According to Athletic Panda’s statistics, the list of the 10 UFC fighters who make the most money is based solely on match fees, excluding bonuses or off-field earnings.
Conor McGregor ($ 12 million): In 26 times the ring, Irish boxers won 22 victories. In the match against Donald Cerrone in January, he made $ 2.8 million. That amount is higher in matches with Floyd Mayweather or Khabib Nurmagomedov. Recently, McGregor announced his retirement.
Alistair Overeem ($ 8.6 million): Dutch boxers have quite high number of times with 65 matches, including 46 victories. Overeem currently plays in heavyweight. Although he did not have many outstanding titles, he still made a lot of money from the number of matches played.
Khabib Nurmagomedov ($ 8.6 million): Russian boxer currently holds the title of light UFC. Khabib has the longest unbeaten match currently playing at UFC with 28 wins. He is also on the list of the most successful Russians under 40 of Forbes.
Anderson Silva ($ 8 million): Brazilian boxers have 34 victories after 43 times in the ring. He is the former middleweight champion and has the longest hold of this title in UFC history, ending in 2013 after 2,457 days.
Michael Bisping ($ 7 million): At UFC 78, Bisping was the first British fighter to attend a major UFC event, and also the first of the UK to win the UFC at UFC 199. July 2019 , he was enrolled in the UFC Hall of Fame. After 39 times in the ring, Bisping won 30 victories.
St. Georges Pierre ($ 6.9 million): He was the first boxer to retire as an UFC champion. After leaving the ring, St. Pierre resonated in his acting career. With martial arts skills and ideal bodybuilding, he was cast as a villain in the blockbuster Marvel “Captian America: The Winter Soldier”.
Jon Jones (6.4 million USD): American boxer is the youngest UFC history champion at the age of 23. As a big star at UFC, Jones became a name that attracted many views. However, Jones recently said he would retire from playing at UFC because of the gradual decline in wages.
Mark Hunt ($ 6.2 million): Former New Zealand boxer made his debut at UFC in September 2010 at UFC 199. In the top 29 times, he won 13 victories and got 10 knockout victories. .
Donald Cerrone (5.8 million USD): American boxer currently plays in lightweight. In 2018, Cerrone overtook St. Pierre and Michael Bisping recorded the most number of wins at UFC at that time with 21 matches. He currently has 36 wins after 52 appearances.
Daniel Cormier ($ 5.7 million): American boxer is a former champion and a heavy underweight. Cormier is the second UFC fighter in history to hold the title of two weight classes and the first to successfully defend the title of two different weight classes. After 25 appearances, he lost 3 matches and got 10 knockout victories.
