It’s been almost a full year since the last UFC event to have publicly reported purses by an athletic commission, and this weekend’s UFC 261 pay-per-view in Florida will be no different.
MMA Junkie’s Nolan King confirmed with the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation that fighter purses will not be publicly available, a change from recent years where MMA (but not boxing) payouts were released. Florida department spokesman Patrick Fargason told King, “The purse for that event has been deemed a trade secret by the promoter and therefore exempt from public record.”
This news broke shortly after the UFC 261 press conference, which was attended by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.