Highest Paid UFC Fighters 2020

Ultimate Fight Championship signed most expensive tv deal with ESPN for $750 million. Dana White, CEO of the UFC sports, paying high wages to fighters which include winning bonus and performance of the night bonus. Conor Mcgregor currently leading list highest paid UFC fighters 2020. Three main pay-per-view cards take place in year 2020.

Highest Paid UFC Fighters in 2020
RANK	UFC Fighters	Guaranteed Purse	Winning Bonus	Sponsorship & Performance Bonus	UFC Event	Overall Earnings
1	Conor Mcgregor	$3 million	N/A	$60,000	UFC 246	$3.06 million
2	Jon Jones	$500,000	N/A	$40,000	UFC 247	$540,000
3	Israel Adesanya	$500,000	N/A	$40,000	UFC 248	$540,000
4	Donald Cerrone	$400,000	N/A	$40,000	UFC 246, 249	$440,000
5	Tony Ferguson	$350,000	N/A	$80,000	UFC 249	$430,000
6	Junior dos Santos	$400,000	N/A	$20,000	Fight Night 166	$420,000
7	Henry Cejudo	$350,000	N/A	$40,000	UFC 249	$390,000
8	Justin Gaethje	$350,000	N/A	$30,000	UFC 249	$380,000
9	Aleksei Oleinik	$155,000	$155,000	$70,000	UFC 246, 249	$380,000
10	Dominick Reyes	$350,000	N/A	$30,000	UFC 247	$380,000
11	Yoel Romero	$350,000	N/A	$30,000	UFC 248	$380,000
12	Fabrício Werdum	$325,000	N/A	$15,000	UFC 249	$340,000
13	Francis Ngannou	$120,000	$120,000	$70,000	UFC 249	$310,000
14	Charles Oliveira	$110,000	$110,000	$97,200	Fight Night 170	$307,200
15	Derrick Lewis	$145,000	$145,000	$15,000	UFC 247	$305,000
16	Zhang Weili	$100,000	$100,000	$90,000	UFC 248	$290,000
17	Dominick Cruz	$250,000	N/A	$30,000	UFC 249	$280,000
18	Anthony Pettis	$249,000	N/A	$25,000	UFC 246, 249	$274,000
19	Valentina Shevchenko	$115,000	$115,000	$40,000	UFC 247	$270,000
20	Dan Hooker	$85,000	$85,000	$60,000	Fight Night 168	$230,000
21	Diego Sanchez	$103,000	$103,000	$20,000	Fight Night 167	$226,000
22	Joseph Benavidez	$150,000	N/A	$60,000	Fight Night 169	$210,000
23	Holly Holm	$200,000	N/A	$5,000	UFC 246	$205,000
24	Beneil Dariush	$70,000	$70,000	$60,000	UFC 248	$200,000
25	Joanna Jędrzejczyk	$106,000	N/A	$80,000	UFC 248	$186,000
26	Jim Miller	$100,000	N/A	$70,000	Fight Night 167	$170,000
27	Jan Blachowicz	$50,000	$50,000	$60,000	Fight Night 167	$160,000
28	Paul Felder	$82,000	N/A	$50,000	Fight Night 168	$142,000

In the above table you can see the list of highest paid UFC male and female fighters. The details gathered from top sources of MMA and UFC. Conor McGregor earn highest prize money so far in the main pay-per-view card at UFC 246. Khabib Nurmagomedov may become the highest paid but his fight with Tony Ferguson cancel due to coronavirus pandemic. Nurmagomedov last year made $6.05 million from his UFC fight against Dustin Poirier.

Conor McGregor UFC Earnings 2020 ($3 million) :

McGregor take part in only one fight so far in UFC at 246 main card. According to reports, Mcgregor earn $3 million. There are reports, that Mcgregor earn ($50 million) from the fight against Khabib Nurmagomedov. Some mma sources claimed that, Mcgregor next fight will be against winner of Nurmagomedov vs Ferguson main-card at UFC 249.

Jon Jones UFC Earnings 2020 ($540,000) :

Jon Jones made return to UFC ring in 2020. Jones after great fight with (Dominick Reyes) retain the title on unanimous decision. His earnings at UFC 247 revealed upto $500,000. A sports financial collecting site reported that, Jones received $40,000 sponsorship earnings at UFC 247.

Israel Adesanya UFC Earnings 2020 ($540,000) :

Adesanya made career highest purse money at UFC 248. He win the fight against Yoel Romero in middleweight division and retain the title. His earnings for UFC 248 revealed ($500k) which later increased to $40k extra based on sponsorship earnings.

Zhang Weili UFC Earnings 2020 ($290,000) :

Weili become the highest paid UFC women fighter in 2020 with $290k from the fight against Joanna Jędrzejczyk. According to MMA sources, Weili make $200k straight money from fight and $90,000 from sponsorship and performance payout.

Valentina Shevchenko UFC Earnings 2020 ($290,000) :

Shevchenko currently best paid fighter from (Ukraine) in UFC. She make $230k from the fight which include 100% winning bonus, her earnings increased to $270k after including $40k sponsorship bonus. In 2019, Its Nunes who leads the women highest paid UFC fighter list with $1 million earnings from (UFC 245 & UFC 239.

All information UFC fighters gathered from recently held events. The details and list updated here after each main UFC event. Once the next event UFC 249 take place the salaries information updated after that. The details based on reported salaries of the fighters at main card including sponsorship bonus.