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 2020
Rank	Fighters	Purse & Winning Bonus	PPV & Sponsorship Bonus	Overall Earnings
1	Conor Mcgregor	$3 million	$60,000	$3.06 million
2	Israel Adesanya	$1.25 million	$80,000	$1.33 million
3	Alistair Overeem	$850,000	$250,000	$1.1 million
4	Junior dos Santos	$900,000	$120,000	$1.02 million
5	Stipe Miocic	$750,000	$40,000	$790,000
6	Kamaru Usman	$700,000	$70,000	$770,000
7	Fabrício Werdum	$650,000	$80,000	$730,000
8	Derrick Lewis	$580,000	$35,000	$615,000
9	Jon Jones	$500,000	$40,000	$540,000
10	Amanda Nunes	$500,000	$40,000	$540,000
11	Paul Costa	$500,000	$30,000	$530,000
12	Jorge Masvidal	$500,000	$30,000	$530,000
13	Daniel Cormier	$500,000	$30,000	$530,000
14	Tony Ferguson	$500,000	$30,000	$530,000
15	Deiveson Figueiredo	$400,000	$125,00	$525,000
16	Neil Magny	$464,000	$35,000	$499,000
17	Donald Cerrone	$400,000	$40,000	$440,000
18	Aleksei Oleinik	$410,000	$20,000	$430,000
19	Dustin Poirier	$350,000	$70,000	$420,000
20	Curtis Blaydes	$380,000	$30,000	$410,000
21	Robert Whittaker	$400,000	$10,000	$410,000
22	Frankie Edgar	$400,000	$70,000	$470,000
23	Jim Miller	$340,000	$55,000	$395,000
24	Henry Cejudo (Ret)	$350,000	$40,000	$390,000
25	Dominick Reyes	$350,000	$30,000	$380,000
26	Yoel Romero	$350,000	$30,000	$380,000
27	Sean O’Malley	$250,000	$120,00	$370,000
28	Chris Weidman	$320,000	$15,000	$335,000
29	Justin Gaethje	$350,000	$15,000	$330,000
30	Maurício Rua	$300,000	$20,000	$320,000
31	Zhang Weili	$200,000	$90,000	$290,000
32	Derek Brunson	$260,000	$20,000	$280,000
33	Valentina Shevchenko	$230,000	$40,000	$270,000

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) :

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.