UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs Daukaus (also known as UFC Columbus, UFC Fight Night 205, UFC on ESPN+ 63) salaries and payouts including base pay, win bonuses, performance bonuses, and promotional compliance pay are shown in the table below.
This card (on March 26, 2022) featured a fight between heavyweight contenders Chris Daukaus and Curtis Blaydes. Blaydes scored an emphatic knockout to earn the performance of the night bonus.
*Fight salaries were released by the Ohio State Athletic Comission. All promotional compliance pay figures are based on the formula negotiated with Venum.
Total Payout to Fighters (including fight purse, PPV points, bonuses, and compliance pay): $2,104,000
Total Compliance Pay (Venum): $187,000
UFC Columbus Detailed Payouts
| Fighter | Opponent | Date | Event | Result | Base Salary | Win Bonus | PPV Buys | PPV Payout (est) | Performance Bonus | Sponsorship | Total | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curtis Blaydes | Chris Daukaus | 3/26/2022 | UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs Daukaus | W | $131,000 | $131,000 | $50,000 | $11,000 | $323,000 | |||
| Askar Askarov | Kai Kara-France | 3/26/2022 | UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs Daukaus | L | $105,000 | $0 | $50,000 | $4,500 | $159,500 | |||
| Neil Magny | Max Griffin | 3/26/2022 | UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs Daukaus | W | $115,000 | $115,000 | $21,000 | $251,000 | ||||
| Chris Daukaus | Curtis Blaydes | 3/26/2022 | UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs Daukaus | L | $80,000 | $0 | $6,000 | $86,000 | ||||
| Alexa Grasso | Joanne Wood | 3/26/2022 | UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs Daukaus | W | $43,000 | $43,000 | $6,000 | $92,000 | ||||
| Joanne Wood | Alexa Grasso | 3/26/2022 | UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs Daukaus | L | $70,000 | $0 | $11,000 | $81,000 | ||||
| Bryan Barberena | Matt Brown | 3/26/2022 | UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs Daukaus | W | $51,000 | $51,000 | $11,000 | $113,000 | ||||
| Matt Brown | Bryan Barberena | 3/26/2022 | UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs Daukaus | L | $26,000 | $0 | $21,000 | $47,000 | ||||
| Kai Kara-France | Askar Askarov | 3/26/2022 | UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs Daukaus | W | $61,000 | $61,000 | $50,000 | $6,000 | $178,000 | |||
| Max Griffin | Neil Magny | 3/26/2022 | UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs Daukaus | L | $53,000 | $0 | $11,000 | $64,000 | ||||
| Marc Diakiese | Viacheslav Borshchev | 3/26/2022 | UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs Daukaus | W | $33,000 | $33,000 | $11,000 | $77,000 | ||||
| Viacheslav Borshchev | Marc Diakiese | 3/26/2022 | UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs Daukaus | L | $12,000 | $0 | $4,000 | $16,000 | ||||
| Sara McMann | Karol Rosa | 3/26/2022 | UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs Daukaus | W | $44,000 | $44,000 | $11,000 | $99,000 | ||||
| Karol Rosa | Sara McMann | 3/26/2022 | UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs Daukaus | L | $28,000 | $0 | $4,500 | $32,500 | ||||
| Chris Gutierrez | Danaa Batgerel | 3/26/2022 | UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs Daukaus | W | $36,000 | $36,000 | $50,000 | $6,000 | $128,000 | |||
| Danaa Batgerel | Chris Gutierrez | 3/26/2022 | UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs Daukaus | L | $28,000 | $0 | $4,500 | $32,500 | ||||
| Aliaskhab Khizriev | Denis Tiuliulin | 3/26/2022 | UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs Daukaus | W | $10,000 | $10,000 | $4,000 | $24,000 | ||||
| Denis Tiuliulin | Aliaskhab Khizriev | 3/26/2022 | UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs Daukaus | L | $12,000 | $0 | $4,000 | $16,000 | ||||
| Manon Fiorot | Jennifer Maia | 3/26/2022 | UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs Daukaus | W | $40,000 | $40,000 | $4,500 | $84,500 | ||||
| Jennifer Maia | Manon Fiorot | 3/26/2022 | UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs Daukaus | L | $60,000 | $0 | $6,000 | $66,000 | ||||
| Matheus Nicolau | David Dvořák | 3/26/2022 | UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs Daukaus | W | $22,000 | $22,000 | $6,000 | $50,000 | ||||
| David Dvořák | Matheus Nicolau | 3/26/2022 | UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs Daukaus | L | $35,000 | $0 | $4,500 | $39,500 | ||||
| Luis Saldana | Bruno Souza | 3/26/2022 | UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs Daukaus | W | $12,000 | $12,000 | $4,500 | $28,500 | ||||
| Bruno Souza | Luis Saldana | 3/26/2022 | UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs Daukaus | L | $12,000 | $0 | $4,000 | $16,000 |