Alex Pereira the current light heavyweight champion in UFC will return this weekend where his upcoming fight take place with opponent Magomed Ankalaev. Pereira going to defend his title against Ankalaev, if Pereira win his fight he will defend the title fourth time in UFC history.
| Fighters | Purses |
|---|---|
| Alex Pereira | $1m show, $42k sponsorship |
| Magomed Ankalaev | $750k show, $32k sponsorship |
Alex Pereira is currently among top paid UFC fighters who hold contract deal worth of $1 million a fight. In 2025, when Pereira return to UFC his purse will be $1m for fight against Magomed Ankalaev. The earnings of Alex Pereira reached maximum $4m based on pay-per-view buys rate on fight day. If ppv buys crossed figure of 1 million on fight day, the earnings Pereira including potential bonus reached to $5.5 million and if it stay under 850k to 500k ppv buys rate the earnings Pereira maximum reached to $3.5m.
In 2024, Alex Pereira made two major appearances in UFC against opponent Khalil Rountree Jr and Jiřà Procházka and he earned $750k guaranteed money from the fights and further earnings reached to $6m including ppv bonuses. The fight against Magomed Ankalaev is one of the best payday for Pereira so far in his career.
Magomed Ankalaev, the best payday arrived in UFC, on 8th March 2025, when Ankalaev make his way to the UFC against current light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira where his purse will be upto $750k this weekend and it will rise $2.5m if pay-per-view buys rate crossed figure 1 million sales on fight day. Before this fight, Magomed Ankalaev earn $300k for Aleksandar Rakić fight and before that he fight twice opponent Johnny Walker in 2023-24 and for both fight his earnings reached to $1.2m including all bonuses.
Further details regarding to Alex Pereira and Magomed Ankalaev purse payouts reported here later once their fight is completed and fight of the night and performance of the night bonuses reported.