As the sport of mixed martial arts continues to cultivate a larger audience, the more organizations like the UFC will be able to adequately pay their top-shelf talent the money they deserve.
While MMA as a whole is a long ways away from paying athletes Floyd Mayweather-esque money, it’s come a long way and, finally fighters can enjoy a more-than-comfortable lifestyle.
The following figures were reported by their respective governing athletic commissions post-fight and are based on single bout earnings, not earnings within a fiscal year or a duration spanning an entire athlete’s career.