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Fighters who have between one and five fights in the UFC will make just $2,500 per fight under the tiered system. Fighters with six to 10 UFC bouts will make $5,000; 11 to 15 will get fighters $10,000; 16 to 20 fights earns $15,000; and 21 bouts and up gets a fighter $20,000.
In a good year, a fighter gets three or four fights. Assuming this is an average salary, if Poirier stayed injury-free (during which time thereâs no pay) and won all his fights, with maybe a bump or two, he could take home $300,000 for four victories. This seems like a decent amount, until you consider other sports. Forbes reported that in the 2013-14 season the average NFL salary was $2m, MLB $3.82m and NBA $4.9m (admittedly these leagues create larger revenues but the discrepancy shows most MMA fighters are far from millionaires).