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UFC 334 purses: how much will Gane, Harrison and every fighter make?
UFC 334 purses and salaries: what we estimate Ciryl Gane, Josh Hokit, Kayla Harrison and every fighter earn at Madison Square Garden, plus the bonus rules.
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- Mate Bersenadze
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- Nov 10, 2026
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- 6 min read
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- UFCUFC 334UFC 2026-11-15Fighter PayCiryl GaneKayla HarrisonAmanda Nunes
We estimate Ciryl Gane is on about $718,000 to defend the heavyweight title against Josh Hokit at UFC 334, the biggest figure on the card, and that the 23 fighters we can estimate at Madison Square Garden are on roughly $2.9 million in show money between them before a single bonus is handed out. The main card starts at 9 p.m. ET on Saturday, November 14.
Let's get the ground rules out of the way first. The UFC does not publish purses. What we can count is the compliance pay every fighter gets under the promotional guidelines program and the bonus scale the promotion has used since January. What we can estimate is the rest, from 18 years of commission-disclosed and reported purses. Every estimate below is ours, it is labeled as one, and it is typically within about 30 percent either way.
How much will Ciryl Gane make at UFC 334?
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Our estimate for Gane's show money is about $718,000, inside a band of roughly $520,000 to $991,000. We read his deal as most likely flat (no separate win bonus), which is how most contracts at that level are written, so win or lose the figure is about the same. On top of it sits the $42,000 champion tier of compliance pay. He stopped Alex Pereira at 1:27 of the second round at UFC Freedom 250 in June and has sat at the top of the heavyweight rankings since September.
The paper trail fits that number. When Gane challenged Francis Ngannou at UFC 270 in January 2022, the California State Athletic Commission disclosed a $500,000 purse. For his title fight with Jon Jones at UFC 285, the reported figure was $750,000. More than three and a half years later, our estimate has him roughly where he was against Jones, which says less about Gane than about how flat the top of the UFC pay scale has been.
Hokit is the other end of the same fight. He has four UFC bouts, all wins, the last a stoppage of Derrick Lewis on the same night Gane beat Pereira. We estimate Hokit at about $181,000 to show and $181,000 to win, so a title upset would be worth roughly $362,000 to him, plus the $32,000 challenger tier of compliance pay. Even the winning version of Hokit's night is about half of what we estimate Gane makes for showing up.
Harrison vs Nunes: the challenger has the bigger receipts
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The co-main is the strangest pay picture on the card. Kayla Harrison is the women's bantamweight champion and No. 2 on the women's pound-for-pound board, and we estimate her show money at about $301,000 (band roughly $218,000 to $416,000), most likely flat, plus the $42,000 champion tier. For her UFC debut against Holly Holm at UFC 300, the reported figures were $300,000 to show and $300,000 to win. Treat our number as a floor: champion deals are where side letters live, and none of that ever reaches a disclosure.
Amanda Nunes is the reason this fight sells. She has not fought since beating Irene Aldana at UFC 289 in June 2023, so there is no current contract history to estimate from, and we don't publish one. Her receipts do the talking anyway. The reported figure for UFC 289 was $1,000,000 to show. For her rematch win over Julianna Peña at UFC 277, it was $1,000,000 to show and $1,000,000 to win. The last purse a commission actually disclosed for her, at UFC 250, was $350,000 plus $150,000 from the Nevada State Athletic Commission.
If her return deal sits anywhere near those numbers, the challenger is the best-paid woman in the building, and possibly the best-paid fighter on the card. She also gets the $32,000 challenger tier.
UFC 334 purses: every fighter
Fighters are listed in bout order, opponents on consecutive rows. Every dollar figure in the three middle columns is our estimate. Compliance pay is the tier each fighter falls into under the promotional guidelines compliance program, as reported by MMA Junkie: $4,000 for a first, second or third UFC bout, $4,500 for a fourth or fifth, $6,000 for six to ten, $11,000 for 11 to 15, $16,000 for 16 to 20, $21,000 from 21 on, $32,000 for title challengers and $42,000 for champions. UFC bouts only; Contender Series fights don't count.
