UFC Vegas 41 (UFC Fight Night: Costa vs Vettori, UFC Fight Night 196) salaries and payouts including base pay, win bonuses, performance bonuses, and promotional compliance pay are shown in the table below.
This card (on October 23, 2021) featured a volatile showdown between hard hitting Paulo Costa and Marvin Vettori. The pair of former title challengers had been verbally sparring against each other during fight week in Vegas and also on social media. The bad blood had been partly due to Costa’s inability to make weight. The bout was originally scheduled at middleweight and then moved to a 195 lb catchweight. The fight was finally settled at light heavyweight (205) with Costa getting fined 20% of his purse.
The grueling 5 round war between the two sluggers ended with Vettori winning a decision handing Costa his second loss in a row. Vettori is looking to put himself in contention for a trilogy fight with champion Israel Adesanya after dropping the first two matchups.
Bonuses went to Vettori and Alex Caceres for Performance of the Night and Jun Yong Park and Gregory Rodrigues for Fight of the Night. Park and Rodrigues threw down in a back and forth slugfest where both looked close to finishes at several times during the bout. Rodrigues was eventually able to finish Park in the second round by KO.
*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): $1,394,000
Total Compliance Pay (Venum): $185,000
UFC Vegas 41 Detailed Payouts
Fighter | Opponent | Date | Event | Result | Base Salary | Win Bonus | PPV Buys | PPV Payout (est) | Performance Bonus | Sponsorship | Total | Comments |
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Paulo Costa | Marvin Vettori | 10/23/2021 | UFC Vegas 41 | $120,000 | $0 | $6,000 | $126,000 | Fined 20% | ||||
Marvin Vettori | Paulo Costa | 10/23/2021 | UFC Vegas 41 | $150,000 | $120,000 | $50,000 | $11,000 | $331,000 | Received 20% | |||
Francisco Trinaldo | Dwight Grant | 10/23/2021 | UFC Vegas 41 | W | $72,000 | $72,000 | $21,000 | $165,000 | ||||
Grant Dawson | Rick Glenn | 10/23/2021 | UFC Vegas 41 | D | $60,000 | $0 | $6,000 | $66,000 | ||||
Rick Glenn | Grant Dawson | 10/23/2021 | UFC Vegas 41 | D | $40,000 | $0 | $6,000 | $46,000 | ||||
Jessica-Rose Clark | Joselyne Edwards | 10/23/2021 | UFC Vegas 41 | W | $30,000 | $30,000 | $6,000 | $66,000 | ||||
Joselyne Edwards | Jessica-Rose Clark | 10/23/2021 | UFC Vegas 41 | L | $15,000 | $0 | $4,000 | $19,000 | ||||
Alex Caceres | Seung Woo Choi | 10/23/2021 | UFC Vegas 41 | W | $72,000 | $72,000 | $50,000 | $21,000 | $215,000 | |||
Seung Woo Choi | Alex Caceres | 10/23/2021 | UFC Vegas 41 | L | $30,000 | $0 | $6,000 | $36,000 | ||||
Dwight Grant | Francisco Trinaldo | 10/23/2021 | UFC Vegas 41 | L | $30,000 | $0 | $6,000 | $36,000 | ||||
Nicolae Negumereanu | Ike Villanueva | 10/23/2021 | UFC Vegas 41 | W | $20,000 | $20,000 | $4,000 | $44,000 | ||||
Ike Villanueva | Nicolae Negumereanu | 10/23/2021 | UFC Vegas 41 | L | $20,000 | $0 | $4,500 | $24,500 | ||||
Jun Yong Park | Gregory Rodrigues | 10/23/2021 | UFC Vegas 41 | L | $30,000 | $0 | $50,000 | $4,500 | $84,500 | |||
Gregory Rodrigues | Jun Yong Park | 10/23/2021 | UFC Vegas 41 | W | $16,000 | $16,000 | $50,000 | $4,000 | $86,000 | |||
David Onama | Mason Jones | 10/23/2021 | UFC Vegas 41 | L | $12,000 | $0 | $4,000 | $16,000 | ||||
Mason Jones | David Onama | 10/23/2021 | UFC Vegas 41 | W | $16,000 | $16,000 | $4,000 | $20,000 | ||||
Tabatha Ricci | Maria de Oliveira Neta | 10/23/2021 | UFC Vegas 41 | W | $14,000 | $14,000 | $4,000 | $18,000 | ||||
Maria de Oliveira Neta | Tabatha Ricci | 10/23/2021 | UFC Vegas 41 | L | $12,000 | $0 | $4,000 | $16,000 | ||||
Jamie Pickett | Laureano Staropoli | 10/23/2021 | UFC Vegas 41 | W | $20,000 | $20,000 | $4,500 | $24,500 | ||||
Laureano Staropoli | Jamie Pickett | 10/23/2021 | UFC Vegas 41 | L | $28,000 | $0 | $6,000 | $34,000 | ||||
Khama Worthy | Jai Herbert | 10/23/2021 | UFC Vegas 41 | L | $24,000 | $0 | $4,500 | $28,500 | ||||
Jai Herbert | Khama Worthy | 10/23/2021 | UFC Vegas 41 | W | $20,000 | $20,000 | $4,000 | $24,000 | ||||
Jeff Molina | Daniel Lacerda | 10/23/2021 | UFC Vegas 41 | W | $12,000 | $12,000 | $4,000 | $16,000 | ||||
Daniel Lacerda | Jeff Molina | 10/23/2021 | UFC Vegas 41 | L | $12,000 | $0 | $4,000 | $16,000 | ||||
Lívia Renata Souza | Randa Markos | 10/23/2021 | UFC Vegas 41 | L | $28,000 | $0 | $6,000 | $34,000 | ||||
Randa Markos | Lívia Renata Souza | 10/23/2021 | UFC Vegas 41 | W | $54,000 | $54,000 | $16,000 | $70,000 | ||||
Jonathan Martinez | Zviad Lazishvili | 10/23/2021 | UFC Vegas 41 | W | $36,000 | $36,000 | $6,000 | $42,000 | ||||
Zviad Lazishvili | Jonathan Martinez | 10/23/2021 | UFC Vegas 41 | L | $16,000 | $0 | $4,000 | $20,000 |