UFC 279 is in the history books and it took place at T-Mobile Arena. The fighters from the event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $202,000. The program, a comprehensive plan that includes outfitting requirements, media obligations and other items under the fighter code of conduct, replaces the previous payments made under the UFC Athlete Outfitting Policy.
Under the UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance program’s payout tiers, which appropriate the money generated by Venum’s multi-year sponsorship with the UFC, fighters are paid based on their total number of UFC bouts, as well as Zuffa-era WEC fights (January 2007 and later) and Zuffa-era Strikeforce bouts (April 2011 and later). Fighters with 1-3 bouts receive $4,000 per appearance; 4-5 bouts get $4,500; 6-10 bouts get $6,000; 11-15 bouts earn $11,000; 16-20 bouts pocket $16,000; and 21 bouts and more get $21,000. Additionally, champions earn $42,000 while title challengers get $32,000.
The full UFC 279 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:
Nate Diaz: $21,000
def. Tony Ferguson: $21,000
Khamzat Chimaev: $6,000
Kevin Holland: $11,000
Daniel Rodriguez: $6,000
def. Li Jingliang: $16,000
Irene Aldana: $11,000
def. Macy Chiasson: $6,000
Johnny Walker: $6,000
def. Ion Cutelaba: $11,000
Julian Erosa: $11,000
def. Hakeem Dawodu: $6,000
Jailton Almeida: $4,000
def. Anton Turkalj: $4,000
Denis Tiuliulin: $4,000
def. Jamie Pickett: $6,000
Chris Barnett: $4,500
def. Jake Collier: $11,000
Norma Dumont: $6,000
def. Danyelle Wolf: $4,000
Heili Alateng: $6,000
def. Chad Anheliger: $4,000
Elise Reed: $4,500
def. Melissa Martinez: $4,000
Yohan Lainesse: $4,000
def. Darian Weeks: $4,000
In addition to experience-based pay, UFC fighters will receive in perpetuity royalty payments amounting to 20-30 percent of any UFC merchandise sold that bears their likeness, according to officials.
“UFC 279: Chimaev vs. Diaz” – $202,000
“UFC Fight Night 209: Gane vs. Tuivasa” – $155,000
“UFC 278: Usman vs. Edwards 2” – $226,000
“UFC on ESPN 41: Vera vs. Cruz” – $195,000
“UFC on ESPN 40: Santos vs. Hill” – $140,000
“UFC 277: Peña vs. Nunes 2” – $313,500
“UFC Fight Night 208: Blaydes vs. Aspinall” – $179,000
“UFC on ABC 3: Ortega vs. Rodriguez” – $179,000
“UFC on ESPN 39: Dos Anjos vs. Fiziev” – $157,500
“UFC 276: Adesanya vs. Cannonier” – $362,500
“UFC on ESPN 38: Tsarukyan vs. Gamrot” – $140,500
“UFC on ESPN 37: Kattar vs. Emmett” – $189,000
“UFC 275: Teixeira vs. Prochazka” – $258,000
“UFC Fight Night 207: Volkov vs. Rozenstruik” – $149,000
“UFC Fight Night 206: Holm vs. Vieira” – $127,000
“UFC on ESPN 36: Blachowicz vs. Rakic” – $173,000
“UFC 274: Oliveira vs. Gaethje” – $320,000
“UFC on ESPN 35: Font vs. Vera” – $197,500
“UFC Fight Night 205: Lemos vs. Andrade” – $149,500
“UFC on ESPN 34: Luque vs. Muhammad 2” – $159,000
“UFC 273: Volkanovski vs. The Korean Zombie” – $293,500
“UFC on ESPN 33: Blaydes vs. Daukaus” – $186,500
“UFC Fight Night 204: Volkov vs. Aspinall” – $154,500
“UFC Fight Night 203: Santos vs. Ankalaev” – $198,000
“UFC 272: Covington vs. Masvidal” – $236,000
“UFC Fight Night 202: Makhachev vs. Green” – $138,000
“UFC Fight Night 201: Walker vs. Hill” – $140,000
“UFC 271: Adesanya vs. Whittaker 2” – $282,500
“UFC Fight Night 200: Hermansson vs. Strickland” – $160,500
“UFC 270: Ngannou vs. Gane” – $241,000
“UFC on ESPN 32: Kattar vs. Chikadze” – $132,000
Year-to-date total: $6,171,000
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $12,338,500
Khamzat Chimaev reveals Nate Diaz rejected $2 Million match offer
Nate Diaz successfully defeated Tony Ferguson at UFC 279. Meanwhile, Khamzat Chimaev fought Kevin Holland at UFC 279 instead and won his fight. While speaking to Megan Olivi after UFC 279, Chimaev claimed that Nate Diaz turned down $2 million to fight him:
“I could make that weight, the doctor stopped that. So yeah, what I could do now? I was waiting what UFC said to me. I said I wanna fight so I gave all my money to that guy. This was almost two million.. So I said give all my money to that guy, let him fight. If he is that gangster, he shoud fight for money. But he didn’t wanna fight me, you know. So, who’s the gangster now?”
