UFC 279 Payouts – Salaries, Bonuses & Facts

UFC 279 hopefully will give the fight fans all they asked for on Saturday night. The event will be live from inside the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada. This will be 619th event in Ultimate Fighting Championship history, including pay-per-views, UFC Fight Nights, and TUF finales. The pay-per-view card will stream on ESPN+ PPV following prelims on ESPN/ESPN+. In this post, we’ll go in detail on UFC 279 payouts, fighter bonuses and event facts, including the attendance, total gate and PPV buys.

UFC 279 Attendance, Gate, PPV Buys

The number of fans in attendance and the event gate currently PENDING. The PPV buys data is not available. We will continue to update this post as soon as the information is available.

UFC 279 Bonuses

UFC 279 has 13 bouts scheduled. The bonus information is still PENDING. This section will be updated as soon as the bonuses are announced.

There are four types of awards:

• Fight of the Night is awarded to two fighters who star in the exciting fight of the night.
• KO of the Night is awarded to the fighter who achieves the most spectacular Knockout.
• Submission of the Night is granted to the protagonist of the most striking submission.
• Performance of the Night is awarded the most impressive individual performance of the night.

UFC 279 Salaries

The total disclosed payroll for the event is PENDING. Here’s the full list of fighter payouts from UFC 279:

PENDING.

We will update this section as soon as the fighter salaries are officially released. In the meantime, you can view all the UFC 279 results.

The UFC 279 payouts don’t include deductions for items such as insurance, licenses, and taxes. Additionally, these do not include pay-per-view cuts that some top-level fighters receive. They also do not include money paid by sponsors, Reebok pay, any other “locker room” or special discretionary bonuses the UFC often pays.

Did you know: The average UFC fighter made $138,000 in 2017, up from average earnings of $132,000 in 2017.

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