| Fighter | Est. show | Est. win bonus | Est. night with a win | Compliance pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main card (9 p.m. ET) | ||||
| Ciryl Gane (c) | ~$718,000 | flat | ~$718,000 | $42,000 |
| Josh Hokit | ~$181,000 | ~$181,000 | ~$362,000 | $32,000 |
| Kayla Harrison (c) | ~$301,000 | flat | ~$301,000 | $42,000 |
| Amanda Nunes | n/a | n/a | n/a | $32,000 |
| Caio Borralho | ~$89,000 | ~$89,000 | ~$178,000 | $6,000 |
| Yousri Belgaroui | ~$35,000 | ~$35,000 | ~$70,000 | $4,500 |
| Uros Medic | ~$99,000 | ~$99,000 | ~$198,000 | $11,000 |
| Kevin Holland | ~$129,000 | ~$129,000 | ~$258,000 | $21,000 |
| Bilal Hasan | n/a | n/a | n/a | $4,000 |
| Luis Gurule | ~$24,000 | ~$24,000 | ~$48,000 | $6,000 |
| Prelims (7 p.m. ET) | ||||
| Stephen Thompson | ~$311,000 | flat | ~$311,000 | $21,000 |
| Charles Radtke | ~$62,000 | ~$62,000 | ~$124,000 | $6,000 |
| Drew Dober | ~$111,000 | ~$111,000 | ~$222,000 | $21,000 |
| Chris Duncan | ~$86,000 | ~$86,000 | ~$172,000 | $6,000 |
| Jim Miller | ~$148,000 | ~$148,000 | ~$296,000 | $21,000 |
| Terrance McKinney | ~$90,000 | ~$90,000 | ~$180,000 | $11,000 |
| Donte Johnson | ~$28,000 | ~$28,000 | ~$56,000 | $4,500 |
| Cesar Almeida | ~$57,000 | ~$57,000 | ~$114,000 | $6,000 |
| Early prelims (5 p.m. ET) | ||||
| Jared Gordon | ~$80,000 | ~$80,000 | ~$160,000 | $16,000 |
| Melquizael Costa | ~$103,000 | ~$103,000 | ~$206,000 | $11,000 |
| Macy Chiasson | ~$71,000 | ~$71,000 | ~$142,000 | $11,000 |
| Bia Mesquita | ~$43,000 | ~$43,000 | ~$86,000 | $4,500 |
| Adrian Yanez | ~$83,000 | ~$83,000 | ~$166,000 | $11,000 |
| Juan Díaz | ~$39,000 | ~$39,000 | ~$78,000 | $4,000 |
| Evan Elder | ~$41,000 | ~$41,000 | ~$82,000 | $6,000 |
| Samuel Sanches | n/a | n/a | n/a | $4,000 |
"Flat" means we read the deal as a single fee with no separate win bonus. "n/a" means we publish no estimate: Bilal Hasan has one UFC bout and Samuel Sanches makes his debut, so neither has the contract history an estimate needs, and Nunes returns after more than two years away on a deal nobody has seen. Compliance pay is the only verified money in the table, and it adds up to $364,500 across the 26 fighters.
The bonus money on top
Since UFC 324 in January, Fight of the Night and Performance of the Night pay $100,000 each, and every knockout or submission win that doesn't land one of those awards pays a $25,000 finish incentive. They don't stack: a fighter who collects $100,000 does not also get the $25,000.
That changes the arithmetic further down the card more than at the top. For Juan Díaz, whom we estimate at about $78,000 with a win, a Performance bonus more than doubles his night. For Gane, it is a nice watch. The other sign the scale has moved: the $364,500 in compliance pay for the whole card is less than four Performance bonuses.
What these numbers leave out
Our estimates cover show money and win bonuses only. They miss anything written outside the standard bout agreement, discretionary locker-room bonuses, and personal sponsorship, which is exactly where champions and returning stars make up the gap. That is why Gane's and Harrison's figures read as floors, and why we leave Nunes blank instead of guessing.
The fighters who will be reading this table most closely are not on the main card. Seven of the 23 we estimate are under $60,000 to show. And one of the veterans, Jim Miller, is making his 48th UFC walk. Bonuses are announced after the main event, and we will have the real numbers the morning after.
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