UFC 271 Venum Payout and Bonuses

Las Vegas – FightBook MMA has your UFC 271: Adesanya vs Whittaker 2 Venum Payout and Bonuses. This event took place on Saturday, Feb. 12, 2022, at Toyota Center in Houston and aired live on ESPN+.

In the main event, champion Israel Adesanya ran it back with Robert Whittaker and successfully defended his belt. In the co-main event, Derrick “The Black Beast” Lewis clashed against Tai “Bam Bam” Tuivasa losing by KO. For the complete and official results you can go here.

UFC officials announced the bonus winners after the event each taking home an extra $50k. Performance of the Night was awarded to Jared Cannonier and Tai Tuivasa while Fight of the Night was awarded to Douglas Silva de Andrade vs. Sergey Morozov.

Fighters took home their Venum Payout totaling $282,500. 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. In addition to the based pay, UFC fighters will receive perpetuity royalty payments amounting to 20-30% of any UFC merchandise sold that bears their likeness, according to officials.

UFC 271 Venum Payout:

Israel Adesanya: $42,000

Robert Whittaker: $32,000

Tai Tuivasa: $11,000

Derrick Lewis: $21,000

Jared Cannonier: $11,000

Derek Brunson: $21,000

Renato Moicano: $11,000

Alexander Hernandez: $6,000

Bobby Green: $21,000

Nasrat Haqparast: $6,000

Andrei Arlovski: $21,000

Jared Vanderaa: $4,500

Casey O’Neill: $4,500

Roxanne Modafferi: $11,000

Kyler Phillips: $4,500

Marcelo Rojo: $4,000

Carlos Ulberg: $4,000

Fabio Cherant: $4,000

Ronnie Lawrence: $4,000

Mana Martinez: $4,000

Jacob Malkoun: $4,000

AJ Dobson: $4,000

Douglas Silva de Andrade: $6,000

Sergey Morozov: $4,000

Jeremiah Wells: $4,000

Blood Diamond: $4,000

Maxim Grishin: $4,500

William Knight: $4,500