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Hmmm...
I actually would've thought he made more
I actually would've thought he made more
Double? Nah he made 100 million.
He got PPV points on 6 fights, including an estimated 500,000 buys for Cormier III and 700,000 on Ngannou II. He did well for himself.
He is also using numbers that are made up, which is even better. Like where are all these values from? Obviously not the commissions since they don't release them anymore
Yes and he never complains.Richest fire fighter award?
For a legend like him that's pennies he should've made at least 60 Million in his career, he's top of the food chain HW champ record holder, not only should he be Fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiilthy rich but also get immediate rematches and full respect.
If the top almost invincible Heavyweight guy gets 6M and mumbles like a retard from CTE wtf will the normal ufc fighters get ?
You’re probably average at your job. Certainly never been best in the world.I work harder than stipe and I haven’t made 6 million in my career. Where’s my thread? Am I supposed to feel bad for a multi millionaire?
Hunt made 160k LOSING to Stipe, who made 30k+30k(win bonus)
Dude has horrible management if he's broke



Stipe Miocic Career Earnings
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Jeff Fox
Last updated 28 Mar 2021
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Jan 20, 2018; Boston, MA, USA; Stipe Miocic (red gloves) fights Francis Ngannou (blue gloves) during UFC 220 at the TD Garden. Mandatory Credit: Bob DeChiara-USA TODAY Sports
Stipe Miocic Career Earnings
(UFC fights only; PPV and/or undisclosed bonuses not included; Reebok sponsorship started July 2015)
* denotes an estimated purse
Click on event name for full payout for all fighters for that event
UFC 136 – Oct 8/11 – W (Beltran) – $12,000 ($6,000 to show, $6,000 win bonus)*
UFC on Fuel TV: Sanchez vs Ellenberger – Feb 15/12 – W (De Fries) – $66,000 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 win bonus, $50,000 Knockout of the Night bonus)*
UFC 146 – May 26/12 – W (del Rosario) – $20,000 ($10,000 to show, $10,000 win bonus)
UFC on Fuel TV: Struve vs Miocic – Sept 29/12 – L (Struve) – $55,000 ($15,000 to show, $40,000 Fight of the Night bonus)*
UFC 161 – Jun 15/13 – W (Nelson) – $30,000 ($15,000 to show, $15,000 win bonus)*
UFC on Fox: Henderson vs Thomson – Jan 25/14 – W (Gonzaga) – $40,000 ($20,000 to show, $20,000 win bonus)*
TUF Brazil 3 Finale: Miocic vs Maldonado – May 31/14 – W (Maldonado) – $100,000 ($25,000 to show, $25,000 win bonus, $50,000 Performance of the Night bonus)*
UFC on Fox: dos Santos vs Miocic – Dec 13/14 – L (dos Santos) – $80,000 ($30,000 to show, $50,000 Fight of the Night bonus)
UFC Fight Night: Miocic vs Hunt – May 10/15 – W (Hunt) – $60,000 ($30,000 to show, $30,000 win bonus)*
UFC 195 – Jan 2/16 – W (Arlovski) – $175,000 ($60,000 to show, $60,000 win bonus, $50,000 Performance of the Night bonus, $5,000 Reebok sponsorship)
UFC 198 – May 14/16 – W (Werdum) – $210,000 ($65,000 to show, $65,000 win bonus, $50,000 Performance of the Night bonus, $30,000 Reebok sponsorship)*
UFC 203 – Sep 10/16 – W (Overeem) – $690,000 ($600,000 show, $50,000 Fight of the Night bonus, $40,000 Reebok sponsorship)
UFC 211 – May 13/17 – W (dos Santos) – $690,000 ($600,000 to show, $50,000 Performance of the Night bonus, $40,000 Reebok sponsorship)*
UFC 220 – Jan 20/18 – W (Ngannou) – $640,000 ($600,000 to show, $40,000 Reebok sponsorship)
UFC 226 – July 7/18 – L (Cormier) – $790,000 ($750,000 to show, $40,000 fight week incentive pay)
UFC 241 – Aug 17/19 – W (Cormier) – $830,000 ($750,000 to show, $50,000 Performance of the Night bonus, $30,000 fight week incentive pay)
UFC 252 – Aug 15/20 – W (Cormier) – $790,000 ($750,000 to show, $40,000 fight week incentive pay)*
UFC 260 – Mar 27/21 – L (Ngannou) – $790,000 ($750,000 to show, $40,000 fight week incentive pay)*
Total Career Earnings: $6,068,000
My question is , shall Stipe keep fighting? He will become 40 years old this year and have not fought in almost a year.

Not even closeYou’re probably average at your job. Certainly never been best in the world.
Neither are you though sub par at bestYou’re probably average at your job. Certainly never been best in the world.
Just for a comparison, here is a list of the career earnings of the top nfl kickers.
https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/rankings/earnings/kicker/all-time/
1
Sebastian Janikowski
Kicker
2000: R1, #17
$53,285,137
2
Adam Vinatieri
Kicker
0: Undrafted
$51,131,999
3
Robbie Gould
Kicker
0: Undrafted
$43,779,977
4
Mason Crosby
Kicker
2007: R6, #193
$41,098,884
5
Stephen Gostkowski
Kicker
2006: R4, #118
$39,437,002
Damn UFC really is paying these guys peanuts.
You guys do understand that a fighter is lucky to take home half of their reported earnings right? The UFC benefits from throwing out public earnings while not telling you how much they actually take home.
Gym fees, taxes, management fees, coaching fees, flying out training partners and coaches to the events, international taxes, cancelled fights after you already spent thousands on your camp, etc
When it’s all said and done they aren’t making anywhere close to that, this is what the UFC wants you to do. You see the big numbers they publicly reveal, but you don’t see how little everyone gets when it’s all said and done.
That’s the UFC HW goat of all people, imagine the vast majority of fighters who won’t ever get PPV points, most will die broke.
The American journal of Sports found that 31.9% of UFC fights will end with a traumatic brain injury(TBI), for example punching someone until their body can no longer function correctly (KO/TKO), many times you can suffer a TBI without being stopped, ala the war between Stipe and JDS, or the concussive shots Francis landed on Stipe in the first fight. Even when your a goat tier fighter, who wins almost all of their fights. You will still end your career with some serious damage.
If you do the math and research the data, if nearly 1/3 of UFC fights will end with a TBI. Stipe has iirc 18 fights in the UFC, 8 world title fights. That’s not including his amateur career in mma and boxing. That’s a lot of fights and a lot of TBI’s being dished out.
If the average American needs around 1.7mil-2.4mil to retire spending 70-80% of their pre retirement income each year, then most fighters are way behind they just don’t know it yet. Because most fighter aren’t gonna be working at 45, let alone 65. We like to pretend like every fighter can just become a coach post career, but most fighters will have serious issues post retirement that can/will keep them from living the same life as someone without several traumatic brain injuries.
It doesn’t matter who you are, if you aren’t putting away money and investing, that 2-3mil isn’t gonna go as far as you think from age 40-80, especially if your wife doesn’t work, or you are supporting family and friends. Good thing Stipe has a backup job, I’m sure he’s made some good money on the side as a firefighter. But he’s one man, and a super rare case.
The likelihood of losing and suffering a TBI only goes up with age, if your still fighting into your late 30’s and early-mid 40’s, the cost to benefit ratio really starts to work against you. You have to get in and get rich quick, squirrel away a few million and find a backup hobby you can do to support your lifestyle post retirement.
