Israel Adesanya payouts: How much will star fighter earn at UFC Saudi Arabia?
Israel Adesanya set for big payout and sponsorship salary in Riyadh UFC Fight Night 250 non-championship return at UFC Saudi Arabia.
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Israel Adesanya banks substantial payout for Riyadh UFC Fight Night 250 return at UFC Saudi Arabia (Source: IMAGO/X)
Israel Adesanya finds himself in a very sticky spot. The former two-time UFC middleweight champ is riding on back-to-back skids, first time in his MMA career. Saturday, Saudi Arabia at UFC Fight Night 250, Adesanya takes on Nassourdine Imavov in the feature headliner. Wherever the wind blows, Izzy could bank some substantial salary and fighter compensation on the matter. Here is a look into his particular UFC Saudi Arabia payout.
The UFC and the sports commissions no longer disclose particulars in fighter salary. Fight Night UFC Saudi Arabia listings for the UFC Fight Night 250 headliner, ANB Arena should be the same. However, “Last Stylebender” Israel Adesanya is the one and last of his kind; a true phenom. Here is a brief look at what he can earn this weekend, based purely on factoids and previous payouts.
UFC Saudi Arabia: Israel Adesanya previous payouts
Per MMA Salaries, the GLORY kickboxing vet’s UFC payouts (inclusive of bonuses, sponsorship pay, etc.) rose to an easy bracket of $100k, very soon. He previously made $50,000 base and win bonus vs. one Rob Wilkinson. Against Marvin Vettori, Adesanya made $53,000 base and win bonus, and $109,500 all in.
He made $62,000 base and a $50,000 performance bonus in his Anderson Silva skills test. In many ways, this was a passing of the torch for a young Israel Adesanya. The UFC middleweight interim championship bout with Kelvin Gastelum for 2019 was another notable salary and bracket increase. Per BetGM, Adesanya made $350,000 in base salary, a $50,000 bonus, and punctuated 100,000 PPV buys for an increased $4000 Compliance Payment sponsorship.
Next fight onwards (Robert Whittaker), he earned payouts in a base bracket of $400,000 (*increased to $600,000 after). Per NY Fights, for the first time against Whittaker, he also earned an estimated PPV payout of around $400,000 for the first time ($1,090,000).
It’s only been one way up from there, amassing him quite the network of sponsorships and a net payout. Subsequently, he is better off and even disbursed it. After his UFC 287 PPV 2nd-round KO, he and his father invested in the “Adesanya Close” Property development and management venture. It took portions out of his ginormous $3.18 Million purse! Per BetMGM, Adesanya’s last title flub at UFC 305 made him a payout of $2.53 million ($2,000,000 base; $400,000 in estimated PPV payouts/$2,432,000 all-in).
UFC Saudi Arabia: Israel Adesanya current payday
UFC Saudi Arabia, headlined by Israel Adesanya, is his first non-title bout appearance in almost six years. He has been earning in the champ bracket. Other draws and elite combatants also feature on the UFC Fight Night 250 event card. So it’s hardly a possibility that he makes bank in the same star-studded manner as his 12 title-fight streak.
However, the Kiwi-Nigerian is no small marquee fighter with a meager salary to dismiss out of hand. Per, the post-Reebok UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payout tiers, he has earned $42,000 as a middleweight champion, consistently. He earned a sponsorship salary of $32,000 only in the last few, to enter as a challenger.
Adesanya has secured paydays in the $1 million-plus range. In two fights against Alex Pereira and one against Dricus Du Plessis, his UFC payouts were in excess of $2 million, in the last three. Per Sporty Salaries, for UFC Saudi Arabia, he could make in the same $2.5 million ballpark.
The Promotional Guidelines Compliance pays also appropriate extra from Venum’s multi-year sponsorship. In addition to experience-based pay, the Venum Sport outfitting policy will see him earning perpetual royalty payments. These include any merch sold on Adesanya’s resemblance.
Despite recent blemishes, the CKB star is the star attraction in his Riyadh UFC Fight Night 250 return fight at UFC Saudi Arabia. He also meets a surging opponent for it in the combat capital of the world. So it’s no surprise if, at the end of this, Adesanya makes his usual big UFC purse.
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