After a week’s hiatus, UFC is back this weekend with Grant Dawson and Bobby Green expected to headline the event. UFC Vegas 80 is scheduled to take place on October 7, 2023, at the UFC Apex facility in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Apart from the Lightweight battle between Dawson and Green, the main card consists of another Lightweight battle between Drew Dober and Ricky Glenn. The UFC Vegas 80 co-feature sees a Middleweight bout between Joe Pyfer and Abdul Razak Alhassan.
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Other fights in the main card include Alex Morono vs. Joaquin Buckley in the Welterweight bout, Philipe Lins vs. Ion Cuțelaba in the Light Heavyweight bout, and Alexander Hernandez vs. Bill Algeo in the Featherweight bout.
This fight card, however, is very different from how it was initially scheduled. A featherweight bout between Daniel Pineda and Khusein Askhabov was scheduled to take place, however, Askhabov was arrested early in September leading to the bout being canceled.
On the other hand, Montana De La Rosa and Stephanie Egger were set to fight at UFC Vegas 80, however, the women’s flyweight bout was canceled. Egger pulled out of the fight due to undisclosed reasons. She has been replaced by JJ Aldrich.
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Montel Jackson also pulled out of his Bantamweight fight against Chris Gutiérrez for undisclosed reasons. Instead, Gutiérrez is now scheduled to face Alateng Heili next weekend.
Let’s take a look at the fight purse involved at the UFC Vegas 80 event.
Grant Dawson and Bobby Green are set to be the highest earners at UFC Vegas 80
Dawson is set to fight in his first-ever UFC main event and that calls for him to earn his highest purse. Green, on the other hand, is fresh out of defeating former interim Lightweight champion Tony Ferguson. According to The Sports Daily, Dawson (20-1-1) will earn a guaranteed salary of $256,000 ($250,000 base + $6,000 incentive). Green will also take home a guaranteed salary of $256,000.
Joe Pyfer is set to earn a total of $32,500 ($28,000 + $4,500) while his opponent Abdul Razak Alhassan will bag $55,000 ($44,000 + $11,000). Other fighters in the main are expected to earn more than Pyfer and Alhassan except for Lins and Algeo.
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Alex Morono is set to bag $106,000 ($90,000 + $16,000), Joaquin Buckley is expected to earn $91,000 ($80,000 + $11,000), Drew Dober is expected to earn a high incentive pay to make his total $106,000 ($85,000 + $21,000), and Alexander Hernandez is set to earn $96,000 ($85,000 + $11,000).
Ricky Glenn will earn $56,000 ($50,000 + $6,000) while Ion Cutelaba will bag $101,000 ($85,000 + $16,000). On the other hand, Phillipe Lins will earn $42,000 ($36,000 + $6,000) and Bill Algeo will bag $50,000 ($44,000 + $6,000).