UFC 242 salary “estimates”

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Was curious and did a quick little google. 

Khabib at 6 million? You guys buying this?

 

Khabib Nurmagomedov:   $6,090,000 ($6,000,000 to show, $40,000 fight week incentive pay, $50,000 Performance of the Night bonus) – Khabib's father said he'll make at least 3 times more than he made last fight, which was $2,000,000

Dustin Poirier:   $290,000 ($250,000 to show, $40,000 fight week incentive pay)

Curtis Blaydes:   $165,000 ($80,000 to show, $80,000 win bonus, $5,000 fight week incentive pay)

Belal Muhammad:   $135,000 ($40,000 to show, $40,000 win bonus, $5,000 fight week incentive pay, $50,000 Performance of the Night bonus)

Paul Felder:   $106,000 ($48,000 to show, $48,000 win bonus, $10,000 fight week incentive pay)

Edson Barboza:   $95,000 ($75,000 to show, $20,000 fight week incentive pay)

Muslim Salikhov:   $77,500 ($12,000 to show, $12,000 win bonus, $3,500 fight week incentive pay, $50,000 Performance of the Night bonus)

Ottman Azaitar:   $73,500 ($10,000 to show, $10,000 win bonus, $3,500 fight week incentive pay, $50,000 Performance of the Night bonus)

Omari Akhmedov:   $72,000 ($31,000 to show, $31,000 win bonus, $10,000 fight week incentive pay)

Carlos Diego Ferreira:   $51,000 ($23,000 to show, $23,000 win bonus, $5,000 fight week incentive pay)

Islam Makhachev:   $49,000 ($22,000 to show, $22,000 win bonus, $5,000 fight week incentive pay)

Joanne Calderwood:   $45,000 ($20,000 to show, $20,000 win bonus, $5,000 fight week incentive pay)

Zak Cummings:   $43,000 ($33,000 to show, $10,000 fight week incentive pay)

Nordine Taleb:   $33,000 ($23,000 to show, $10,000 fight week incentive pay)

Shamil Abdurakhimov:   $27,000 ($22,000 to show, $5,000 fight week incentive pay)

Mairbek Taisumov:   $27,000 ($22,000 to show, $5,000 fight week incentive pay)

Sarah Moras:   $26,400 ($12,000 to show, $12,000 win bonus, $2,400 fine for missing weight, $5,000 fight week incentive pay)

Don Madge:   $27,500 ($12,000 to show, $12,000 win bonus, $3,500 fight week incentive pay)

Andrea Lee:   $22,000 ($18,000 to show, $4,000 fight week incentive pay)

Davi Ramos:   $21,000 ($16,000 to show, $5,000 fight week incentive pay)

Zubaira Tukhugov:   $18,000 ($14,000 to show, $4,000 fight week incentive pay)

Takashi Sato:   $17,500 ($14,000 to show, $3,500 fight week incentive pay)

Teemu Packalen:   $16,000 ($12,000 to show, $4,000 fight week incentive pay)

Liana Jojua:  $15,900 ($10,000 to show, $2,400 from Moras for missing weight, $3,500 fight week incentive pay)

Lerone Murphy:   $13,500 ($10,000 to show, $3,500 fight week incentive pay)

Fares Ziam:   $13,500 ($10,000 to show, $3,500 fight week incentive pay

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https://thesportsdaily.com/2019/09/07/ufc-242-fighter-salaries-incentive-pay-attendance-gate-fox11/

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He's coming off the McGregor clout transfer. Of course those numbers are feasible.

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Khabib's Dad always fudges the figures.  He may have made more gauranteed this fight, but hard to see how he will make more than the McG card, which did 2.4 million PPV and Khabib saw a cut of each PPV.  I bet his guaranteed pay will be between 750k and 1 million.  Khabib is not a proven draw yet.  Conor has double the IG followers, but more importantly, Khabib does not come from a place that buys PPV's.  Conor managed to pierce the American market and that is how he made bank.

