UFC salaries revealed: How much Conor McGregor, Jon Jones, Khabib, Tony Ferguson are paid
UFC Salaries - Express Sport gives you a breakdown of the salaries received by Ultimate Fighting Championship's top stars.
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Fighter pay in the Ultimate Fighting Championship has increased drastically over the last ten years. And combatants' purses are still on the rise, albeit slowly. At this moment in time, and most likely for the foreseeable future, there’s still a huge discrepancy between the purses earned by the UFC's top stars and its lower-tier fighters.
Purses, of course, vary depending on where fighters stand in their respective divisions, their time with the promotion and if they’re in possession of a championship belt.
Unsurprisingly, top of the UFC's pay scale is former two-division champion Conor McGregor, the biggest star in the history of the sport.
The Irishman's mainstream popularity has made him the wealthiest fighter in UFC history and the first to land a seven-figure payday.
'The Notorious' is rivalled for top spot on the UFC's pay list by his bitter rival and successor at the summit of the lightweight division, Khabib Nurmagomedov.
Light-heavyweight champion Jon Jones is also one of the promotion's biggest earners, regularly walking away with six-figure cheques for his ventures into the cage.
Nate Diaz is also amongst the highest-paid fighters in the company and one of the few athletes to ever take home a seven-figure payday.
Below is a breakdown of the quartet’s last three disclosed fight purses, including Tony Ferguson's, to give you an insight into how much the biggest stars in the promotion pocket:
UFC Salaries
Conor McGregor
UFC 229: Khabib vs McGregor - Nurmagomedov def. McGregor via submission (Round 4) - £2,432,000
UFC 205: Alvarez vs McGregor – McGregor def. Eddie Alvarez via TKO (Round 2) - £2,391,000
UFC 202: Diaz vs McGregor 2 - McGregor def. Diaz via majority decision – £2,391,000
Khabib Nurmagomedov
UFC 242: Khabib vs Poirier - Nurmagomedov def. Poirier via submission (Round 3) - £5,000,000 (reported)
UFC 229: Khabib vs McGregor - Nurmagomedov def. McGregor via submission (Round 4) - £1,621,600
UFC 223: Khabib vs Iaquinta - Nurmagomedov def. Al Iaquinta via unanimous decision - £405,405
Jon Jones
UFC 247: Jones vs Reyes - Jones def. Reyes via unanimous decision - $405,406
UFC 239: Jones vs Santos - Jones def. Thiago Santos via unanimous decision - £405,405
UFC 235: Jones vs Smith - Jones def. Anthony Smith via unanimous decision - £405,405
Nate Diaz
UFC 241: Pettis vs Diaz - Diaz def. Pettis via unanimous decision - £202,720
UFC 202: Diaz vs McGregor II - McGregor def. Diaz via majority decision - £1,621,600
UFC 196: McGregor vs Diaz - Diaz def. McGregor via submission (Round 2) - £405,405
Tony Ferguson
UFC 238: Ferguson vs Cerrone - Ferguson def. Cerrone via TKO (Round 2) - £121,215
UFC 229: Ferguson vs Pettis - Ferguson def. Pettis via TKO (Round 2) £121,215
UFC 216: Ferguson vs Lee - Ferguson def. Lee via submission (Round 3) - Tony Ferguson - £202,025