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Rising Lightweight Star Slams $50K Performance Bonuses Ahead of UFC 311 Return

Rising Lightweight Star Slams $50K Performance Bonuses Ahead of UFC 311 Return Renato Moicano thinks it’s time the UFC bumped up its $50k performance bonuses. When ‘Money’ Moicano steps back into…

Renato Moicano thinks it’s time the UFC bumped up its $50k performance bonuses.

When ‘Money’ Moicano steps back into the Octagon this Saturday night at UFC 311, he’ll look to score his biggest win yet when he meets the returning Beneil Dariush. A win would extend Moicano’s unbeaten streak to five and, more importantly, inch him closer to a potential shot at the lightweight title.

Aside from his impressive work inside the cage, Moicano has grown a sizeable fan following for his often hilarious commentaries on social media and his energetic post-fight interviews.

During a recent interview with Caroline Pearce of UFC on TNT Sports, Moicano offered up another hot take, this time directed at his employer’s paltry $50,000 payouts for things like Knockout and Fight of the Night.

“To be honest, with this inflation, this bonus kind of needs to be updated, you know? $50k is not the same as like ten years ago, but it will still be good to make some extra cash,” Moicano said.

Performance bonuses were first issued at UFC 67 nearly two decades ago and often fluctuated in amount before 2013 when $50,000 became the official figure awarded to fighters who delivered one of the evening’s more memorable showings.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics consumer price index, today’s prices are 1.52 times as high as average prices since 2007. As a result, a dollar today only buys 65.697% of what it could buy back in 2007.

Renato Moicano seeking his third $50k bonus at UFC 311

The last time Renato Moicano bagged a performance bonus was in 2018 when he scored a first-round submission victory over Cub Swanson at UFC 227. Before that, ‘Money’ picked up $50k for his Fight of the Night with Brian Ortega at UFC 214.

Former lightweight champion Charles ‘Do Bronx’ Oliveira holds the record for the most performance bonuses in UFC history at 20. He’s followed closely by Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone at 18 and Nate Diaz at 16.

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Former Opponent Reveals What Arman Tsarukyan Can Take From First Makhachev Fight

On January 18, Arman Tsarukyan will finally get an opportunity that he has been chasing for a long time. The #1-ranked contender will not only get the chance to challenge for the lightweight title in the main event of UFC 311 but he has the possibility of avenging one of his only losses in the […]

Tsarukyan debuted in the UFC back in April of 2019 where he stepped in on short notice to face Islam Makhachev in Russia. He didn’t get his hand raised on that occasion but in a fight of the night winning contest, he showed that he was a serious player in the 155-pound division.

Makhachev’s success after that fight only made Tsarukyan’s debut performance against him even more impressive but now he gets the chance to run it back with the man who handed him the second defeat of his career. In a recent interview with Inside Fighting, Beneil Dariush gave his thoughts on the matchup.

Dariush faced Tsarukyan in December of 2023 where he was caught early on by a huge right hand that ended the contest in just over a minute. He believes that if there’s anything that the challenger needs to take from his first meeting with the current champion, it’s that same hunger and aggression.

He thinks that Tsarukyan’s best chance of winning the fight is by being on the front foot early on which is where he had success against both Makhachev and Dariush in the past.

“It was so long ago. I think if you look at Arman’s mentality in that fight, that’s the right mentality. Take the fight to him, right. I think that’s what he should do. So I think that he could take that from that fight as like, ‘Hey, when I took the fight to him, I won’. I want to say people, was it the first round that he won according the judges? He went out there and he want hard, you know. He went after him in the first round so I think that’s something he could do.”

Renato Moicano Admits Disappointment At Beneil Dariush Matchup: ‘I Don’t Think It’s What I Deserve’

At UFC 311, Renato Moicano will look to earn the biggest win of his career by extending his current winning streak to five. “Money” has been on a great run of form since beating Brad Riddell in 2022, stopping Benoit Saint Denis in Paris last September to make a real dent in the lightweight rankings. […]

On his return at the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles, he will face UFC veteran and 155-pound staple, Beneil Dariush. The #9-ranked contender may be coming off of back-to-back first round knockout losses but suffering setbacks to Charles Oliveira and Arman Tsarukyan aren’t major red flags.

