💲All Fighters' Payouts At UFC 292

[Wagerallsports]

UFC 292: Sterling vs. O’Malley Payouts & Fighters Salaries​

FIGHTER	ESTIMATED TOTAL PAYOUT
Aljamain Sterling	$1,490,000
Sean O’Malley	$1,380,000
Zhang Weili	$1,190,000
Amanda Lemos	$932,000
Neil Magny	$225,000
Ian Garry	$125,000
Da’Mon Blackshear	$53,000
Mario Baustista	$175,000
Marlon Vera	$465,000
Pedro Munhoz	$325,000
Chris Weidman	$415,000
Brad Tavares	$260,000
Gregory Rodrigues	$101,000
Dennis Tiuliulin	$41,000
Austin Hubbard	$80,000
Kurt Holobaugh	$65,000
Andre Petroski	$101,000
Gerald Meerschaert	$185,000
Andrea Lee	$90,000
Natalia Silva	$65,000
Karine Silva	$65,000
Maryna Moroz	$90,000

 

[jjgold]

That’s actually not that high in the last 10

 

[2the9s]

UFC really rips off its fighters.

I saw an estimate of $10million in live ticket sales alone. Glancing very roughly at the payouts they didn't even hit $8million in fighter purses. Add in that UFC made tens of millions of $ in ppv sales the fighters probably got around 15% of the gross.

 

[BMR Genie]

Do they get paid according to their achievement or according to what's Dana's like?

 

[BobbyFK]

I'm surprised to see 41K as a salary. Maybe that does not include endorsements / bonuses? That just seems way too low in my opinion for what they are doing

 

[jjgold]

The majority of UFC fighters have regular jobs

 

[2the9s]

Do they get paid according to their achievement or according to what's Dana's like?

There are performance bonuses on top of fixed salaries/payments. Overall UFC fighters are paid much less than other pro athletes in gross and percentage terms.

 

[BMR Genie]

There are performance bonuses on top of fixed salaries/payments. Overall UFC fighters are paid much less than other pro athletes in gross and percentage terms.

Is there a players association for the UFC fighters?

 

[2the9s]

Is there a players association for the UFC fighters?

Nope. No union and only one major promoter. Zuffa, or whoever owns UFC now, holds all the cards.

 

[jjgold]

UFC screws fighters with pay

 

[BMR Genie]

Nope. No union and only one major promoter. Zuffa, or whoever owns UFC now, holds all the cards.

No wonder. And I bet they will not going to allow having one now or even in the future.

 

[BMR Genie]

UFC screws fighters with pay

 

[Jrgum3]

Its absolutely criminal what Dana White does to his fighters but they choose this life so you have to question them as well imo. Its ridiculous that he makes money hand over fist from pay per view sales to ticket sales from this wildly popular sport yet his fighters make peanuts compared to what they should make.

 

[sportsbettor5]

The majority of UFC fighters have regular jobs

False

 

[DiggityDaggityDo]

Copy/paste:

The average UFC fighter made $150,249 in 2022, down from average earnings of $160,022 in 2021. A few more stats that you might find interesting:

– The median income in the U.S. in 2022 was $44,225, yet 27% of the UFC's fighters (165 fighters) made less than that in 2022.
– 282 fighters (46%) earned six figures in 2022 (42% in 2021).

– 21 men and women wore UFC championship belts (including interim) in 2022, and they earned an average of $608,095 (down from $675,824 in 2021) over the course of the year (highest – Israel Adesanya: $1,956,000; lowest – Rose Namajunas: $192,000). Most of these fighters also made much more money in undisclosed pay-per-view bonuses.

– The highest-earning non-UFC champion in 2022 was Andrei Arlovski(!!), who pulled in a cool $1,108,000.

Now, for the salary results. It is worth noting that these are only the reported purses plus Fight of the Night & Performance of the Night bonuses that have been made public, along with Venum payouts (now called fight week incentive pay). Many top-performing fighters get additional bonuses paid out to them that aren’t reported, plus the top guys/gals get a cut of the pay-per-view buys for events that they headline. Also, many athletic commissions don’t report fighters’ salary info, so for those, we’ve estimated a fighter’s purse based on what they have earned in their other recent fights and/or what other comparable fighters earn. Fighters with some estimated purses are marked with a * in the database.

 

[BigJay]

JJ gets $1k for every post he makes asking a rhetorical question at BMR so his job pays a lot more than UFC fighter obviously

 

[BMR Genie]

Copy/paste:

The average UFC fighter made $150,249 in 2022, down from average earnings of $160,022 in 2021. A few more stats that you might find interesting:

– The median income in the U.S. in 2022 was $44,225, yet 27% of the UFC's fighters (165 fighters) made less than that in 2022.
– 282 fighters (46%) earned six figures in 2022 (42% in 2021).

– 21 men and women wore UFC championship belts (including interim) in 2022, and they earned an average of $608,095 (down from $675,824 in 2021) over the course of the year (highest – Israel Adesanya: $1,956,000; lowest – Rose Namajunas: $192,000). Most of these fighters also made much more money in undisclosed pay-per-view bonuses.

– The highest-earning non-UFC champion in 2022 was Andrei Arlovski(!!), who pulled in a cool $1,108,000.

Now, for the salary results. It is worth noting that these are only the reported purses plus Fight of the Night & Performance of the Night bonuses that have been made public, along with Venum payouts (now called fight week incentive pay). Many top-performing fighters get additional bonuses paid out to them that aren’t reported, plus the top guys/gals get a cut of the pay-per-view buys for events that they headline. Also, many athletic commissions don’t report fighters’ salary info, so for those, we’ve estimated a fighter’s purse based on what they have earned in their other recent fights and/or what other comparable fighters earn. Fighters with some estimated purses are marked with a * in the database.

Good to know that they get paid more.

 

[2the9s]

Copy/paste:

The average UFC fighter made $150,249 in 2022, down from average earnings of $160,022 in 2021. A few more stats that you might find interesting:

– The median income in the U.S. in 2022 was $44,225, yet 27% of the UFC's fighters (165 fighters) made less than that in 2022.
– 282 fighters (46%) earned six figures in 2022 (42% in 2021).

– 21 men and women wore UFC championship belts (including interim) in 2022, and they earned an average of $608,095 (down from $675,824 in 2021) over the course of the year (highest – Israel Adesanya: $1,956,000; lowest – Rose Namajunas: $192,000). Most of these fighters also made much more money in undisclosed pay-per-view bonuses.

– The highest-earning non-UFC champion in 2022 was Andrei Arlovski(!!), who pulled in a cool $1,108,000.

Now, for the salary results. It is worth noting that these are only the reported purses plus Fight of the Night & Performance of the Night bonuses that have been made public, along with Venum payouts (now called fight week incentive pay). Many top-performing fighters get additional bonuses paid out to them that aren’t reported, plus the top guys/gals get a cut of the pay-per-view buys for events that they headline. Also, many athletic commissions don’t report fighters’ salary info, so for those, we’ve estimated a fighter’s purse based on what they have earned in their other recent fights and/or what other comparable fighters earn. Fighters with some estimated purses are marked with a * in the database.

Amazing that they paid what was left of Adrei Arlovski $1.1 million in 2022. They must have been desperate for heavyweight bodies.

It's pathetic the champs only made 600k. The best boxer in each weight class makes more than that per fight, and there's more weight classes in boxing than UFC.