Bantamweight champion Merab
Dvalishvili received the highest disclosed purse from UFC
311.
The California State Athletic Commission recently released salaries
from the event, which took place at the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles
in Saturday night. Dvalishvili, who defeated Umar
Nurmagomedov in the co-main event, earned $500,000 for his
efforts. Nurmagomedov, meanwhile, garnered $100,000 in defeat.
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Meanwhile, reigning lightweight king Islam
Makhachev earned a disclosed $200,000 for his first-round
submission of Renato “Money” Moicano ($250,000) in the evening’s headliner. All
told, 12 fighters received six-figure paydays at the conclusion of
UFC 311.
Note: The disclosed purses reported by state athletic
commissions do not include any performance-based or discretionary
bonuses that may be awarded to a fighter by the promotion.
Additionally, the reported figures do not reflect any deductions
made by the commission for taxes, insurance, etc., and do not
include any sponsorship money that a fighter may acquire for their
performance.
UFC 311 Salaries:
Islam
Makhachev: $200,000
Renato
Carneiro: $250,000
Merab
Dvalishvili: $500,000
Umar
Nurmagomedov: $100,000
Jiri
Prochazka: $200,000 (includes $50,000 win bonus)
Jamahal
Hill: $200,000
Jailton
Almeida: $220,000 (includes $110,000 win bonus)
Serghei
Spivac: $100,000
Reinier
de Ridder: $210,000 (includes $105,000 win bonus)
Kevin
Holland: $250,000
Raoni
Barcelos: $96,000 (includes $48,000 win bonus)
Payton
Talbott: $43,000
Bogdan
Guskov: $86,000 (includes $43,000 win bonus)
Billy
Elekana: $12,000
Grant
Dawson: $212,000 (includes $106,000 win bonus)
Diego
Ferreira: $100,000
Azamat
Bekoev: $24,000 (includes $12,000 win bonus)
Zachary
Reese: $30,000
Ailin
Perez: $72,000 (includes $36,000 win bonus)
Karol
Rosa: $75,000
Muin
Gafurov: $28,000 (includes $14,000 win bonus)
Rinya
Nakamura: $26,000
Bernardo
Sopai: $24,000 (includes $12,000 win bonus)
Ricky
Turcios: $28,000
Tagir
Ulanbekov: $72,000 (includes $36,000 win bonus)
Clayton
Carpenter: $28,000