UFC 306 Payouts: How much did Sean O’Malley, Merab Dvalishivili, and others got paid?

UFC pays huge money for the stars featured in UFC 306!

UFC successfully hosted UFC 306: O’Malley vs Dvalishvili on September 14, 2024 from the Sphere in Paradise, Nevada, United States. The event featured some of the big matches involving some of the best mixed martial artists. Two championships were defended on the line as the co-main event and two new champions were crowned.

The event marked the second ‘Noche UFC’ edition to celebrate the Mexican Independence day. It is one of the big money events and here we take a look at how much does UFC pay out to their mixed martial artists, who got featured on the show.

UFC 306 Payouts for Main Eventers

Sean O’Malley 

Sean O’Malley defended his UFC Bantamweight Championship against Merab Dvalishvili in the main event of the show. Despite a close fight, O’Maley lost the fight by unanimous decision. Although lost the title, he is expected to earn a lot of money from the event. According to multiple sources, Sean O’Malley is expected to earn somewhere between $2.5 million to $3 million at Noche UFC, which includes the PPV shares.

Merab Dvalishvili 

Merab Dvalishvilli, who defeated Sean O’Malley to become the new UFC Bantamweight Champion at UFC 306 expected to earn at least $300,000 as the base pay. Since he won the match and the title, he is expected to carry around $600,000 to $700,000 to his home including the PPV shares.

Alexa Grasso

Alexa Grasso defended her Women’s Flyweight Championship on the line against Valentina Shevchenko in the co-main event, but lost. Grasso earned $842,000 from her previous match against Shevchenko last year. As she is the defending champion, she is expected to bag around $1.2 million including the PPV share.

Valentina Schevchenko

Valentina Shevchenko defeated Alexa Grasso to become the UFC Women’s Flyweight Champion for the second time. Last year during their match she earned around $1.03 million and this year with regaining the championship, she is expected to bag around $1.2 million.

Other UFC stars payout for UFC 306 

• Brian Ortega earns a base pay of $300,000, while the one who defeated him, Diego Lopes also earns a pay of $300,000
• Esteban Ribovics earned a fight of the night bonus of $50,000 for his match against Daniel Zellhuber.
• Ignacio Bahamondes & Ketlen Souza earned a Performance of the Night bonus of $50,000 each for their incredible performances.

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