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.
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Highest Paid UFC Fighters 2020 |
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Rank |
Fighters |
Purse & Winning Bonus |
PPV & Sponsorship Bonus |
Overall Earnings |
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1 |
$3 million |
$60,000 |
$3.06 million |
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2 |
$1.25 million |
$80,000 |
$1.33 million |
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3 |
$850,000 |
$250,000 |
$1.1 million |
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4 |
$900,000 |
$120,000 |
$1.02 million |
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|
5 |
$750,000 |
$40,000 |
$790,000 |
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6 |
$700,000 |
$70,000 |
$770,000 |
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7 |
$650,000 |
$80,000 |
$730,000 |
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8 |
$580,000 |
$35,000 |
$615,000 |
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9 |
$500,000 |
$40,000 |
$540,000 |
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10 |
$500,000 |
$40,000 |
$540,000 |
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11 |
Paul
Costa |
$500,000 |
$30,000 |
$530,000 |
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12 |
$500,000 |
$30,000 |
$530,000 |
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13 |
$500,000 |
$30,000 |
$530,000 |
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14 |
$500,000 |
$30,000 |
$530,000 |
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15 |
$400,000 |
$125,00 |
$525,000 |
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16 |
$464,000 |
$35,000 |
$499,000 |
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17 |
$400,000 |
$40,000 |
$440,000 |
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18 |
$410,000 |
$20,000 |
$430,000 |
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19 |
$350,000 |
$70,000 |
$420,000 |
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20 |
$380,000 |
$30,000 |
$410,000 |
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21 |
$400,000 |
$10,000 |
$410,000 |
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22 |
$400,000 |
$70,000 |
$470,000 |
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23 |
$340,000 |
$55,000 |
$395,000 |
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24 |
Henry Cejudo (Ret) |
$350,000 |
$40,000 |
$390,000 |
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25 |
$350,000 |
$30,000 |
$380,000 |
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26 |
$350,000 |
$30,000 |
$380,000 |
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27 |
$250,000 |
$120,00 |
$370,000 |
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28 |
$320,000 |
$15,000 |
$335,000 |
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29 |
$350,000 |
$15,000 |
$330,000 |
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30 |
Maurício
Rua |
$300,000 |
$20,000 |
$320,000 |
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31 |
$200,000 |
$90,000 |
$290,000 |
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32 |
$260,000 |
$20,000 |
$280,000 |
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33 |
$230,000 |
$40,000 |
$270,000 |
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The above information based on recently held UFC pay-per-views during corona-virus pandemic. Israel Adesanya hold another fight in the main pay-per-view and his earnings will increased to $1.25 million including guaranteed payout between ($500k to $800k) at UFC 253. Paul Costa will make $350,000 straight money from the event and $100,000 for winning the fight according to his fight contract.
Amanda Nunes after winning her fight from (Felicia Spencer) at UFC 250, become the highest paid UFC female fighter with ($500,000) guaranteed fight payout and $40,000 endorsement bonus. Alistair Overeem joined the highest paid UFC fighter list after earning straight money from his fight contract upto ($850k) against (Augusto Sakai and Walt Harris).
Conor McGregor UFC Earnings 2020 ($3 million) :
Jon Jones UFC Earnings 2020 ($540,000) :
Israel Adesanya UFC Earnings 2020 ($540,000) :
Zhang Weili UFC Earnings 2020 ($290,000) :
Valentina Shevchenko UFC Earnings 2020 ($290,000) :
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.