UFC Vegas 25 (also known as UFC on ESPN 23 and UFC on ESPN: Reyes vs. Prochazka) salaries and payouts including base pay, win bonuses, performance bonuses and promotional compliance pay are shown in the table below.
This card (on May 1, 2021) was highlighted by a fight between light heavyweight contenders Dominick Reyes and Jiri Prochazka which was won by Prochazka via a spectacular spinning back elbow. Prochazka earned an extra $100k in fight bonuses for his performance and fight of the night. Reyes got a $50k consolation prize for being the other half of the FOTN and Giga took home the final $50k bonus with his liver kick victory over veteran Cub Swanson.
*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.
Total Payout to Fighters (including fight purse, PPV points, bonuses and compliance pay): $1,841,800
Total Compliance Pay (Venum): $165,000
UFC Vegas 25 Detailed Payouts
| Fighter | Opponent | Date | Event | Result | Base Salary | Win Bonus | PPV Buys | PPV Payout (est) | Performance Bonus | Sponsorship | Total | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sean Strickland | Krzysztof Jotko | 5/1/2021 | UFC Vegas 25 | W | $60,000 | $60,000 | $11,000 | $131,000 | ||||
| Sean Strickland | Bubba McDaniel | 5/1/2021 | UFC Vegas 25 | W | $60,000 | $60,000 | $11,000 | $131,000 | ||||
| Jiri Prochazka | Dominick Reyes | 5/1/2021 | UFC Vegas 25 | W | $90,000 | $90,000 | $100,000 | $4,000 | $284,000 | |||
| Merab Dvalishvili | Cody Stamann | 5/1/2021 | UFC Vegas 25 | W | $30,000 | $30,000 | $6,000 | $66,000 | ||||
| Dominick Reyes | Jiri Prochazka | 5/1/2021 | UFC Vegas 25 | L | $200,000 | $0 | $50,000 | $6,000 | $256,000 | |||
| Cub Swanson | Giga Chikadze | 5/1/2021 | UFC Vegas 25 | L | $100,000 | $0 | $16,000 | $116,000 | ||||
| Giga Chikadze | Cub Swanson | 5/1/2021 | UFC Vegas 25 | W | $40,000 | $40,000 | $50,000 | $6,000 | $136,000 | |||
| Ion Cuțelaba | Dustin Jacoby | 5/1/2021 | UFC Vegas 25 | W | $36,000 | $36,000 | $6,000 | $78,000 | ||||
| Dustin Jacoby | Ion Cuțelaba | 5/1/2021 | UFC Vegas 25 | W | $24,000 | $24,000 | $6,000 | $54,000 | ||||
| Krzysztof Jotko | Sean Strickland | 5/1/2021 | UFC Vegas 25 | L | $60,000 | $0 | $11,000 | $71,000 | ||||
| Cody Stamann | Merab Dvalishvili | 5/1/2021 | UFC Vegas 25 | L | $42,000 | $0 | $6,000 | $48,000 | ||||
| Poliana Botelho | Luana Carolina | 5/1/2021 | UFC Vegas 25 | L | $33,200 | $0 | $6,000 | $39,200 | Recieved 20% from Carolina | |||
| Luana Carolina | Poliana Botelho | 5/1/2021 | UFC Vegas 25 | W | $12,800 | $12,800 | $4,500 | $30,100 | Fined 20% | |||
| Randa Markos | Luana Pinheiro | 5/1/2021 | UFC Vegas 25 | L | $42,000 | $0 | $16,000 | $58,000 | ||||
| Luana Pinheiro | Randa Markos | 5/1/2021 | UFC Vegas 25 | W | $12,000 | $12,000 | $4,000 | $28,000 | ||||
| Kai Kamaka III | T.J. Brown | 5/1/2021 | UFC Vegas 25 | L | $24,000 | $0 | $4,000 | $28,000 | ||||
| T.J. Brown | Kai Kamaka III | 5/1/2021 | UFC Vegas 25 | W | $16,000 | $16,000 | $4,500 | $36,500 | ||||
| Loma Lookboonmee | Sam Hughes | 5/1/2021 | UFC Vegas 25 | W | $20,000 | $20,000 | $4,500 | $44,500 | ||||
| Sam Hughes | Loma Lookboonmee | 5/1/2021 | UFC Vegas 25 | L | $12,000 | $0 | $4,000 | $16,000 | ||||
| Andreas Michailidis | KB Bhullar | 5/1/2021 | UFC Vegas 25 | W | $12,000 | $12,000 | $4,000 | $28,000 | ||||
| KB Bhullar | Andreas Michailidis | 5/1/2021 | UFC Vegas 25 | L | $12,000 | $0 | $4,000 | $16,000 | ||||
| Luke Sanders | Felipe Colares | 5/1/2021 | UFC Vegas 25 | L | $24,000 | $0 | $6,000 | $30,000 | ||||
| Felipe Colares | Luke Sanders | 5/1/2021 | UFC Vegas 25 | W | $16,000 | $16,000 | $4,500 | $36,500 | ||||
| Diego Sanchez | n/a | 5/1/2021 | UFC Vegas 25 | n/a | $155,000 | $35,000 | $21,000 | $211,000 | Per Kevin Iole Twitter |
