In addition to being paid a fixed amount to show and another, usually equal amount to win, each UFC event also awards four $50,000 Performance Bonuses. Usually, there is a Fight of the Night in which both fighters are given a performance bonus, and a performance bonus to the winner in two fights.
“Performance Bonus” means the fight made you say “HOLY F@$%ING $#!@.”
One of the primary differences between the UFC model and the boxing model is the depth of the card. Sometimes the greatest fight isn’t the main event, or close to it. At UFC 231 was the exception with the main event – an instant classic- taking three performance bonuses, with the final one also going to the main card.
$50,000 Performance of the Night:
•Max Holloway defeated Brian Ortega by TKO (Doctor’s Stoppage, Round 4, 5:00)
https://twitter.com/UFCONFOX/status/1071672042829832192
$50,000 Performance of the Night
•Thiago “Marreta” Santos defeated Jimi Manuwa by Knockout (Punch, Round 2, 0:42)
https://twitter.com/ufc/status/1071607404217851904
$50,000 Fight of the Night
•Max Holloway defeated Brian Ortega by TKO (Doctor’s Stoppage, Round 4, 5:00)
https://twitter.com/ufc/status/1071645332067409920
In addition, to the bonuses and purses, there is:
•Reebok pay, based on tenure, for wearing the distinctive apparel during fight week and in the Octagon;
•Sometimes fighters get discretionary locker room bonuses of varying amounts; despite their name, locker room bonuses actually come in the mail now;
•In some cases there is an LOA [Letter of Agreement] on the contract for additional income; and,
•The most elite fighters get points on the pay per view.
The next league event is UFC on Fox 31 on December 15, 2018 at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
