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UFC 257 Payouts : How Much Salary Will Each Fighter Receive?

Prateek Arya
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UFC 257 Fight Night Payout: How Much Money Will Each Fighter Receive?

UFC 257 Purse : UFC 257 is the first Pay-per-View of 2021 and the entire MMA fraternity is waiting to witness what’s in store for them as the event promises so much entertainment. The headliner of the night is the much-awaited Conor McGregor Vs. Dustin Poirier’s rematch and the co-main event is the high-profile Lightweight contest between Dan Hooker and Michael Chandler.

Besides the feature bouts, there are 9 more matches lined up on the fight card, turning the speculations into a supposed guarantee that UFC 257 will create a spectacle for the ages.

The event is trending worldwide and may perhaps rake-in more PPV buys than UFC 229, which currently is at the summit with 2.4 million buys.

So, with the enthusiast set to witness what they are eager to see, the UFC and the broadcasters are in rep prosperous figures, it is still not known what the fighters, the prime actors who are giving weight to every part to ultimately form a whole, what they are getting in return.

While the statistics around the total buy-rate make headlines after a Pay-Per-View culminates, fighter salaries remain hidden.

UFC does not disclose, what a fighter has been paid. Thus, there seemingly never emerges any accurate figures, however, conjectures can be drawn on the basis of the study of UFC pay scales and on the basis of some rare occasions when the state commission released the earnings.

Therefore, by practicing the same hypothesis on the UFC 257 card, an estimate can be drawn about fighters’ salaries.

UFC 257 Payout (Base Payout)

To reach a correct estimate, we delved deep into the fighters’ previous records, their stature, and their frequency in the ring, and came out with a range. There are 4 distinct ranges of purses, and keeping in mind the aforementioned, we have placed each fighter in one of the columns.

$5000-$50,000

  • Amanda Ribas
  • Marina Rodriguez
  • Nasrat Haqparast
  • Arman Tsarukyan
  • Brad Tavares
  • Antonio Carlos Junior
  • Julianna Pena
  • Sara McMann
  • Khalil Rountree Jr
  • Marcin Prachnio

$50,000-$100,000

  • Jessica Eye
  • Joanne Calderwood
  • Andrew Sanchez
  • Makhmud Muradov

$100,000-$10,00,000

  • Dan Hooker
  • Michael Chandler

$10,00,000-More

  • Conor McGregor
  • Dustin Poirier

It should be noted that these figures are only an assumption of Guaranteed Salary, and are subject to change in the future.

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