Ilia Topuriahas conquered the most important challenge of his career in the UFC. The Hispanic-Georgian knocked out Max Holloway for the coveted world featherweight title., which already places him as a legend of mixed martial arts.
Even before this historic fight, Topuria had already guaranteed itself a lucrative salary that he perceived as a champion candidate.
Although he doesn’t do it just for the money, it is clear that this type of struggle also allows him to survive day to day. And, as that one said, you can’t make a living from petanque… but in the case of the UFC you can achieve a reasonably comfortable life.
UFC salaries
The salaries of fighters in the UFC vary considerably according to their category, fame and career in the contest. The fighters of minor categoryor those who have just started their journey in the UFC, can win between 15,000 and 30,000 dollars for fight.
Meanwhile, the fighters of middle category can get between 80,000 and 250,000 dollarsand finally, those with a outstanding career and a good winning record have salaries that range between 500,000 and 3,000,000 dollars. Ilia finds herself in the latter group, with an impressive professional record of 16-0 and a plenary session in the UFC, 8 victories in 8 fightsfrom his debut in October 2020.
Six fights and a seven-figure salary
However, the specific salaries of UFC fighters are a well kept secret by the company, and it is difficult to know the exact figures. Despite this, sources close to this newspaper have revealed that Topuria will receive a sum of seven figures for his fightregardless of the result.
Furthermore, Topuria’s salary will progressively increase with each fightregardless of the results obtained. Therefore, at a minimum, the Hispanic-Georgian received a figure of a million euros for their confrontation against the former UFC featherweight champion. An amount that will increase as he advances in the following fights already signed with the mixed martial arts company.
Therefore, thanks to the next fights that await Topuria, the Hispanic-Georgian will see his bank account increase, at least, by five million dollarsabout 4.6 million euros “won by a storm”as he revealed in April when he was interviewed by David Broncano in La Resistencia.
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