 

6 million is possible with back room bonuses, dat Dubai oil money and other incentives, but we will never know.

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I believe Dustin gets ppv pts since he had a belt?

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ImNotSurprisedDonks -

Khabib's Dad always fudges the figures.  He may have made more gauranteed this fight, but hard to see how he will make more than the McG card, which did 2.4 million PPV and Khabib saw a cut of each PPV.  I bet his guaranteed pay will be between 750k and 1 million.  Khabib is not a proven draw yet.  Conor has double the IG followers, but more importantly, Khabib does not come from a place that buys PPV's.  Conor managed to pierce the American market and that is how he made bank.

 

6 million is possible with back room bonuses, dat Dubai oil money and other incentives, but we will never know.

That Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Money > Anderson Silva Money 

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those numbers are fake. 

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frontrowbrian -

those numbers are fake. 

The article makes it clear that they're estimates based on available information from past fights, so they really aren't "fake." They're just guesses. Some of the fighters have never fought on cards where an AC discloses fighter pay, so the "estimates" might be more appropriately called "wild guesses." 

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hope Dustin made more than a lousy 290K

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Whambo -

I believe Dustin gets ppv pts since he had a belt?

do they still ppv money? thought it went out of the window with the ESPN 500K ppv numbers deal

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Could be close to that considering they built an entire event and arena around Khabib. Lemme use the WWE As an example. When the WWE goes to Saudi Arabia they bring big-name wrestlers who have not wrestled in years because the Saudi's pay extra to see them on the card. Maybe that's the case here as well.

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"He's coming off the McGregor clout transfer. Of course those numbers are feasible."

It’s not just that, he was incredibly popular outside the US for a while now. Obviously social media followers aren’t everything, but it does give you an idea of how popular the dude is. Here’s a quick comparison of instagram followers:

Paige Van Zant - 2.3M

GSP - 2.4M

Nate Diaz - 3.4M

Dana White - 4.1M

Jon Jones - 4.3M

Joe Rogan - 7.3M

Ronda Rousey - 12.5M

UFC - 15.4M

Khabib - 16.4M

Conor - 31.7M

So outside of Conor, Khabib has the biggest following of any UFC fighter, and it’s not even close. It’s not just about Conor either, because Nate Diaz beat Conor and fought him twice.

Khabib is wildly popular outside the US, and will be one of the UFC’s highest paid athletes for a while.

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notsobigmike -

What is the fight week incentive pay?

 

I don't remember seeing that in the past.

It started at the beginning of 2018:

'The money athletes get per fight from the UFC's apparel deal with Reebok has now been rolled up with two other requirements -- media obligations and a fighter code of conduct.

The altered policy is now called "promotional guidelines" and is an amalgamation of all three things: conduct, media obligations and outfitting, per a document obtained by MMA Fighting. Fighter compensation for this is no longer called Reebok pay or outfitting pay -- it's called a "fight week incentive payment." '

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You may say Khabib is not a proven draw ... take into account the population of all the former Soviet Union countries who watch because of nationalism , add in all the Muslims of the world who will watch because of ideology, throw in the wrestlers of the world who like his style, then all the plain old UFC fans who just watch everything and he brings in huge numbers. 

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Whambo -

I believe Dustin gets ppv pts since he had a belt?

Doesn't work with Interm title that's why they are so dumb 

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That new arena they built was shit 

They had support beams all over the fucking place blocking the cage. Imagine spending money on tickets to have a metal supports blocking your view. 

ac wasn't even working 

 

they literarily had tents set up...lmao  

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Stea1th -

That new arena they built was shit 

They had support beams all over the fucking place blocking the cage. Imagine spending money on tickets to have a metal supports blocking your view. 

ac wasn't even working 

 

they literarily had tents set up...lmao  

Yea, it was garbage. Spent most of the night watching a screen instead of the actual octagon. 

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how much does PVZ get tho

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sickminds443 - how much does PVZ get tho

I'd give her 4 inches ????