10 Things You Need To Know About Brock Lesnar's UFC 200 Return
2. This Deal Could Easily Net Brock Lesnar A Cool Ten Million
Here's what you really need to know about the financials behind Brock Lesnar's return to the UFC: he stands to pocket a lot of money. Up to about ten million dollars for a single night of work.
Here's what you can base that on:
One, his return is short notice. Even if this has been worked on in a while, Lesnar already makes millions in the WWE. There's no question that his base salary will be big, and he will almost certainly get a percentage of PPV earnings.
Two, look at the next comparable active fighter: Conor McGregor. In March, McGregor was paid a base salary of a million dollars, just to show up for the event, UFC 196. With PPV dollars included, the rumoured number McGregor took home was ten million, at around 1.5 million buys on PPV.
UFC 100, the highest grossing UFC PPV event to date, headlined by Brock Lesnar vs. Frank Mir 2, drew about 1.6 million. Frank Mir isn't available to fight at UFC 200 due to suspension, but rest assured, Lesnar's return will draw just as well without him.
Ergo, if it does around 1.5-1.6 million buys, based on a similar deal to McGregor (which is likely given the circumstances), well, you do the math. Lets just say Brock Lesnar will be well compensated.
Here's what you can base that on:
One, his return is short notice. Even if this has been worked on in a while, Lesnar already makes millions in the WWE. There's no question that his base salary will be big, and he will almost certainly get a percentage of PPV earnings.
Two, look at the next comparable active fighter: Conor McGregor. In March, McGregor was paid a base salary of a million dollars, just to show up for the event, UFC 196. With PPV dollars included, the rumoured number McGregor took home was ten million, at around 1.5 million buys on PPV.
UFC 100, the highest grossing UFC PPV event to date, headlined by Brock Lesnar vs. Frank Mir 2, drew about 1.6 million. Frank Mir isn't available to fight at UFC 200 due to suspension, but rest assured, Lesnar's return will draw just as well without him.
Ergo, if it does around 1.5-1.6 million buys, based on a similar deal to McGregor (which is likely given the circumstances), well, you do the math. Lets just say Brock Lesnar will be well compensated.