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Career earnings · recorded + estimated

~$164,000

Model estimate $164,000 · 6 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.

$50K$100K201820192020UFC Fight Night: Werdum vs Volkov — ~$15,000UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs Ngannou 2 — ~$12,000UFC Fight Night: Till vs Masvidal — ~$14,000UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs Cannonier — ~$86,000★UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs Ige — ~$19,000UFC Fight Night: Ortega vs Jung — ~$18,000
RecordedModel estimateBonus won
$50K
real bonus money won
~$27K
avg per fight

Fight-by-fight purse history

Commission disclosures and contemporaneous reporting, best source per fight.

UFC Fight Night: Ortega vs Jung
Oct 17, 2020LOSS
~$18,000—~$18,000estimate
UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs Ige
Jul 16, 2020LOSS
~$19,000—~$19,000estimate
UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs Cannonier
Sep 28, 2019WIN
~$18,000~$18,000~$86,000estimate
UFC Fight Night: Till vs Masvidal
Mar 16, 2019LOSS
~$14,000—~$14,000estimate
UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs Ngannou 2
Nov 24, 2018LOSS
~$12,000—~$12,000estimate
UFC Fight Night: Werdum vs Volkov
Mar 17, 2018LOSS
~$15,000—~$15,000estimate

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

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