The UFC divisions with the most bonuses in 2025 have been announced, with lightweight taking first place with 26 bonuses.
According to Idman.biz, lightweight fighters surpassed the middleweight division (21 bonuses) by earning 26 bonuses. Azerbaijani fighter Nazim Sadykhov also contributed to this victory. Sadykhov won a bonus by defeating Brazilian fighter Nicolas Motta at the UFC tournament held in Baku on June 21. However, he lost his last fight in Las Vegas to Frenchman Fares Ziam.
Two other Azerbaijani fighters, Rafael Fiziev and Tofiq Musayev, also compete in the lightweight division, but they did not earn bonuses for their fights in 2025.
The men's flyweight division (16 bonuses) took third place in the leadership rankings, while the welterweight and featherweight divisions each had 14 bonuses. Heavyweight fighters earned 12 bonuses, while the flyweight and light heavyweight divisions each finished the year with 11 bonuses.
The least visually appealing were the women's divisions: the strawweight division had 7 bonuses, while the flyweight and lightweight divisions each had only 4 bonuses.
Currently, the UFC lightweight champion is considered to be the Spanish-Georgian fighter Ilia Topuria.
Teymur Tushiyev