarkey | Francisco Prado | 2/11/2023 | UFC 284 | W | $30,000 | $30,000 | $6,000 | $66,000 | ||||
| Francisco Prado | Jamie Mullarkey | 2/11/2023 | UFC 284 | L | $12,000 | $0 | $4,000 | $16,000 | ||||
| Jack Jenkins | Don Shainis | 2/11/2023 | UFC 284 | W | $24,000 | $24,000 | $6,000 | $54,000 | ||||
| Don Shainis | Jack Jenkins | 2/11/2023 | UFC 284 | L | $18,000 | $0 | $4,000 | $22,000 | ||||
| Loma Lookboonmee | Elise Reed | 2/11/2023 | UFC 284 | W | $40,000 | $40,000 | $6,000 | $86,000 | ||||
| Elise Reed | Loma Lookboonmee | 2/11/2023 | UFC 284 | L | $40,000 | $0 | $4,500 | $44,500 | ||||
| Shane Young | Blake Bilder | 2/11/2023 | UFC 284 | L | $24,000 | $0 | $6,000 | $30,000 | ||||
| Blake Bilder | Shane Young | 2/11/2023 | UFC 284 | W | $16,000 | $16,000 | $4,000 | $36,000 | ||||
| Zubaira Tukhugov | Elves Brenner | 2/11/2023 | UFC 284 | L | $60,000 | $0 | $6,000 | $66,000 | ||||
| Elves Brenner | Zubaira Tukhugov | 2/11/2023 | UFC 284 | W | $14,000 | $14,000 | $4,000 | $32,000 |
