The first major pay-per-view event of UFC announced, where main-event take place between Islam Makhachev and Arman Tsarukyan, the fight between these two is for the UFC Lightweight title. The co-main event feature fight between Merab Dvalishvili and Umar Nurmagomedov for UFC Bantamweight title. Jiří Procházka, Jamahal Hill, Renato Moicano and Beneil Dariush are other top fighters who will be part of the UFC 311 pay-per-view main-card.
Makhachev vs Tsarukyan Purses UFC 311 :
Islam Makhachev retain his undefeated streak since 2016, he lost his last fight back in 2015 from opponent Adriano Martins in UFC 192. Islam Makhachev purse for the upcoming UFC 311 reported to be $750k based on his current on-going contract deal with promotion, the earnings of Makhachev will rise to $4.5 million depends on how much pay-per-view sales his fight with Tsarukyan will bring on fight day.
Arman Tsarukyan purse for the upcoming fight with Islam Makhachev is upto $500k and overall earnings can spike to $1.8 million to $2.2 million depends on how many pay-per-view buys take place on the fight day. Arman Tsarukyan currently hold winning streak of four fights and hopeful to make it five fights this upcoming week. He previously defeated top opponents in his division Charles Oliveira and Beneil Dariush.
| FIghters | Purses | Win Bonus | Sponsor Bonus | UFC Bonus | PPV Share | Total Payouts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Islam Makhachev | $750k | $100k | $42k | |||
| Arman Tsarukyan | $500k | $100k | $32k | |||
| Merab Dvalishvili | $500k | $100k | $42k | |||
| Umar Nurmagomedov | $400k | $100k | $32k | |||
| Jiří Procházka | $250k | $100k | $6k | |||
| Jamahal Hill | $150k | $100k | $10k | |||
| Beneil Dariush | $350k | $100k | $21k | |||
| Renato Moicano | $300k | $100k | $16k | |||
| Kevin Holland | $350k | $100k | $21k | |||
| Reinier de Ridder | $18k | $4k | ||||
| Bogdan Guskov | $28k | $4k | ||||
| Billy Elekana (Debut) | $12k | $4k | ||||
| Payton Talbott | $28k | $4k | ||||
| Raoni Barcelos | $200k | $11k | ||||
| Jailton Almeida | $75k | $6k | ||||
| Serghei Spivac | $200k | $11k | ||||
| Zachary Reese (Debut) | $12k | $4k | ||||
| Azamat Bekoev | $26k | $4k | ||||
| Grant Dawson | $250k | $100k | $11k | |||
| Carlos Diego Ferreira | $300k | $100k | $16k | |||
| Karol Rosa | $75k | $6k | ||||
| Ailín Pérez | $38k | $5k | ||||
| Rinya Nakamura | $28k | $4.5k | ||||
| Muin Gafurov | $30k | $4.5k | ||||
| Ricky Turcios | $30k | $4.5k | ||||
| Bernardo Sopaj | $18k | $4k | ||||
| Tagir Ulanbekov | $36k | $5k | ||||
| Clayton Carpenter | $24k | $4k |
Merab Dvalishvili and Umar Nurmagomedov the co-main event fighters are the other two highest paid fighters at UFC 311, Merab Dvalishvili get paid $500k for the fight and current champion overall purse will reach to $1.4 million depends UFC bonus, sponsorship and pay-per-view money on fight. The challenger for UFC Bantamweight title Umar Nurmagomedov will earn guaranteed money upto $400k for fight and his earnings crossed figure of $1m+ based on ppv revenue share and bonuses.
POTN & FOTN Bonuses for the Fighters :
There will be four fighters or more than four fighters who will received performance bonus and fight of the night bonus worth $50k or $75k depends on the promotion how much they offer to fighters. In recent years there are more than 10 fighters who receive money from POTN and FOTN after the main-event. If there will be changes to the current UFC 311 fight cards, details of UFC 311 salaries of the fighters updated here later.