UFC Vegas 27 (also known as UFC Fight Night 188, UFC on ESPN+ 46, UFC Fight Night: Font vs Garbrandt) salaries and payouts including base pay, win bonuses, performance bonuses and promotional compliance pay are shown in the table below.
The fight was highlighted by a bantamweight clash between Rob Font and former champion Cody Garbrandt. Font managed to stay behind his jab en route to a convincing victory. $50k Bonuses went to Carla Esparza, Bruno Silva, Jared Vanderaa and Justin Tafa.
*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): $1,977,000
Total Compliance Pay (Venum): $175,000
UFC Vegas 27 Detailed Payouts
| Fighter | Opponent | Date | Event | Result | Base Salary | Win Bonus | PPV Buys | PPV Payout (est) | Performance Bonus | Sponsorship | Total | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cody Garbrandt | Rob Font | 5/22/2021 | UFC Vegas 27 | L | $150,000 | $0 | $11,000 | $161,000 | ||||
| Rob Font | Cody Garbrandt | 5/22/2021 | UFC Vegas 27 | W | $90,000 | $90,000 | $11,000 | $191,000 | ||||
| Jack Hermansson | Edmen Shahbazyan | 5/22/2021 | UFC Vegas 27 | W | $75,000 | $75,000 | $11,000 | $161,000 | ||||
| Yan Xiaonan | Carla Esparza | 5/22/2021 | UFC Vegas 27 | L | $60,000 | $0 | $6,000 | $66,000 | ||||
| Carla Esparza | Yan Xiaonan | 5/22/2021 | UFC Vegas 27 | W | $72,000 | $72,000 | $50,000 | $11,000 | $205,000 | POTN | ||
| Justin Tafa | Jared Vanderaa | 5/22/2021 | UFC Vegas 27 | L | $20,000 | $0 | $50,000 | $4,500 | $74,500 | FOTN | ||
| Jared Vanderaa | Justin Tafa | 5/22/2021 | UFC Vegas 27 | W | $20,000 | $20,000 | $50,000 | $4,000 | $94,000 | FOTN | ||
| Felicia Spencer | Norma Dumont Viana | 5/22/2021 | UFC Vegas 27 | L | $24,000 | $0 | $4,500 | $28,500 | ||||
| Norma Dumont Viana | Felicia Spencer | 5/22/2021 | UFC Vegas 27 | W | $20,000 | $20,000 | $4,000 | $44,000 | ||||
| Ricardo Ramos | Bill Algeo | 5/22/2021 | UFC Vegas 27 | W | $30,000 | $30,000 | $6,000 | $66,000 | ||||
| Bill Algeo | Ricardo Ramos | 5/22/2021 | UFC Vegas 27 | L | $20,000 | $0 | $4,500 | $24,500 | ||||
| Edmen Shahbazyan | Jack Hermansson | 5/22/2021 | UFC Vegas 27 | L | $30,000 | $0 | $6,000 | $36,000 | ||||
| Ben Rothwell | Chris Barnett | 5/22/2021 | UFC Vegas 27 | W | $130,000 | $130,000 | $16,000 | $276,000 | ||||
| Chris Barnett | Ben Rothwell | 5/22/2021 | UFC Vegas 27 | L | $16,000 | $0 | $4,000 | $20,000 | ||||
| Court McGee | Claudio Silva | 5/22/2021 | UFC Vegas 27 | W | $54,000 | $54,000 | $16,000 | $124,000 | ||||
| Claudio Silva | Court McGee | 5/22/2021 | UFC Vegas 27 | L | $30,000 | $0 | $6,000 | $36,000 | POTN | |||
| Bruno Gustavo da Silva | Victor Rodriguez | 5/22/2021 | UFC Vegas 27 | W | $20,000 | $20,000 | $50,000 | $4,000 | $94,000 | |||
| Victor Rodriguez | Bruno Gustavo da Silva | 5/22/2021 | UFC Vegas 27 | L | $12,000 | $0 | $4,000 | $16,000 | ||||
| Josh Culibao | Sha Yilan | 5/22/2021 | UFC Vegas 27 | W | $12,000 | $12,000 | $4,000 | $28,000 | ||||
| Sha Yilan | Josh Culibao | 5/22/2021 | UFC Vegas 27 | L | $12,000 | $0 | $4,000 | $16,000 | ||||
| David Dvorak | Juancamilo Ronderos | 5/22/2021 | UFC Vegas 27 | W | $18,400 | $16,000 | $4,000 | $38,400 | Opponent missed weight | |||
| Juancamilo Ronderos | David Dvorak | 5/22/2021 | UFC Vegas 27 | L | $9,600 | $0 | $4,000 | $13,600 | Fined 20% | |||
| Damir Hadzovic | Yancy Medeiros | 5/22/2021 | UFC Vegas 27 | N/A | $30,000 | $0 | $6,000 | $36,000 | Fight called - illness | |||
| Yancy Medeiros | Damir Hadzovic | 5/22/2021 | UFC Vegas 27 | N/A | $48,000 | $0 | $11,000 | $59,000 | Fight called - illness | |||
| Rafael Alves | Damir Ismagulov | 5/22/2021 | UFC Vegas 27 | L | $12,000 | $0 | $4,000 | $16,000 | ||||
| Damir Ismagulov | Rafael Alves | 5/22/2021 | UFC Vegas 27 | W | $24,000 | $24,000 | $4,500 | $52,500 |