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Joao Zeferino salary

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Career earnings · recorded + estimated

~$20,000

Model estimate $20,000 · 2 undisclosed fights

Model estimates, not disclosed figures. Real contracts are private; recent star disclosures are lower bounds.

Payday by fight

Every UFC purse we can price, first fight to last. Solid bars are recorded figures; hatched bars are our model's estimates for undisclosed purses.

$10K$20K2013UFC on FX: Belfort vs Rockhold — ~$11,000UFC Fight Night: Teixeira vs Bader — ~$9,000
RecordedModel estimateBonus won
~$10K
avg per fight

Fight-by-fight purse history

Commission disclosures and contemporaneous reporting, best source per fight.

UFC Fight Night: Teixeira vs Bader
Sep 4, 2013LOSS
~$9,000—~$9,000estimate
UFC on FX: Belfort vs Rockhold
May 18, 2013LOSS
~$11,000—~$11,000estimate

Disclosed figures exclude undisclosed locker-room bonuses, sponsorships and most PPV money. “Reported” rows mix commission data with contemporaneous research.

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