Nate Diaz is about to make more cash than Jorge Masvidal for Saturday’s struggle.
This Saturday, Diaz and Masvidal face off in a 10-round mild heavyweight boxing match on the Honda Heart in Anaheim, Calif. The bout is a rematch of types from their 2019 struggle at UFC 244 which topped the inaugural “BMF” champion, an idea originated by Diaz. The Stockton native misplaced that struggle by third-round physician’s stoppage, however the earlier final result seems to have had no impact on their purses for this struggle as a result of Diaz leads all fighters for the upcoming card with a $500,000 assured purse , whereas Masvidal will solely internet $300,000 earlier than pay-per-view gross sales.
The California State Athletic Fee revealed the salaries in a message to MMA Preventing’s Damon Martin on Saturday.
Actually, Masvidal is just not even the second-highest base wage for Saturday’s occasion as former UFC light-weight champion Anthony Pettis, who faces Chris Avila within the featured bout of the night, is about to earn a assured $350,000. Avila, in the meantime, earns $210,000, the fourth-highest purse on the cardboard, even above former boxing world champion Daniel Jacobs, who nets simply $100,000 for his bout with Shane Mosely Jr. ($160,000). Nevertheless, Jacobs additionally missed weight for his struggle and was fined 20 p.c of his purse, half of which can go to Mosely Jr.
An entire checklist of the salaries for the occasion will be seen beneath. As all the time, these figures don’t characterize a fighter’s whole earnings, as sure sponsorship incomes, pay-per-view earnings, and different income streams are usually not publicly disclosed.
- Nate Diaz $500,000
- Jorge Masvidal $300,000
- Daniel Jacobs $100,000* (fined 20 p.c of his purse, half to go to Shane Mosley Jr.)
- Shane Mosley Jr. $160,000
- Anthony Pettis $350,000
- Chris Avila $210,000
- Curmel Moton $40,000
- Nikolai Buzolin $8,000* (fined 20 p.c of his purse, half to go to Curmel Moton)
- Amado Vargas $100,000
- Sean Garcia $50,000* (fined 20 p.c of his purse, half to go to Amado Vargas)
- Devin Cushing $60,000
- Manuel Correa $15,000
- Luciano Ramos $5,000
- Dan Hernandez $3,500
- Alan Sanchez $55,000
- Luis Lopes $22,500
- Steve Dunn $500
- Gabriel Costa $2,500
- Jose Aguayo $40,000
- Bryce Logan $6,000
- Ken Lopez $18,000
- Andres Martinez $600