UFC Vegas 79 Venum Payout; Tim Means top earner with $21,000
Las Vegas – FightBook MMA has your Venum Payout for UFC Vegas 79 Fiziev vs. Gamrot (also known as UFC on ESPN 54 and UFC on ESPN 228: Fiziev vs. Gamrot).
This event took place on Saturday, September 23, 2023, at UFC APEX in Las Vegas. In the main event, Rafael Fiziev (12-2) fighting out of Baku, Azerbaijan by way of Phuket, Thailand took on Mateusz Gamrot fighting out of Poznan, Poland. Also on the card, featherweight contender Bryce Mitchell fighting out of Searcy, Ark. went against Dan Ige fighting out of Las Vegas, Nev.
Figters took home their Venum payout totalling $164,500. Fighters took home their Venum payout. 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 Vegas 79 Venum Payout – Fiziev vs. Gamrot:
- Mateusz Gamrot: $6,000
- Rafael Fiziev: $6,000
- Bryce Mitchell: $6,000
- Dan Ige: $11,000
- Marina Rodriguez: $11,000
- Michelle Waterson-Gomez: $11,000
- Bryan Battle: $6,000
- A.J. Fletcher: $4,500
- Charles Jourdain: $11,000
- Ricardo Ramos: $11,000
- Miles Johns: $6,000
- Dan Argueta: $4,500
- Tim Means: $21,000
- Andre Fialho: $6,000
- Cody Brundage: $6,000
- Jacob Malkoun: $6,000
- Mohammed Usman: $4,000
- Jake Collier: $11,000
- Mizuki Inoue: $4,000
- Hannah Goldy: $4,500
- Montserrat Rendon: $4,000
- Tamires Vidal: $4,000
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