This is especially true considering that his loss to Oliveira at UFC 289 broke his eight-fight winning streak which put him within reach of a title shot if he was able to get past “Do Bronx”. With Moicano being one spot behind him in the top 15, it seems that the Brazilian isn’t overjoyed about this particular matchup.

Considering that he already has wins over two other ranked opponents, it wouldn’t have been surprising to see Moicano take on a much higher ranked contender next time out though that’s usually easier said than done when it comes to everything falling into place.

Though he isn’t going to let it affect his preparations and mindset, he was very open and honest during his recent appearance on The Ariel Helwani Show. Moicano often jokes about wanting easy money instead of tough opponents and clearly he considers Dariush someone that falls into the latter category.

“Dariush, he’s a tough fighter. That is not what I was expecting and I don’t think it’s what I deserve, but who gives a f***. It’s a fight. Anything can happen and I don’t care who I’m fighting. I just have to be competitive and keep showing up.”

Beneil Dariush vs. Renato Moicano Joins Stacked Lineup For UFC 311 In Los Angeles

The lineup for the promotion’s first pay-per-view of 2025, UFC 311 in Los Angeles, continues to get stronger. The mixed martial arts will kick off its schedule of numbered events for the new year at the Intuit Dome, where two highly anticipated championship fights and a host of intriguing matchups will go down. And not […]

The lineup for the promotion’s first pay-per-view of 2025, UFC 311 in Los Angeles, continues to get stronger.

The mixed martial arts will kick off its schedule of numbered events for the new year at the Intuit Dome, where two highly anticipated championship fights and a host of intriguing matchups will go down.

And not long after Islam Makhachev vs. Arman Tsarukyan and Merab Dvalishvili vs. Umar Nurmagomedov were announced as the two headliners, the card has deepened even further.

Joining the undercard bouts set to play out at UFC 311 on Jan. 18 is a ranked lightweight clash between veteran Beneil Dariush (22-6-1) and the charging Renato Moicano (20-5-1). The fight was announced by the UFC on social media.

For Dariush, UFC 311 will mark his return after sitting out the entirety of 2024 following consecutive knockout losses to Charles Oliveira and Tsarukyan in the year prior. Before those setbacks, the 35-year-old had won eight straight to move to within touching distance of a first title shot.

Moicano, meanwhile, is on the opposite trajectory having won four on the bounce since a decision loss to Rafael dos Anjos in March 2022. After an injury kept him out for over a year post-submission victory over Brad Riddell, the Brazilian has reeled off three triumphs in 2024, most recently battering Benoît Saint Denis in the UFC Paris main event this past September.

With this addition, the current fights expected to take place at UFC 311 in Los Angeles on Jan. 18 are as follows:

Islam Makhachev (C) vs. Arman Tsarukyan (lightweight championship)
Merab Dvalishvili (C) vs. Umar Nurmagomedov (bantamweight championship)
Ji?í Procházka vs. Jamahal Hill (light heavyweight)
Reinier de Ridder vs. Kevin Holland (middleweight)
Beneil Dariush vs. Renato Moicano (lightweight)
Jailton Almeida vs. Serghei Spivac (heavyweight)
Rinya Nakamura vs. Muin Gafarov (bantamweight)
Tagir Ulanbekov vs. Clay Carpenter (flyweight)
Johnny Walker vs. Bogdan Guskov (light heavyweight)
Karol Rosa vs. Ailín Pérez (women’s bantamweight)
Zachary Reese vs. Sedriques Dumas (middleweight)
Payton Talbott vs. Raoni Barcelos (bantamweight)
Grant Dawson vs. Diego Ferreira (lightweight)
Ricky Turcios vs. Benardo Sopaj (bantamweight)