The UFC (UFC Holdings, LLC) has fulfilled a previous financial prophecy by generating over $600 million in revenue last year. But the dominance of the UFC is another reason why MMA fighters don’t make as much money. On average the UFC gets more revenue from the gyms, merchandise, video games and more. According to Forbes, McGregor, inarguably the wealthiest fighter in the UFC… That is also the reason why the UFC deal with FOX is worth more than the boxing budgets of Showtime and HBO. (Note: The graphs have not been revealed to the public, but the numbers for each one has been revealed by Bloody Elbow.) Since 2007, when WWE moved to a calendar fiscal year, the wrestling promotion's total revenue has grown at an average annual rate of 4.2%. This revenue was verified by credit ratings issued last month (including prior Zuffa 2016 acquisition by Endeavor, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts … UFC 257 is expected to be one of the biggest PPV shows of the year for the promotion and the winner of McGregor vs. Poirier 2 will likely get the next UFC … 2002: 0%. Remembered for: The biggest fight in UFC history went down in Las Vegas as Nurmagomedov beat bitter rival McGregor by submission. Graph #1 (Fighter Compensations As A Percentage Of UFC Event Revenue) 2001: 0%. Fighter earnings MMA vs Boxing. Some of the UFC’s internal graphs were shown during the hearings, which showed the UFC’s revenue and other financial numbers. ... they watched because they wanted to know what would win in a fight, Jiujitsu or Wrestling, and the UFC was the only place where they could find out. Boxing pays about 55,000 per professional fight. According to the release from the UFC, the show generated an eye-popping $86.4 million in total revenue for the city of Las Vegas over the course of fight week. Another reason is simply just because boxing pays more than martial arts. Both the fighters are competing for a potential title shot in the future, and a hefty fight purse. (A rough estimate would credit the Mayweather-McGregor boxing match with adding perhaps $150 million to the UFC’s revenue that year.) The UFC owns a significant chunk of the MMA market to … Mayweather vs. McGregor generated a whopping 4.3 million pay-per-view buys and more than $500 million in total revenue, ranking it the second biggest PPV of all time. Lorenzo Fertitta predicted in 2015 that the company would be making a record high $600 million. The reason boxing makes more money than MMA is because most MMA fighters do not get to fight for the belt that often which means they have less chances for cash. Event billing: UFC 229. Revenue: $86.4 million. 2003: 0% PPV buys: 2.5 million. Highest earning boxing fights ever from Floyd Mayweather’s £678m fight with Pacquiao to Mike Tyson’s £146m ... but did so in revenue.