Top 25 all time highest-earners in the UFC

There is a reason why most of the UFC fighters are paid a hefty sum — Their life is at stake every time they step into the octagon. Although the amount they pocket is quite less when compared to boxers, the Tier 1 UFC fighters make huge sums to at least compete with the likes of boxers.

Unsurprisingly the Irishman, Conor McGregor tops the list having raked up 9.7 million Euros through in his UFC career. The list released by Athletic Panda, includes only money made inside the octagon. The list even excluded fight night bonuses.

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Ranking	Fighter	Earnings
1	Conor McGregor	9.7 million Euros
2	Alistair Overeem	7 million Euros
3	Khabib Nurmagomedov	7 million Euros
4	Anderson Silva	6.5 million Euros
5	Michael Bisping	5.7 million Euros
6	Georges St-Pierre	5.6 million Euros
7	Jon Jones	5.2 million Euros
8	Mark Hunt	5 million Euros
9	Donald Cerrone	4.7 million Euros
10	Daniel Cormier	4.6 million Euros
11	Junior dos Santos	4.4 million Euros
12	Vitor Belfort	4.4 million Euros
13	Andrei Arlovski	4.1 million Euros
14	Brock Lesnar	4.1 million Euros
15	Rashad Evans	3.8 million Euros
16	Lyoto Machida	3.7 million Euros
17	Mauricio Rua	3.6 million Euros
18	Stipe Miocic	3.6 million Euros
19	Dan Henderson	3.5 million Euros
20	Chuck Liddell	3.5 million Euros
21	Nate Diaz	3.5 million Euros
22	Frankie Edgar	3.5 million Euros
23	Ronda Rousey	3.4 million Euros
24	Tito Ortiz	3.3 million Euros
25	Tyron Woodley	3.2 million Euros

Courtesy : The Sun

With Conor McGregor topping the list, he has made a huge fortune outside the UFC too. According to Forbes, he has a net worth of 100 million Euros most of which he accumulated through his boxing bout against Floyd Mayweather, various sponsorship deals and not to forget his whiskey brand Proper Twelve.

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Conor McGregor is quite closely followed by Dutch heavyweight fighter Alistair Overeem and the great Khabib Nurmagomedov, with both earning a whopping 7 million Euros in their respective UFC careers. The legendary Anderson Silva stood fourth with earnings of 6.5 million Euros, closely followed by Michael Bisping of the United Kingdom and Georges St–Pierre. Once fiery-rivals, Jon Jones and Daniel Cormier stood 7th and 10th having made 5.2 million Euros and 4.6 million Euros respectively.

Other notable fighters in the list were WWE fighter Brock Lesnar with career earnings of 4.1 million Euros. Current heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic was 18th in the list with earnings of 3.6 million Euros. The only female fighter in the list was ‘Rowdy‘ Ronda Rousey, who was 23rd in the list having made 3.4 million Euros.

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