UFC 314 compliance salaries reveal Volkanovski as top earner above 46-fight veteran

UFC 314 has passed us by, and it sure did deliver.

While we can't confirm official athlete salaries, we can ascertain how much they took home in UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance Pay - a structured rewards system that pays fighters based on fulfilling fight week obligations.

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UFC title challengers Volkanovski and Lopes tie as top earners at UFC 314

Number of fights	Payout
1-3	$4,000
4-5	$4,500
6-10	$6,000
11-15	$11,000
16-20	$16,000
21+	$21,000
Challenger	$32,000
Champion	$42,000

Volkanovski and Lopes tie as title challengers to top the card at $32,000 each. Jim Miller and Darren Elkins earned the top-tier $21,000 for having 21 fights or more.

UFC 314's lowest earner was former PFL-Bellator champion Patricio Pitbull, who debuted to the tune of $4,000. Pitbull was handily outpointed by Yair Rodriguez.

Fighter	Fights	Payout
Alexander Volkanovski	16	$32,000
Diego Lopes	6	$32,000
Jim Miller	46	$21,000
Darren Elkins	30	$21,000
Nikita Krylov	19	$16,000
Dan Ige	19	$16,000
Julian Erosa	16	$16,000
Michal Oleksiejczuk	16	$16,000
Yair Rodriguez	15	$11,000
Dominick Reyes	13	$11,000
Xiaonan Yan	13	$11,000
Bryce Mitchell	12	$11,000
Virna Jandiroba	11	$11,000
Chase Hooper	11	$11,000
Sean Woodson	10	$6,000
Sumudaerji	8	$6,000
Michael Chandler	6	$6,000
Paddy Pimblett	6	$6,000
Sedriques Dumas	6	$6,000
Tresean Gore	5	$4,500
Jean Silva	5	$4,500
Nora Cornolle	4	$4,500
Mitch Raposo	2	$4,000
Marco Tulio	2	$4,000
Hailey Cowan	2	$4,000
Patricio Pitbull	1 (debut)	$4,000

UFC 314's total compliance payout is $295,500. By comparison, UFC London paid $205,500, and UFC Mexico paid $167,000.

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