UFC 258 Payouts, Purse and Salary : How Much Money Will Each MMA Fighter Receive?

UFC 258 Payouts, Purse and Salary : This week the second Pay-Per-View show of the year will take place and it is a much-awaited one since it will give a conclusion to the prolonged Welterweight fight between Kamaru Usman and Gilbert Burns.

The fight was initially a part of UFC 251, however, the unfortunate outbreak of Covid-19 scrapped the fight. While Kamaru Usman did compete at UFC 251, the matchup with Gilbert Burns stayed intact and was shifted to UFC 256. In the run-up to the event, Usman pulled out on account of injury, and hence the fight was subjected to another deferral.

Now UFC 258 is the event of concern, and it seems the third time will prove to be the charm. Besides the headliner, there are 10 more fights lined on the fight card for the supreme MMA spectacle. The event is trending globally and may rake-in substantial revenue.

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 258 card, an estimate can be drawn about fighters’ salaries.

UFC 258 Fight Night 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.

$10000-$50,000