Ultimate Fighting Championship start paying higher money to staff members. Match referees play key role to make sure the results are fair. How much do UFC referees earn per match. Do UFC offer them any contracts for year or long-term deal.
A report revealed in 2019, professional referees with experience 2-5 years in MMA earn $1,500 per match. His or Her earnings get double when selected for the UFC main pay-per-view event weekly or monthly fights. Pay-per-view fights UFC referee earn almost $8k.
| Referees | Per Match Fees | Pay-per-view Fees | Yearly Earnings |
| Professional Referee | $2,500 | $10,000 | $380,000 |
| Entry Level Referees | $250 | N/A | $14,500 |
| Female Referees | $1000 | $3,500 | $60,000 |
Professional UFC Referees Salary ($1,500): Professional referees one of the match official who got experienced more than 3-5 years. They are well known with rules and regulation of the UFC. Estimated yearly earnings based on UFC events a professional ref make ($380k).
Women UFC Referees Salary ($250): Kim Winslow most famous women official in UFC. She rise to fame from (Strikeforce). According to sources ($1000) paid to her for The Ultimate Fighter 9 finale match between (Nick Osipczak vs Frank Lester). In future any women referee become part of official member she get paid $1k per match fight on base of her experience in MMA.
Rookie Referees Salary ($250): The young referees selected for the UFC fights earn $250 per fight when they selected. They won’t get many matches but complete official duties for the under-card fights. A rookie referee get contract on base of his performance, contract is just a year long so that he/she can develop his ref’s skills and understand rules and regulation of the sports.
| Referees | Main Card Match Fees | High Profile Fight Fees | Annual Earnings |
| Herb Dean | $1,500 | $10,000 | $380,000 |
| John McCarthy | $1,500 | $10,000 | $380,000 |
| Marc Goddard | $1,500 | $10,000 | $380,000 |
| John Sharp | $1,500 | $10,000 | $380,000 |
| Mario Yamasaki | $1,500 | $7,500 | $330,000 |
| Kim Winslow (Retired) | $1000 | $3,500 | N/A |
No information ever shared by UFC, they always keep secret some of the financial information of their staff. Recently some sports site revealed the salaries of the UFC staff officials. Crunchy Sports reported UFC referees salaries compared to WWE referees pay (source) is lower. The above salary information taken from trusted sources MMA Mania, BJpenn, Forbes Magazine, Sports Unplug, Bloody Elbow and Sports Business FR.