UFC Salaries: Conor McGregor, Khabib, Nate Diaz salary revealed

Over past years, fighters pay scale in Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) has increased drastically, and fight purses for its superstars are slowly, but surely, on rise.

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re has been a rapid increase in money being generated in mixed martial arts business as a whole. And as UFC revenues soared, so did earnings of high-profile fighters.

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Speaking of a fighters pay per fight, re is still a huge discrepancy between sums earned by bigger names in promotion and lower tier fighters. pay scale, as one may guess is determined by a fighter’s standing.

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 last paychecks of UFC's top fighters:

Cor McGregor

Cor McGregor is a global superstar whose fame and showmanship transcended sport that he helped spre worldwide. McGregor is t only richest MMA fighter in history of sport but one of world’s highest-paid athletes today.

Cor McGregor earned a flat $3 million for his fight against Khabib Nurmagomedov, plus an undisclosed portion of pay-per-view sales. And let’s t forget his incredibly hyped encounter with Floyd Maywear in August 2017 which grossed an estimated $85 million for Cor McGregor.

Khabib Nurmagomedov

Khabib is regarded as best grappler in MMA whose win over Cor McGregor earned him mainstream recognition worldwide. Nurmagomedov reportedly earned a whopping $6m for his victory over Dustin Poirier last month in September. His earlier fight against Cor bagged him $2 million.

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Jon Jones

reigning light heavyweight champion Jon Jones has earned around $500,000 for his fight in July against Thiago Santos. According to reports, champion has bagged a similar paycheck for most of his earlier UFC showdowns.

Nate Diaz

Nate Diaz has reportedly earned around $500,000 for his fight against Jorge Masvidal for BMF title over weekend. His earlier fight against Pettis me him around $250,000 which was half his recent encounter. Nate, however, earned his biggest paycheck in organisation in his rematch loss to Cor McGregor where he me $2 million. 

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