UFC Vegas 19 (UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs Lewis) salaries and payouts including base pay, win bonuses, performance bonuses and promotional compliance pay are shown in the table below.
The card was highlighted by a heavyweight matchup between Curtis Blaydes and Derrick Lewis.
$50k Bonuses went to Lewis, Zahabi, Aspinall, Daukaus.
The highest paid fighter on the card was Derrick Lewis ($370,000) which included his $50k bonus. Other notables salaries include Andrei Arlovski ($345,000), Curtis Blaydes ($110,000) and Aleksei Oleinik ($100,000).
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 Reebok.
Total Payout to Fighters (including fight purse, PPV points, bonuses and compliance pay): $1,999,000
Total Compliance Pay (Reebok): $187,000
UFC Vegas 19 (UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs Lewis) Detailed Payouts
| Fighter | Opponent | Date | Event | Result | Base Salary | Win Bonus | PPV Buys | PPV Payout (est) | Performance Bonus | Sponsorship | Total | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derrick Lewis | Curtis Blaydes | 2/20/2021 | UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Lewis | W | $150,000 | $150,000 | $50,000 | $20,000 | $370,000 | |||
| Curtis Blaydes | Derrick Lewis | 2/20/2021 | UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Lewis | L | $100,000 | $0 | $10,000 | $110,000 | ||||
| Ketlen Vieira | Yana Kunitskaya | 2/20/2021 | UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Lewis | L | $48,000 | $0 | $5,000 | $53,000 | Fined 20% | |||
| Yana Kunitskaya | Ketlen Vieira | 2/20/2021 | UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Lewis | W | $32,000 | $32,000 | $5,000 | $69,000 | Received Opponents Fine | |||
| Charles Rosa | Darrick Minner | 2/20/2021 | UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Lewis | L | $40,000 | $0 | $5,000 | $45,000 | ||||
| Darrick Minner | Charles Rosa | 2/20/2021 | UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Lewis | W | $20,000 | $20,000 | $3,500 | $43,500 | ||||
| Aleksei Oleinik | Chris Daukaus | 2/20/2021 | UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Lewis | L | $90,000 | $0 | $10,000 | $100,000 | ||||
| Chris Daukaus | Aleksei Oleinik | 2/20/2021 | UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Lewis | W | $20,000 | $20,000 | $50,000 | $3,500 | $43,500 | |||
| Phil Hawes | Nassourdine Imavov | 2/20/2021 | UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Lewis | W | $20,000 | $20,000 | $3,500 | $43,500 | ||||
| Nassourdine Imavov | Phil Hawes | 2/20/2021 | UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Lewis | L | $16,000 | $0 | $3,500 | $19,500 | ||||
| Andrei Arlovski | Tom Aspinall | 2/20/2021 | UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Lewis | L | $325,000 | $0 | $20,000 | $345,000 | ||||
| Tom Aspinall | Andrei Arlovski | 2/20/2021 | UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Lewis | W | $20,000 | $20,000 | $50,000 | $3,500 | $93,500 | |||
| Pat Sabatini | Rafael Alves | 2/20/2021 | UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Lewis | n/a | $12,000 | $3,500 | $15,500 | Assume paid | ||||
| Rafael Alves | Pat Sabatini | 2/20/2021 | UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Lewis | n/a | $0 | $3,500 | $3,500 | Assume not paid | ||||
| Jared Gordon | Danny Chavez | 2/20/2021 | UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Lewis | W | $21,000 | $21,000 | $5,000 | $47,000 | Fined 30% | |||
| Danny Chavez | Jared Gordon | 2/20/2021 | UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Lewis | L | $25,000 | $0 | $3,500 | $28,500 | Received Opponents Fine | |||
| Drakkar Klose | Luis Pena | 2/20/2021 | UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Lewis | n/a | $0 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Assume not paid | ||||
| Luis Pena | Drakkar Klose | 2/20/2021 | UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Lewis | n/a | $0 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Assume not paid | ||||
| Eddie Wineland | John Castaneda | 2/20/2021 | UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Lewis | L | $50,000 | $0 | $20,000 | $70,000 | ||||
| John Castaneda | Eddie Wineland | 2/20/2021 | UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Lewis | W | $16,000 | $16,000 | $3,500 | $35,500 | ||||
| Nate Landwehr | Julian Erosa | 2/20/2021 | UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Lewis | L | $18,000 | $0 | $3,500 | $21,500 | ||||
| Julian Erosa | Nate Landwehr | 2/20/2021 | UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Lewis | W | $20,000 | $20,000 | $5,000 | $45,000 | ||||
| Shana Dobson | Casey O'Neill | 2/20/2021 | UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Lewis | L | $24,000 | $0 | $5,000 | $29,000 | ||||
| Casey O'Neill | Shana Dobson | 2/20/2021 | UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Lewis | W | $12,000 | $12,000 | $3,500 | $27,500 | ||||
| Chas Skelly | Jamall Emmers | 2/20/2021 | UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Lewis | n/a | $36,000 | $0 | $10,000 | $46,000 | Assume paid with win | |||
| Jamall Emmers | Chas Skelly | 2/20/2021 | UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Lewis | n/a | $16,000 | $0 | $3,500 | $19,500 | Assume paid | |||
| Aiemann Zahabi | Drako Rodriguez | 2/20/2021 | UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Lewis | W | $21,600 | $18,000 | $50,000 | $4,000 | $93,600 | Received Opponents Fine | ||
| Drako Rodriguez | Aiemann Zahabi | 2/20/2021 | UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Lewis | L | $8,400 | $0 | $3,500 | $11,900 | Fined 30% | |||
| Sergey Spivak | Jared Vanderaa | 2/20/2021 | UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Lewis | W | $20,000 | $20,000 | $4,000 | $94,000 | ||||
| Jared Vanderaa | Sergey Spivak | 2/20/2021 | UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Lewis | L | $12,000 | $0 | $3,500 | $15,500 |
