The official fight card of UFC 285 is released. The main event will take place between Jon Jones and Ciryl Gane. The co-main event featured between women’s flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko and Alexa Grasso. T-Mobile Arena, Paradise, Nevada, United States is the selected venue for UFC 285. UFC 285 salaries, purse payouts and pay-per-view money bonuses for fighters reported based on their contracts with UFC.
| Fighters | Purse | Win Bonus | Sponsorships | Potential Bonus | UFC Bonus | Total Payouts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jon Jones | $3m | $100k | $42k | $4m | $50k | $7.19m |
| Ciryl Gane | $500k | N/A | $32k | $750k | N/A | $1.25m |
| Valentina Shevchenko | $500k | N/A | $42k | $300k | N/A | $842k |
| Alexa Grasso | $110k | $100k | $32k | $200k | $50k | $492k |
| Geoff Neal | $85k | N/A | $10k | N/A | $50k ($43.5k fine) | $101.5k |
| Shavkat Rakhmonov | $36k | $36k | $6k | N/A | $43.5k+ $50k bonus | $171.5k |
| Mateusz Gamrot | $44k | $44k | $6k | N/A | N/A | $94k |
| Jalin Turner | $48k | N/A | $6k | N/A | N/A | $54k |
| Bo Nickal | $12k | $12k | $6k | N/A | $50k | $80k |
| Jamie Pickett | $75k | N/A | $6k | N/A | N/A | $81k |
| Cody Garbrandt | $85k | $85k | $10k | N/A | N/A | $180k |
| Trevin Jones | $30k | N/A | $6k | N/A | N/A | $36k |
| Derek Brunson | $210k | N/A | $15k | N/A | N/A | $225k |
| Dricus du Plessis | $30k | $30k | $6k | N/A | N/A | $66k |
| Viviane Araújo | $30k | N/A | $6k | N/A | N/A | $36k |
| Amanda Ribas | $48k | $48k | $6k | N/A | N/A | $102k |
| Julian Marquez | $33k | N/A | $6k | N/A | N/A | $39k |
| Marc-André Barriault | $42k | $42k | $6k | N/A | N/A | $90k |
| Ian Garry | $22k | $22k | $6k | N/A | N/A | $50k |
| Song Kenan | $48k | N/A | $6k | N/A | N/A | $54k |
| Cameron Saaiman | 12k | $12k | $4k | N/A | $4.8k bonus | $32.8k |
| Leomana Martinez | 12k | N/A | $4k | N/A | $4.8k fine | $11.2k |
| Jessica Penne | $75k | N/A | $6k | N/A | N/A | $81k |
| Tabatha Ricci | $30k | $30k | $6k | N/A | N/A | $66k |
| Da’Mon Blackshear | 12k | N/A | $4k | N/A | N/A | $16k |
| Farid Basharat | 12k | $12k | $4k | N/A | N/A | $28k |
| Esteban Ribovics | 12k | N/A | $4k | N/A | N/A | $16k |
| Loik Radzhabov | $12k | $12k | $4k | N/A | N/A | $28k |
It’s confirmed that, Jon Jones is return to the UFC promotion, he signed new deal with promotion. Recently mma sources claimed that Jones will earn guaranteed money for UFC 285 upto $10m. Since UFC offered highest paid contracts worth of $3m to McGregor and Khabib in past with potential bonus, they earn extra money from PPV potential bonus. Jon Jones will also earn $3m guaranteed and further earnings based on potential bonus. Ciryl Gane opponent of Jones will earn share $500k from the fight.
How Much Co-main event fighters earn at UFC 285?
The women’s flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko is back in action her fight will take place with Alex Grasso. She will earn guaranteed purse of $500k and her opponent earn $110k purse money. Both of these two ladies will make from potential bonus.
UFC Performance Bonuses for Fighters :
Once the pay-per-view is completed, UFC promotion released the name of fighters who earned extra bonus money based on performance of the night and fight of the night. Since it’s pay-per-view there will be more than eight fighters who can make extra $50k.
- Performance of the Night : $50k (Jon Jones, Alexa Grasso and Bo Nickal)
- Fight of the Night : $50k (Neal vs Rakhmonov)
- Purse Fine : 30% (Geoff Neal and Leomana Martinez)
- Purse Bonus : 30% (Shavkat Rakhmonov and Leomana Martinez)
How Much UFC 285 Generate from PPV Income?
T-Mobile Arena, is the place where UFC 285 will be held, a big crowed gathering more than 18k people can expected for the upcoming pay-per-view. Jon Jones already listed one of the UFC fighters who generated more PPV sales than any other fighter, since he is returning back after long-time he will bring more PPV sales.
- Seating Capacity at T-Mobile Arena : 20k People
- Gateway Income : $8.5m estimated based (18k people attendance)
- PPV Sales Estimated : 850k on fight day
- PPV Revenue Generated : $50m (estimated) based on Jon Jones past fight records.
- BT Sports/ESPN/Sport TV : UFC 285 live coverage
Once the pay-per-view is ended the fighters of UFC 285 salaries purse details updated which include potential bonus, sponsorship money, performance bonus and win bonus.