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Raphael Pessoa salary

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Career earnings · recorded + estimated

~$73,000

Model estimate $73,000 · 3 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.

$25K$50K20192020UFC Fight Night: Shevchenko vs Carmouche — ~$15,000UFC Fight Night: Maia vs Askren — ~$40,000UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs Till — ~$18,000
RecordedModel estimateBonus won
~$24K
avg per fight

Fight-by-fight purse history

Commission disclosures and contemporaneous reporting, best source per fight.

UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs Till
Jul 26, 2020LOSS
~$18,000—~$18,000estimate
UFC Fight Night: Maia vs Askren
Oct 26, 2019WIN
~$20,000~$20,000~$40,000estimate
UFC Fight Night: Shevchenko vs Carmouche
Aug 11, 2019LOSS
~$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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