UFC 288 Salaries, Payouts, Bonuses, Promotional Guidline Pay

Aljamain Sterling vs Henry Cejudo UFC 288
Aljamain Sterling vs Henry Cejudo UFC 288, Credits – UFC

The salaries for UFC 288 PPV will see both the main eventers in Aljamain Sterling and Henry Cejudo making anthing between $700,000 to $1 million based on the PPV buy rate.

Both men are expected to make $500,000 in base salary and equal share from PPV sales. Sterling will get $42,000 in promotional guideline pay as the champion while Cejudo will get $32,000 promotional bonus as the title challenger. Co-main welterweight stars Gilbert Burns and Belal Muhammad are expected to make $400,000 in base salary in their hastily arranged co-main event.

Jéssica Andrade($321,000), Yan Xiaonan($306,000), and Devin Clark($111,000) are the other fighters expected to draw 6 figure salaries from the event. Movsar Evloev vs Deigo Lopes won the Fight of the Night event, earning $50,000 extra each. Yan Xiaonan and Matt Frevola won Performance of the Night awards. Check below for the complete list of salaries and payouts from UFC 288 PPV along with win bonus, performance bonus and promotional guidelines.(win bonuses to be added later).

Aljamain Sterling – $742,000

  • Base Salary – $500,000
  • PPV Bonus – $200,000(for approx. 400,000 PPV buys)
  • Promotional Pay – $42,000

Henry Cejudo – $732,000

  • Base Salary – $500,000
  • PPV Bonus – $200,000(for approx. 400,000 PPV buys)
  • Promotional Pay – $32,000

Belal Muhammad – $416,000

  • Base Salary – $400,000
  • Promotional Pay – $16,000

Gilbert Burns – $416,000

  • Base Salary – $400,000
  • Promotional Pay – $16,000

Jéssica Andrade – $321,000

  • Base Salary – $300,000
  • Promotional Pay – $21,000

Yan Xiaonan – $306,000

  • Base Salary – $150,000
  • Win Bonus- $100,000
  • Performance Bonus – $50,000(Performance of the Night)
  • Promotional Pay – $6,000

Movsar Evloev – $216,000

  • Base Salary – $80,000
  • Win Bonus- $80,000
  • Performance Bonus – $50,000(Fight of the Night)
  • Promotional Pay – $6,000

Diego Lopes – $66,000

  • Base Salary – $12,000
  • Performance Bonus – $50,000(Fight of the Night)
  • Promotional Pay – $4,000

Kron Gracie – $56,000

  • Base Salary – $50,000
  • Promotional Pay – $6,000

Charles Jourdain – $101,000

  • Base Salary – $50,000
  • win Bonus – $50,000
  • Promotional Pay – $11,000

Drew Dober – $66,000

  • Base Salary – $50,000
  • Promotional Pay – $16,000

Matt Frevola – $138,000

  • Base Salary – $36,000
  • Win Bonus- $36,000
  • Performance Bonus – $50,000(Performance of the Night)
  • Promotional Pay – $6,000

Kennedy Nzechukwu – $106,000

  • Base Salary – $50,000
  • Win Bonus – $50,000
  • Promotional Pay – $6,000

Devin Clark – $111,000

  • Base Salary – $100,000
  • Promotional Pay – $11,000

Khaos Williams – $66,000

  • Base Salary – $30,000
  • Win Bonus – $30,000
  • Promotional Pay – $6,000

Rolando Bedoya – $16,000

  • Base Salary – $12,000
  • Promotional Pay – $4,000

Marina Rodriguez – $86,000

  • Base Salary – $80,000
  • Promotional Pay – $6,000

Virna Jandiroba – $66,000

  • Base Salary – $30,000
  • Win Bonus – $30,000
  • Promotional Pay – $6,000

Braxton Smith – $16,000

  • Base Salary – $12,000
  • Promotional Pay – $4,000

Parker Porter – $66,000

  • Base Salary – $30,000
  • Win Bonus – $30,000
  • Promotional Pay – $6,000

Phil Hawes – $36,000

  • Base Salary – $30,000
  • Promotional Pay – $6,000

Ikram Aliskerov – $28,000

  • Base Salary – $12,000
  • Win Bonus – $12,000
  • Promotional Pay – $4,000

Joseph Holmes – $16,000

  • Base Salary – $9,600(after removing 20% fine for weight miss)
  • Promotional Pay – $4,000

Claudio Ribiero – $30,400

  • Base Salary – $14,400(including 20% fine from Holmes for missing weight)
  • Win Bonus – $12,000
  • Promotional Pay – $4,000

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