The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is the fastest-growing popular sport. This sport incorporates different techniques from Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) which are practiced all over the world. Today we shall discuss how much UFC fighters make per fight.
UFC Present Pay per fight:
UFC Champions and fighters with the biggest fan bases receive the best type of contract. The fighters usually sign a contract, upon which they get a mutually fixed amount of money for a certain fight. A new contract is signed each time they step inside the Octagon. According to the latest study, there are three tiers: low, medium, and high. 1.The lowest tier earns between $10,000 and $30,000. 2. The medium earns between $80,000 and 250,000 and the highest tier earns between $500,000 and $3,000,000 per fight. These payments are paid for main events. The fighters’ popularity and recent competition results determine the amount of prize money. The prize money ranges from tens of thousands of dollars to a few hundred thousand dollars.
Increasing average payment:
As UFC fights are becoming popular steadily world-wide, the UFC fighters are enjoying the raise.
In 2021, the statistics show the average UFC fighter made $160,022 per fight, up from average earnings of $146,673 in 2020. At least 42% UFC fighters earned six-figure amounts in 2021 which up from in 2020. In 2022, the contract money is even higher. Conor MacGregor, the highest-paid UFC fighter so far gets $20,102,000 per fight without pay-per-view (PPV Bonuses).
UFC Minimum Pay:
In 2022, the UFC fighters get paid a minimum $12,000 per fight, with a winning bonus of another $12,000. So an introducing UFC fighter who wins his or her debut competition makes at least $24,000 for that fight. Naturally, new fighters get the lowest tier contract with the UFC.
UFC pay for limited fights and Amateure:
UFC fighters who have fought between 6 and 10 fights are entitled to have $6,000 per fight. Fighters who have fought 11 and 15 fights will get $11,000 per fight. Fighters who have fought between 16 and 20 fights will get $16,000 per fight. Fighters who have 21 or above fights will be awarded $21,000 per fight. On the other hand, an amateur doesn’t get any money for his fight. But the amateur that has a winning record and is considered a professional fighter might get paid $50 for a fight. As he wins more contests he receives more and more money. In any number of fights, UFC fighters are required to sign a contract before entering the octagon.
How much UFC fighters make if lose:
Professional fighters in the UFC get paid even if they lose a fight. The amount of money they receive depends on the conditions of the contracts they signed. There are mainly three different types of contracts, as mentioned above, that are executed between UFC
fighters and the UFC authority. The defeated UFC fighters get paid upon the agreement.The amount of money the defeated fighter receives also varies depending on the fighter which tier he belongs to.
UFC fighters Earn money Through Add and Sponsoring:
Prominent UFC fighters now can earn money beyond fights. In the past, the main source of income for UFC fighters was salaries from the fights they fought. Now, they can earn in various ways. The popular UFC fighters have a huge number of followers on social networks across the world. The familiarities make the fighters extraordinary public figures. So they become an easy target for sponsors and models for advertising products. As time goes by, UFC fighters are making more and more money through sponsorships and advertising products made by many companies worldwide.
As the UFC is an extreme kind of fight fought by very skilled fighters, people enjoy it a lot. Its pay-per-view is very high too. The UFC management earns much more money than they pay their fighters. Honestly, the UFC fighters make a lot of money as well. Like other sports, the winning UFC fighter earns a fortune.