UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs Spivak is officially titled UFC Fight Night 218. The latest UFC Fight Night event featuring 12 total professional MMA matches is scheduled to be held this February 4 in the United States. Here, you will know UFC Fight Night 215: Lewis vs Spivak Purse, Payout, and Salaries.
Fight Night was scheduled to take place in last year’s November, but it was canceled later. November event will feature 5 matches under the main card and additional 7 matches under the preliminary card. For the title bout, Derrick Lewis and Sergey Spivak will face each other for the first time in a professional ring. It will be a UFC heavyweight category match. While Ion Cutelaba will be fighting Kennedy Nzechukwu for the co-main event match.
The title bout UFC Fight Night event will initiate at 04:00 p.m. ET. It will be available to watch via ESPN+ and the UFC Fight Pass.
The article below contains information on the upcoming UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs Spivak purse, payout, and salary details.
UFC Fight Night 218: Lewis vs Spivak Purse and Payout:
The complete guaranteed purse pool for all the bouts of the upcoming UFC Fight Night is reportedly around $1.6 million. While the title bout will feature $775k from this purse pool. Additionally, like all UFC events, this one will also pay a guaranteed participation purse to all the competitors of this Fight Night.
In addition to the guaranteed purse, there will be a $300k additional pool as a bonus. It will be distributed to the winners of the Performance of the Night and Fight of the Night title. On average, four competitors from each event are selected for the Performance of the Night title, each getting $50k. While the rest of $100k is distributed to the Fight of the Night participants.
Let us look at the purse distribution for the Lewis vs Spivak bout in the event –
How much will Derrick Lewis earn?
The American MMA professional Derrick Lewis is currently ranked 7th in the UFC Heavyweight division. From his recent losing bout against Sergei Pavlovich, he earned $200k guaranteed purse. Prior to that, he earned over $730k from the match against Ciryl Gane. His recent two losses made quite the impact on his wage rate.
In the upcoming bout against Sergey Spivak, Lewis is slated to earn a guaranteed purse of $500k. Moreover, he will earn an endorsement bonus of $20k. He won’t be getting any PPV share, as the event is digital only. If he wins the bout, his total income might top $700k from the event.
How much will Sergey Spivak earn?
UFC Heavyweight 12th ranked Sergey Spivak is from Moldova. He recently earned $200k from his win against Augusto Sakai. Before that, he defeated Greg Hardy and took home a reward of $150k.
Spivak will earn a guaranteed purse of $275k from his upcoming fight against Lewis. In addition, there will be a $10k sponsorship incentive. If he can secure the win, there will be an additional win bonus which will help his total income go over $550k from the event.
Derrick Lewis Net Worth:
In 2022, Derrick Lewis’ net worth is over $1.5 million. His estimated career earnings are around $5 million right now.
Sergey Spivak Net Worth:
Heavyweight professional Sergey Spivak’s net worth is $500k. He has reportedly earned $220k from his career at the UFC.
