Another decade has flown past us, and it was a financially profitable one for a handful of UFC fighters. They still don’t get paid what they are actually worth, but a few of them made out like bandits, so to speak, in the 2010s. Here is our ranking of the top ten earning UFC fighters of the 10s.
(doesn’t include any undisclosed PPV bonuses or any other bonuses; Reebok sponsorship started at UFC 189)
(click on the fighter’s name to see a breakdown of their payouts for each career fight)
Anderson Silva
2010s Earnings: $6,485,000
End of night performance bonuses: $310,000
Per fight average: $463,214
Top earning fight: $820,000 – UFC 208 (Win over Derek Brunson)
The 2010s was the decade King Spider finally got knocked off of his throne. But he still made some nice bank. And he was a PPV headliner for most of it, so he surely made even more in PPV sales bonuses.
#5 – Jon Jones
#6 – Michael Bisping
#7 – Mark Hunt
#8 – Donald Cerrone
#9 – Daniel Cormier
#10 – Junior dos Santos
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