Nate Diaz is set to earn a guaranteed $500,000 for his upcoming fight against Jorge Masvidal, who will make $300,000 before pay-per-view sales.
Nate Diaz is set to make more money than Jorge Masvidal for Saturday’s fight. This Saturday, Diaz and Masvidal face off in a 10-round light heavyweight boxing match at the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif.
The bout is a rematch of sorts from their 2019 fight at UFC 244 which crowned the inaugural “BMF” champion, a concept originated by Diaz. The Stockton native lost that fight by third-round doctor’s stoppage.
But guess what? The previous outcome appears to have had no effect on their purses for this fight. Diaz leads all fighters for the upcoming card with a $500,000 guaranteed purse.
Masvidal will only net $300,000 before pay-per-view sales. Ouch.
The California State Athletic Commission revealed the salaries in a message to MMA Fighting’s Damon Martin on Saturday. Interesting timing, huh?
In fact, Masvidal isn’t even the second-highest base salary for Saturday’s event. Former UFC lightweight champion Anthony Pettis, who faces Chris Avila in the featured bout of the evening, is set to earn a guaranteed $350,000.
Avila earns $210,000—the fourth-highest purse on the card—above former boxing world champion Daniel Jacobs. Jacobs nets just $100,000 for his bout with Shane Mosely Jr., who gets $160,000.
However, Jacobs also missed weight and was fined 20 percent of his purse. Half of that fine goes to Mosely Jr., by the way.
A complete list of salaries can be seen below. Remember though: these figures do not represent a fighter’s total earnings.
Sponsorship incomes? Pay-per-view earnings? Other revenue streams? Not publicly disclosed!
– Nate Diaz: $500,000
– Jorge Masvidal: $300,000
– Daniel Jacobs: $100,000* (fined 20 percent of his purse; half goes 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 percent; half goes to Curmel Moton)
– Amado Vargas: $100,000
– Sean Garcia: $50,000* (fined 20 percent; half goes 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
And it continues…
Steve Dunn gets just 500 bucks! Gabriel Costa pockets only 2 grand and some change at \$2,\(500\). Jose Aguayo? A cool \$40,\(00\).
Bryce Logan’s making \$6,\(00\). Ken Lopez hits \$18,\(00\). Andres Martinez rounds out with \(600\).
So there you have it—a mixed bag of payouts!