UFC 304 Purse and Payouts: Belal Muhammad’s Earnings Reportedly Disappoint Despite Dominant Win Over Leon Edwards

Fandom’s favorite fight extravaganza, UFC, is in Manchester for its eighth PPV of the year. With two title fights on the main card, UFC 304 is sure to be a money-spinner with Leon Edwards defending his welterweight title against Belal Muhammad in the main event for a life-changing $1 million payday.

According to Marca, ‘Rocky’ would have a base salary of $500,000, which would have been double that if he had won Saturday’s PPV bonanza thanks to Edwards’ share of the pay-per-view.

Edwards is expected to earn up to seven figures at UFC 304, along with a base salary of $500,000 and a cut of pay-per-view buys. As for challenger ‘Remember The Name’ Muhammad, he is expected to pocket his base salary of $80,000, which would rise to a new record since he took the belt from the Brit.

The PPV cut will also likely guarantee Muhammad a huge paycheck. But since his base salary isn’t anywhere near Edwards’, the champ will have to settle for a much lower amount, even after winning the title. But Belal won’t mind. Not today, not with all he had on the line.

Meanwhile, UFC interim heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall proved his worth by quickly dispatching former opponent Curtis Blaydes, knocking him out quickly and earning a pay-per-view share of over $500,000.

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Make no mistake, the UFC event in Manchester was an exciting one. Although the main event, as most expected, fell to the judges’ decision, Aspinall managed to emulate his knockout performance against Sergei Pavlovich. ‘The Razor’ Blaydes was left stunned and confused after a sharp counter left the American on thin ice.

It only took 1 minute for the Brit. Despite the unfortunate loss to Curtis in 2022, where he lost via TKO by doctor’s stoppage in less than 15 seconds, Aspinall redeemed himself with an ugly KO finish and successfully retained his interim title. This victory boosted the stock for Aspinall, who, thanks to his champion status, is guaranteed a base salary of $500,000 in addition to the pay-per-view shares.

After the win, the interim champion let out the most polite yell in UFC history, but it was one that will undoubtedly anger the undisputed champion ahead of his November fight with Stipe Miocic.

Jones has been accused of avoiding Aspinall for a while now, but after what the Brit did today, even Dana White couldn’t deny him the chance to attack Jones. So if Jones doesn’t give up after the fight with Miocic, he’ll be in the middle of a heavy hail storm.