UFC Fight Night Smith vs Teixeira purses: Main event stars' expected salaries
UFC Fight Night Smith vs Teixeira purses - Express Sport brings you the lowdown on the expected purses for UFC Fight Night 175's main eventers.
The UFC train keeps on rolling following their successful return last weekend. Mixed martial arts' premier promotion returns to action early on Thursday morning for their first Fight Night card since the global coronavirus lockdown.
UFC Fight Night 175 will take place behind closed doors at the VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida.
Headlining the card will be a light-heavyweight showdown between former title challengers Anthony Smith and Glover Teixeira.
The bout is a pivotal one for the pair's hopes of getting back into the 205lb title picture and a crack at reigning champion Jon Jones.
Given the lack of sport across the globe at this moment in time, Smith and Teixeira's spots on the main event will give them massive exposure.
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But just how much will the pair earn for their clash?
The Florida State Boxing Commission have yet to release the fighters' official purses for Thursday morning's bout.
One, however, can hazard a guess as to how much they'll be paid judging from their last few outings.
Prior to his UFC 235 tussle with Jones, which saw him pocket £285,000 ($350,000), Smith's guaranteed purses for his clashes with Rashad Evans, Mauricio Rua and Volkan Ozedemir were £17,100 ($21,000), £18,720 ($23,000) and £20,350 ($25,000) respectively.
For his most recent bout with Alexander Gustafsson, Smith's guaranteed purse was £22,000 ($27,000).
So going off his purses before and after his fight with Jones, one can assume he'll earn close to or a little more than £22,000 ($27,000) for his meeting with Teixeira.
UFC veteran Teixeira, 40, is expected to earn significantly more than Smith. The Brazilian's last four guaranteed purses were £73,220 ($90,000), £73,220 ($90,000), £85,430 ($105,000) and £93,560 ($115,000) respectively.
So it's safe to assume the former title challenger's guaranteed purse will be close to or slightly over £81,300 ($100,000).
UFC Fight Night 175 fight card
Anthony Smith vs Glover Teixeira - light-heavyweight bout
Ben Rothwell vs Ovince St. Preux - heavyweight bout
Alexander Hernandez vs Drew Dober - lightweight bout
Ricky Simon vs Ray Borg - men's bantamweight bout
Karl Roberson vs Marvin Vettori -middleweight bout
Prelims
Andrei Arlovski vs Philipe Lins - heavyweight bout
Michael Johnson vs Thiago Moises - lightweight bout
Sijara Eubanks vs Sarah Moras - women's bantamweight bout
Hunter Azure vs Brian Kelleher - men's bantamweight bout
Gabriel Benitez vs Omar Antonio Morales Ferrer - men's featherweight bout
Chase Sherman vs Issac Villanueva - heavyweight bout