Learn more about UFC 290, which took place on Saturday night at the the T-Mobile Arena facility in Nevada including the main event winner, fight card results, bonus prize winners, and payout
In the main event of UFC 290, Alexander Volkanovski defeated interim champion Yair Rodriguez with a dominant performance to record his fifth successful defense of the UFC featherweight championship. Early takedowns and ground-and-pound by Volkanovski brought striking phenom Rodriguez to the canvas, and he managed to rattle Rodriguez with his sneaky right hook that paved the path to his third-round TKO win.
UFC 290 payout, salaries, purse, Alexander Volkanovski vs Yair Rodríguez winner, fight card results, bonus prize money winner, score, all highlights
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UFC 290 purse details, total payouts, & salaries of all fighters
According to reports, featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski made $1,500,000 on Saturday from his base paycheck, pay-per-view shares, & sponsorship deals. Despite losing the main event, Yair Rodriguez received a reward of $1,030,000 in total. Meanwhile, co-main event winner Alexandre Pantoja returned home with net payout of $932,000 and his opponent Brandon Moreno bagged payout of $1,190,000 including his massive $600,000 confirmed purse.
| UFC Fighters | Confirmed Purse | Win Bonus | Sponsorship Deal | Performance Bonus | UFC Bonus | Net Payout |
| Alexander Volkanovski | $750,000 | $100,000 | $42,000 | – | $700,000 | $1,500,000 |
| Yair Rodríguez | $500,000 | – | $32,000 | – | $500,000 | $1,030,000 |
| Brandon Moreno | $600,000 | – | $42,000 | $50,000 | $500,000 | $1,190,000 |
| Alexandre Pantoja | $350,000 | $100,000 | $32,000 | $50,000 | $400,000 | $932,000 |
| Robert Whittaker | $400,000 | – | $20,000 | – | – | $420,000 |
| Dricus du Plessis | $85,000 | $85,000 | $5,000 | $50,000 | – | $225,000 |
| Jalin Turner | $110,000 | – | $5,000 | – | – | $115,000 |
| Dan Hooker | $250,000 | $100,000 | $15,000 | – | – | $365,000 |
| Bo Nickal | $18,000 | $18,000 | $4,000 | – | – | $40,000 |
| Val Woodburn | $12,000 | – | $4,000 | – | – | $16,000 |
| Robbie Lawler | $250,000 | $100,000 | $10,000 | – | – | $360,000 |
| Niko Price | $85,000 | – | $5,000 | – | – | $90,000 |
| Tatsuro Taira | $30,000 | $30,000 | $5,000 | – | – | $65,000 |
| Edgar Cháirez | $12,000 | – | $4,000 | – | – | $16,000 |
| Yazmin Jauregui | $28,000 | – | $5,000 | – | – | $33,000 |
| Denise Gomes | $24,000 | $24,000 | $5,000 | $50,000 | – | $103,000 |
| Jimmy Crute | $48,000 | – | $5,000 | – | – | $53,000 |
| Alonzo Menifield | $48,000 | $48,000 | $5,000 | – | – | $101,000 |
| Vitor Petrino | $18,000 | $18,000 | $4,000 | – | – | $40,000 |
| Marcin Prachnio | $44,000 | – | $5,000 | – | – | $49,000 |
| Cameron Saaiman | $24,000 | $24,000 | $4,000 | – | – | $52,000 |
| Terrence Mitchell | $12,000 | – | $4,000 | – | – | $16,000 |
| Shannon Ross | $16,000 | – | $4,000 | – | – | $20,000 |
| Jesús Santos Aguilar | $16,000 | $16,000 | $4,000 | – | – | $36,000 |
| Kamuela Kirk | $16,000 | – | $4,000 | – | – | $20,000 |
| Esteban Ribovics | $16,000 | $16,000 | $4,000 | – | – | $36,000 |
UFC 290 full fight card winner and results
Following his victory over Yair Rodriguez in the main event of UFC 290, Alexander Volkanovski retained his featherweight division championship. Early on, the attack focused heavily on the ground as Volkanovski crushed Rodriguez in a number of wrestling encounters. However, late in the third round, a hard right hand from Volkanovski brought an end to the fight. Volkanovski threw Rodriguez to the ground after getting the better of him, then just started firing until referee Herb Dean was forced to break up the bout. Notably, the official stoppage time happened at 4:19 of the third-round and hence, Volkanovski successfully defended his featherweight title for the fifth time straight.
In the co-main event of UFC 290, Alexandre Pantoja managed a close split decision victory over Brandon Moreno to win the flyweight championship. Pantoja and Moreno engaged in a five-round bloodbath before reaching the final horn in what was a battle for the ages. When the bout was done, the scorecards could have easily gone any way, as evidenced by the judges, who scored the bout 46–49, 48–47, 48–47 in favor of Pantoja.
- Main Event Result: Alexander Volkanovski defeated Yair Rodríguez through TKO
- Fight of the Night: Brandon Moreno vs. Alexandre Pantoja
- Performance of the Night: Denise Gomes and Dricus du Plessis
| Main Card | |||||
| Weight class | Winner | Loser | Method | Round | Time |
| Featherweight | Alexander Volkanovski | Yair Rodríguez | TKO | 3 | 4:19 |
| Flyweight | Alexandre Pantoja | Brandon Moreno | Decision | 5 | 5:00 |
| Middleweight | Dricus du Plessis | Robert Whittaker | TKO | 2 | 2:23 |
| Catchweight | Dan Hooker | Jalin Turner | Decision | 3 | 5:00 |
| Middleweight | Bo Nickal | Valentine Woodburn | TKO | 1 | 0:38 |
| Preliminary Card | |||||
| Welterweight | Robbie Lawler | Niko Price | KO | 1 | 0:38 |
| Catchweight | Tatsuro Taira | Edgar Cháirez | Decision | 3 | 5:00 |
| Women’s Strawweight | Denise Gomes | Yazmin Jauregui | TKO | 1 | 0:20 |
| Light Heavyweight | Alonzo Menifield | Jimmy Crute | Submission | 2 | 1:55 |
| Early Preliminary Card | |||||
| Light Heavyweight | Vitor Petrino | Marcin Prachnio | Submission | 3 | 3:42 |
| Bantamweight | Cameron Saaiman | Terrence Mitchell | TKO | 1 | 3:10 |
| Flyweight | Jesús Santos Aguilar | Shannon Ross | KO | 1 | 0:17 |
| Lightweight | Esteban Ribovics | Kamuela Kirk | Decision | 3 | 5:00 |