UFC Vegas 34 (UFC on ESPN: Cannonier vs. Gastelum, UFC on ESPN 29) salaries and payouts including base pay, win bonuses, performance bonuses, and promotional compliance pay are shown in the table below.
This card (on August 21, 2021) was highlighted by a middleweight scrap between #9 Kelvin Gastelum and #3 Jared Cannonier. Cannonier won a close decision that could have gone either way. This card also featured Olympic silver medalist Mark Madsen vs 30-fight UFC veteran Clay Guida. Madsen was able to eek out a split decision to stay undefeated.
The prelims were full of highlights and the bonus payouts showed that. Three out of four of the performance of the night bonuses went to prelim fighters (Josiane Nunes, Ignacio Bahamondes, and William Knight). The lone main card bonus went to Alexandre Pantoja.
*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): $1,669,100
Total Compliance Pay (Venum): $155,500
UFC Vegas 34 Detailed Payouts
| Fighter | Opponent | Date | Event | Result | Base Salary | Win Bonus | PPV Buys | PPV Payout (est) | Performance Bonus | Sponsorship | Total | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandre Pantoja | Brandon Royval | 8/21/2021 | UFC Vegas 34 | W | $60,000 | $60,000 | $50,000 | $11,000 | $181,000 | |||
| Jared Cannonier | Kelvin Gastelum | 8/21/2021 | UFC Vegas 34 | W | $90,000 | $90,000 | $11,000 | $191,000 | ||||
| Kelvin Gastelum | Jared Cannonier | 8/21/2021 | UFC Vegas 34 | L | $180,000 | $0 | $16,000 | $196,000 | ||||
| Clay Guida | Mark Madsen | 8/21/2021 | UFC Vegas 34 | L | $80,000 | $0 | $21,000 | $101,000 | ||||
| Mark Madsen | Clay Guida | 8/21/2021 | UFC Vegas 34 | W | $42,000 | $42,000 | $4,000 | $88,000 | ||||
| Chase Sherman | Parker Porter | 8/21/2021 | UFC Vegas 34 | L | $30,000 | $0 | $6,000 | $36,000 | ||||
| Parker Porter | Chase Sherman | 8/21/2021 | UFC Vegas 34 | W | $20,000 | $20,000 | $4,000 | $44,000 | ||||
| Trevin Jones | Saidyokub Kakhramonov | 8/21/2021 | UFC Vegas 34 | L | $18,400 | $0 | $4,000 | $22,400 | Recieved 20% | |||
| Saidyokub Kakhramonov | Trevin Jones | 8/21/2021 | UFC Vegas 34 | W | $9,600 | $9,600 | $4,000 | $23,200 | Fined 20% | |||
| Vinc Pichel | Austin Hubbard | 8/21/2021 | UFC Vegas 34 | W | $60,000 | $60,000 | $6,000 | $126,000 | ||||
| Austin Hubbard | Vinc Pichel | 8/21/2021 | UFC Vegas 34 | L | $36,000 | $0 | $6,000 | $42,000 | ||||
| Brandon Royval | Alexandre Pantoja | 8/21/2021 | UFC Vegas 34 | L | $30,000 | $0 | $4,500 | $34,500 | ||||
| Austin Lingo | Luis Saldana | 8/21/2021 | UFC Vegas 34 | W | $16,000 | $16,000 | $4,000 | $36,000 | ||||
| Luis Saldana | Austin Lingo | 8/21/2021 | UFC Vegas 34 | L | $16,000 | $0 | $4,000 | $20,000 | ||||
| Brian Kelleher | Domingo Pilarte | 8/21/2021 | UFC Vegas 34 | W | $50,000 | $50,000 | $11,000 | $111,000 | ||||
| Domingo Pilarte | Brian Kelleher | 8/21/2021 | UFC Vegas 34 | L | $16,000 | $0 | $4,500 | $20,500 | ||||
| Bea Malecki | Josiane Nunes | 8/21/2021 | UFC Vegas 34 | L | $16,000 | $0 | $4,000 | $20,000 | ||||
| Josiane Nunes | Bea Malecki | 8/21/2021 | UFC Vegas 34 | W | $12,000 | $12,000 | $50,000 | $4,000 | $78,000 | |||
| William Knight | Fabio Cherant | 8/21/2021 | UFC Vegas 34 | W | $24,000 | $24,000 | $50,000 | $4,500 | $102,500 | |||
| Fabio Cherant | William Knight | 8/21/2021 | UFC Vegas 34 | L | $12,000 | $0 | $4,000 | $16,000 | ||||
| Roosevelt Roberts | Ignacio Bahamondes | 8/21/2021 | UFC Vegas 34 | L | $36,000 | $0 | $6,000 | $42,000 | ||||
| Ignacio Bahamondes | Roosevelt Roberts | 8/21/2021 | UFC Vegas 34 | W | $16,000 | $16,000 | $50,000 | $4,000 | $86,000 | |||
| Sasha Palatnikov | Ramiz Brahimaj | 8/21/2021 | UFC Vegas 34 | L | $20,000 | $0 | $4,000 | $24,000 | ||||
| Ramiz Brahimaj | Sasha Palatnikov | 8/21/2021 | UFC Vegas 34 | W | $12,000 | $12,000 | $4,000 | $28,000 |
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