Who are the Highest Paid Male and Female Fighters in UFC

Published 02/23/2021, 12:29 PM EST

The fighting business is the hardest one to make a living in, with the high level of expertise and hard work required to make it to the top. It’s a tough life to live, and if you do make it to the top, the compensation is mind-numbingly high. Just ask Conor McGregor.

UFC fighters are known to have some huge contracts and deals. Fighters like McGregor and Jon Jones have received some of the highest paying contracts in all sports, not just the UFC. Dana White hasn’t been afraid to shell out money where it’s due.

When we talk about the highest earning fighter in the UFC, we have to look at the fighters who bring in the most money. Conor McGregor has broken the Pay-per-view record time and time again for events he has featured in. He has been a part of all the Top-5 pay-per-view buys the UFC has ever done.

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His fight against Khabib tops the chart at 2.4 million buys for UFC 229. His fights against Nate Diaz, Dustin Poirier, and Donald ‘The Cowboy’ Cerrone round up the Top-5. Naturally, his numbers justify his earnings, and hence he is the highest earner in the UFC.

The female superstar accompanying Conor McGregor as the highest earner in the UFC

The women’s fighting business in the UFC has seen a massive rise in popularity in the last decade. Ronda Rousey’s arrival and steep rise were also instrumental in that as she was in the Top-10 highest-earning women on the planet at one point.

Her steady decline and her loss to Amanda Nunes laid the stage for Amanda’s steady rise to the throne. Amanda Nunes has been dubbed as the greatest fighter of all time by many in the MMA world. She has been a dominant force in the women’s divisions and is currently a champion in two different divisions.

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Her accolades and her tale justify her being the highest-paid female fighter in all of MMA, not just in the UFC. According to The Sports Daily, Valentina Shevchenko, Holly Holm, Joanna Jedrzejczyk, and the current strawweight champion Zhang Weili are among the highest earners in the UFC.

According to Fox Sports, UFC legends Michael Bisping, Georges St. Pierre, and Anderson Silva follow McGregor in the Top-5 and a surprise candidate Mark Hunt in 5th. ‘The Cowboy’ is in 6th place due to the high amount of fights he has fought in the UFC.

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Aniket Awasthi is a UFC author at EssentiallySports. This STEM undergraduate combines an insatiable urge to write with his admiration for MMA and the UFC in general to enhance his journalism. He calls charismatic names like Chael Sonnen and 'The Count' Michael Bisping as his favorite fighters, but he is a great admirer of the rise of Israel Adesanya ever since he fought Rob Wilkinson at UFC 221.

Who are the Highest Paid Male and Female Fighters in UFC

The female superstar accompanying Conor McGregor as the highest earner in the UFC

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