UFC 305 Purse and Payouts: Estimated Earnings for Israel Adesanya vs. Dricus Du Plessis This Weekend

Allan Binoy | 17/08/2024
UFC 305 Purse and Payouts: Estimated Earnings for Israel Adesanya vs. Dricus Du Plessis This Weekend

Dricus du Plessis and Israel Adesanya will finally face each other at UFC 305 after months of bad blood between the two. Both fighters have of course promised fireworks come Saturday night. Naturally, with so much hype surrounding the bout, fans are curious about what each can earn from it.

Although the official purse for the event is not public information as of yet, an estimate for the same can be made by taking into account the previous purses of the fighters.

In the case of Dricus du Plessis, his highest purse came in his fight against Sean Strickland when he earned a little over $1 million. Hence, as the defending champion on Saturday night, he should easily surpass that amount.

On the other hand, Adesanya may end up earning more than Pereira as the PPV draw of the event. Taking into consideration his previous purse payouts, the former UFC middleweight champ should earn over $2 million from this fight regardless of the outcome.

Of course, then there is the fight of the night bonus, so if they beat up each other in spectacular fashion, that should see $50k added to their already awesome bank accounts.

And truth be told, it does look like they want to beat the crap out of each other in a very personal manner.

The pair had a very heated press conference that saw DDP talk about Adesanya’s privilege and Izzy shedding tears remembering his parents’ struggles while he was growing up.

Adesanya gives du Plessis a final message ahead of UFC 305

Adesanya was ready to throw down during the face-off with Dricus du Plessis ahead of their fight. The tension in the air was palpable when the pair stepped onto the stage.

Ahead of Saturday night’s encounter, the former champion had one final message for his opponent as he left the stage,

“I have missed this, I will miss this, but when I aim between your eyes I will not f*cking miss.”

For Israel Adesanya, it is an opportunity to win back his title. Ironically it is also the same place where he won the title for the very first time.

For du Plessis, it is a chance to show the fans and fighters that he is a legitimate champion. Defending his belt against arguably one of the most dominant middleweights ever would be a massive statement.

Post Edited By: Smrutisnat Jena
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Allan Binoy

Allan Binoy is a MMA journalist at The SportsRush. Taken to the sport in 2015, thanks to a certain Conor McGregor, Allan has himself dabbled in the martial arts. And having graduated from Loyola College, Chennai, with a degree in English Literature, he has learnt to use his love for language to have a voice in the MMA community. Allan has been writing about the gladiatorial stories for more than three years now and has pursued excellence at a number of reputable media organizations, covering every UFC PPV in the last couple of years. In addition to this, the southpaw is also a semi-professional soccer player for Diego Juniors FC in Pune, playing in the Pune Super Division League.

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