UFC 304 payout: How much were main eventers paid?

UFC pays huge money for the UFC 304 main eventers

UFC successfully hosted UFC 304: Edwards vs Muhammad 2 on July 27, 2024, at the Co-op Live in Manchester, England, United Kingdom. The match featured some of the big matches involving some of the best mixed martial artists. Tom Aspinall vs Curts Blaydes & Belal Muhammad vs Leon Edwards are the main events of the show. 

Before the show, UFC officially announced that the fight night bonus pay was raised from $50,000 to $100,000 USD. Since it is a big-money event, here we take a look at how much UFC pays out to UFC 304 main eventers after the show.

UFC 304 Payouts for Main Eventers

Leon Edwards

Leon Edwards gets a base pay of $500,000 USD (INR 4.18 Crores) along with a match bonus and a cut-off from the pay-per-view revenue. Edwards is expected to walk out of the pay-per-view with $1.5 Million USD (INR 8.37 Crore) from UFC 304, for main eventing the show.

Belal Muhammad

Belal Muhammad, the new UFC Welterweight Champion is estimated to get a pay of $200,000 – $250,000 (INR 1.67 Crore – 2.09 Crore)as a base pay for the main event bout. Since he won the main event bout, he is expected to carry $600,000 to $ 700,000 more from his base salary and would have a cut-off from pay-per-view revenue.

Tom Aspinall

The UFC Interim Heavyweight Champion, Tom Aspinall is expected to get paid out with a base salary of $500,000 (INR 4.18 Crore). Since Aspinal won the match and was awarded Performance of the Night, he is expected to carry out $1.1 Million USD (INR 9.20 Crore) in total, excluding the cut-off from the pay-per-view revenue.

Curtis Blaydes 

The co-main eventer Curtis Blaydes, who fought Tom Aspinall is expected to earn at least a base salary of $150,000 (INR 1.25 Crore). Blaydes would have earned double the pay if he had won the match against Aspinall, but he will walk with the base pay.

Other UFC stars pay for UFC 304

• Paddy Pimblett will get a base pay of $150,000 (INR 1.25 Crore). He gets $400,000 (INR 3.34 Crore) for the win and $200,000 for the Performance of the Night.
• Bobby Green on the other hand will receive $100,000 (INR 83.72 Lakh) as base pay.
• Arnold Allen earns a base pay of $100,000 (INR 83.72 Lakh) and earns an additional $100,000 (83.72 Lakh) as a win bonus.

No fight of the night bonus was awarded at the event. Paddy Pimblett won the Performance of the Night $200,000 (INR 1.67 Crore) bonus. Tom Aspinal & Mick Parkin & Tom Aspinall won the Performance of the Night $100,000 (83.72 Lakh).

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