2022 saw the most paid out to UFC fighters in sponsorship pay with $8,378,500 USD, topping last year by $79,500.
UFC Vegas 66 unofficial sponsorship payout total - $204,500 paid to 26 fighters.
UFC fighter are paid for following the UFC's promotional guidelines including wearing sponsored promotional attire during fight week. UFC's current sponsorship deal is with Venum that started in April 2021 and was recently renewed.
UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Strickland - Dec 17 '22
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Jared Cannonier 4th Tier / $11,000 Arman Tsarukyan 3rd Tier / $6,000 Alessandro Costa 1st Tier / $4,000 Alex Caceres 6th Tier / $21,000 Bobby Green 6th Tier / $21,000 Cody Brundage 2nd Tier / $4,500 Cheyanne Buys 2nd Tier / $4,500 Jake Matthews 5th Tier / $16,000 Said Nurmagomedov 3rd Tier / $6,000 Hayisaer Maheshate 1st Tier / $4,000 Bryan Battle 2nd Tier / $4,500 David Dvořák 2nd Tier / $4,500 Journey Newson 2nd Tier / $4,500 |
Sean Strickland 5th Tier / $16,000 Damir Ismagulov 3rd Tier / $6,000 Amir Albazi 2nd Tier / $4,500 Julian Erosa 4th Tier / $11,000 Drew Dober 5th Tier / $16,000 Michał Oleksiejczuk 3rd Tier / $6,000 Cory McKenna 2nd Tier / $4,500 Matthew Semelsberger 3rd Tier / $6,000 Saidyokub Kakhramonov 1st Tier / $4,000 Rafa García 3rd Tier / $6,000 Rinat Fakhretdinov 1st Tier / $4,000 Manel Kape 2nd Tier / $4,500 Sergey Morozov 2nd Tier / $4,500 |
To date the current sponsorship deal has paid $14,754,000 to 1788 fighters. Sponsorship pay is broken into 6 tiers based on the number of fights under a Zuffa owned promotion, there is also an additional 2 tiers for Champions and Challengers fighting in championship fights. These tier and their specifics are broken down in the table below.
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Champion Tier Championship Fight / $42,000 Challenger Tier Championship Fight / $32,000 6th Tier 21+ Fights / $21,000 5th Tier 16 to 20 Fights / $16,000 4th Tier 11 to 15 Fights / $11,000 3rd Tier 6 to 10 Fights / $6,000 2nd Tier 4 to 5 Fights / $4,500 1st Tier 1 to 3 Fights / $4,000 |
The sponsorship deal started with Reebok in 2015 and has paid out $54,844,500 to date.
The above data and calculations are unofficial numbers. Find out more at WorkShyIndividual.
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