Highest Paid UFC Fighters 2020

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 UFC earnings in 2020
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 earnings UFC 247
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) :

Israel Adesanya earnings 2020
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) :

Zhang Weili Earnings UFC
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 earnings at UFC 247
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.