The official UFC 322 purses have been revealed with Islam Makhachev receiving a career-high payday in becoming a two-division UFC champion.
Three of the fighters on the full UFC 322 fight card made seven-figure purses, with several other big earners following last weekend’s bumper pay-per-view at Madison Square Garden.
UFC 322 Purses Revealed
UFC 322 has now been and gone. The penultimate UFC pay-per-view of the year certainly delivered with several epic knockouts and incredible fights across the prelims and main card at Madison Square Garden.
The event was capped off by Islam Makhachev becoming the latest two-division UFC king, comprehensively defeating Jack Della Maddalena in the main event to win the UFC Welterweight Title.
In winning the 170-pound belt, Makhachev became just the 11th fighter in MMA history to win world titles across two weight divisions in the UFC. Conor McGregor was of course the first, with the Dagestani fighter now the latest to add his name to the illustrious list.
Alongside Makhachev there were several standout performances at UFC 322. This included knockout wins for Michael Morales, Benoit Saint Denis and Carlos Prates, who each earned UFC bonuses for their respective knockouts of Sean Brady, Beneil Dariush and Leon Edwards.
In the aftermath of the epic New York fight card, official UFC 322 purses have been revealed with some eye-catching earnings for multiple fighters. This includes three seven-figure paydays for Makhachev, ‘JDM’ and Valenti Shevchenko.
A whole host of other fighters earned lucrative purses, as well as four individuals winning a $50,000 ‘Performance of the Night’ bonus for each of their respective knockouts across the UFC 322 main card and prelims.
Unsurprisingly the two main event combatants topped the UFC 322 purse list, with women’s flyweight queen Shevchenko the only female on the card to earn over $1million.
Below is a full list of UFC 322 purses and payouts for the 10 fighters that featured on the UFC 322 main card.
Official UFC 322 Purses & Fighter Payouts (Main Card)
- Islam Makhachev – $3,332,000
- Jack Della Maddalena – $1,992,000
- Valentina Shevchenko – $1,392,000
- Zhang Weili – $832,000
- Benoit Saint Denis – $338,000
- Leon Edwards – $315,000
- Beneil Dariush – $272,000
- Michael Morales – $206,000
- Carlos Prates – $206,000
- Sean Brady – $110,000
Islam Makhachev Earns Career-High Payday Thanks To $3,332,000 UFC 322 Purse
Islam Makhachev’s net worth will have increased even further following UFC 322, where the two-division king earned $3,332,000 for his dominant unanimous decision victory over Jack Della Maddalena to win the welterweight belt.
This was Makhachev’s first fight up at 170-pounds since vacating the lightweight belt, and the Dagestani fighter put in one of the most dominant and one-sided performances of his entire career in his schooling of ‘JDM’.
Makhachev’s UFC 322 purses was not only higher than every other fighter on the entire Madison Square Garden card, but it also marked his own career-high paydays in his 29 MMA fights to date.
Prior to UFC 322, Makhachev’s highest payday came at UFC 294 in his rematch with Alexander Volkanovski. The 34-year-old earned $2,542,000 against Volkanovski on that occasion, but has since trumped that with his UFC 322 purse of $3,332,000.
As well as being one of the most followed UFC fighters on social media today, Makhachev is also one of the highest earners on the UFC roster. This is mainly down to his six UFC title fights across the lightweight and welterweight divisions.
Depending on what the Russian mauler does next, he could be in for even bigger paydays going forward. Should he face Ilia Topuria in a ‘double-champ vs double-champ’ showdown at some stage in 2026, he would likely earn upward of $5m at the very least.
For now though, Islam Makhachev’s UFC 322 purse of $3,332,000 is the biggest of his career to date.
