
Parimatch's study also shows that in 2020, now-retired UFC champion Khabib Nurmagomedov was the highest-paid fighter in the promotion earning £4.6million. What are your thoughts on how much UFC fighters make? Let us know in the comments section belowīut just £16 million of McGregor's earnings came from his UFC 257 loss to Dustin Poirier, with a whopping £111million coming from the sale of his whiskey brand, Proper 12.Īfter founding the brand in 2018, McGregor sold his majority stake in Proper 12 to Proximo Spirits which largely contributed to his No.1 position on the list. This is evidenced by UFC star Conor McGregor, who earned £1.4 million for three fights in 2015, pocketing almost double that figure for one fight in 2020.įormer two-weight champion McGregor topped Forbes highest-paid athlete list in May of last year, breezing past Manchester United forward Cristiano Ronaldo to earn £133million.

UFC fighters purses have increased 15 per cent annually on average over the past five years, more than other sports league such as the Premier League, NBA and NFL. Within the study's criteria, UFC fighters are paid an average salary of £401,000 a year whilst players in the Premier League earn a huge £7.8million a year.Īt £267,000, UFC fighters earn more than Premier League players per match as the footballers take home £205,000.īut fighters take part in a match at an average of 1.5 times a year compared to Premier League players being involved in 38 matches a year, resulting in a vast difference in their annual salaries. Conor McGregor is the UFC's highest paid fighter (Image: Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)
