As a result of doing what they are most skilled at, the combatants bring in enormous amounts of money. In addition, most of them have been successful businesspeople, which has allowed them to parlay their incomes into massive fortunes.
According to Forbes, the most successful mixed martial arts (MMA) athletes have been able to amass profitable sums of money thanks to the substantial number of MMA Fighters who have been successful throughout the years. In recent years, mixed martial arts (MMA) has grown in popularity to the point that it has surpassed the popularity of boxing, and the fighters' net worths are beginning to reflect that reality.
The Richest MMA Fighters in The World
We have compiled this definitive list of the Richest MMA fighters in the world, along with how much money each of them is now worth. These figures have been obtained unfiltered from Forbes and Celebrity Net Worth.
Michael Bisping
Worth: nine million dollars
Michael Bisping is a former mixed martial fighter, actor, and pundit from England who also works in the sports industry. Michael Bisping has been admitted into the UFC Hall of Fame, the Middleweight Champion of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).
Jose Aldo
Worth: nine million dollars
Mixed martial artist José Aldo is from Brazil and competes in the UFC. When the UFC and WEC were merged, Aldo held the titles of WEC Featherweight Champion for the fourth and final time and the inaugural UFC Featherweight Champion.
Junior Dos Santos
10 Million Dollars’ Worth of Net Worth
Mixed martial artist Junior dos Santos is from Brazil and has the title of former UFC Heavyweight Champion. He is presently rated fourth overall in the UFC Heavyweight division.
Jones, Jon Bones
10 Million Dollars’ Worth of Net Worth
Jon Jones is a well-known mixed martial artist from the United States who has won the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship three times. After being stripped of his title and banished from the rankings for committing offenses including "Hit & Run," Jon "Bones," Jones was readmitted to the UFC in 2015. In 2017, he successfully defended his Light-Heavyweight championship, but he has since tested positive for 'performance-enhancing substances,' adding fuel to the fire of the ongoing scandal surrounding him.
Chael Sonnen
10 Million Dollars’ Worth of Net Worth
Chael Sonnen is a mixed martial artist from the United States who fights in the Light Heavyweight class for Bellator MMA. Sonnen is signed with Bellator MMA. Additionally, Sonnen has previously fought in the UFC, the WEC, and the Pancrase.
Frank Mir
11 Million Dollars’ Worth of Assets
Frank Mir is a mixed martial artist from the United States who competes in the heavyweight category of the Bellator MMA promotion. He fought for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) for sixteen years before moving to Bellator. Mir is a former champion of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) in the heavyweight division. He now holds the record for the most bouts, victories, and submissions in the history of the UFC Heavyweight division.
Ronda Rousey
12 Million Dollars’ Worth of Net Worth
Ronda Rousey is a professional athlete from the United States who competes in Judo, mixed martial arts, and acting. In addition to that, she is the only female mixed martial arts combatant on this list.
Rousey started her career as an athlete in Judo and then moved on to compete in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Rousey is a former champion in the women's bantamweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), and she has won a string of 12 mixed martial arts bouts in a row.
Jackson, Quinton Rampage, Jr.
12 Million Dollars’ Worth of Net Worth
Quinton "Rampage" Jackson is an American mixed martial artist, actor, and former professional wrestler. He is now retired from his wrestling career. Jackson held the title of UFC Light Heavyweight Champion at one point in his career and has subsequently featured in several films.
Chuck Liddell
Chuck Lidell 14 Million Dollars’ Worth of Net Worth
Chuck Liddell is a retired mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter from the United States who once held the UFC Light Heavyweight Champion. Liddell was inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame the following year (2009).
Tito Ortiz
15 Million Dollars’ Worth of Net Worth
Jacob Christopher "Tito" Ortiz is an American mixed martial artist who has since retired from the sport. He was a very well-liked phenomenon by the UFC audience, and some of his bouts were among the most widely seen in the history of pay-per-view. Tito Ortiz is a former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Light-Heavyweight Champion and now has a net worth of $15 million. He is one of the world's most financially successful mixed martial arts fighters.
Wrestler Randy Couture
17 Million Dollars’ Worth of Assets
American actor Randy Couture is a former mixed martial fighter who served as a sergeant in the United States Army before retiring.
Couture competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship and came away with six championships. As noted earlier in the piece, just three fighters in the history of the sport have won titles in several weight divisions.
Wanderlei Silva
18 Million Dollars’ Worth of Assets
A mixed martial artist from Brazil, Wanderlei Silva has participated in both the Pride Fighting Championships in Japan and the Ultimate Fighting Championship in the United States. In the history of PRIDE, Silva is the fighter that holds the record for the most victories, knockouts, championship defenses, and longest winning streak. He competed in the Middleweight class throughout his career.
It is believed that Wanderlei Silva has a net worth of $18 million, which places him as the ninth wealthiest mixed martial arts competitor in the world. Fedor Emelianenko is a judoka, sambist, and mixed martial artist who competes in the heavyweight division in Russia. He is a participant in the Bellator Mixed Martial Arts Championships right now.
