Introduction

Eddie Alvarez is an American professional MMA fighter with an estimated net worth of $8 Million.

Before Wealth & Fame

Edward Alvarez was born on January 11, 1984, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he still resides today. Alvarez learned boxing at a young age thanks to his father, Frank, who practiced the sport at the Front Street Gym in Philadelphia.

During his teenage years, Alvarez got more involved with wrestling, turning down several scholarship offers to pursue a career as a mixed martial artist. Alvarez finally had his first professional match in 2003, defeating Anthony Ladonna via knockout in the first round. 

MMA Career 

Eddie Alvarez would run his career record to 10-0 at the start of his career and lost just one (to Nick Thompson) of his first 16 fights.

In 2009, Alvarez made his debut with Bellator MMA, defeating Greg Loughran in the first round via submission, and went on to become the promotion’s first lightweight champion. Alvarez fought for Bellator MMA for five years, including a win that reclaimed the title he had lost, before moving to the UFC in 2014.

He would lose his debut match against Donald Cerrone, but went on to win fights against Anthony Pettis and Rafael dos Anjos, ultimately winning the UFC Lightweight Championship. Alvarez dropped the belt to Conor McGregor in 2016, and since then has had sporadic matches, including fights against Dustin Poirier, Iuri Lapicus, and Ok Rae Yoon.

UFC Earnings

Eddie Alvarez was with the UFC for several years and became one of the richest MMA fighters thanks to his time in the championship scene. Alvarez frequently had fights throughout Bellator MMA and UFC, typically earning six figures per bout, with most of his matches paying him between $100,000 and $200,000.

Although the UFC doesn’t disclose every single fighter’s paycheck, there are several of Eddie’s previous purses that we do know. In 2014, Alvarez fought Donald Cerrone at UFC 178, earning $50,000 to show and $50,000 to win, totaling $100,000. When he fought Rafael dos Anjos at UFC Fight Night 90 in 2016, he received a base salary of $150,000, plus an additional $50,000 bonus for Performance of the Night, totaling $200,000.

Naturally, it would be safe to assume that Eddie’s fight with Conor McGregor at UFC 205 produced the biggest payout of his career. Unfortunately, there’s no way of knowing for sure, as his pay was never disclosed. However, McGregor’s, on the other hand, was revealed as part of an antitrust lawsuit filed against the UFC. Conor reportedly earned $6.8 million for his knockout victory over Alvarez, which was listed as the second-highest payout of all time.

ONE Championship Contract

Most people assume that because the UFC is the biggest and most successful MMA organization, they automatically pay more money than every other organization. However, this is not necessarily the case. In 2018, after leaving the UFC, Alvarez signed a contract with ONE Championship and revealed on Ariel Helwani’s show that the offer was “through the roof” and was a “guaranteed eight-figure deal” in total, which means that he should have earned at least $10 million from the contract. He was also made a partner of the organization, which likely had its own financial benefits.

Now then, Alvarez only fought four times in ONE Championship before becoming a free agent. Therefore, we don’t know whether he actually completed the contract in full or terminated it early. He did say the eight-figure sum was guaranteed, so in either case, his earnings with the promotion were likely much more than his time in the UFC.

Expenditure

Although not among the richest MMA fighters, Eddie Alvarez has still earned a significant amount of money throughout his career. Alvarez was born and raised in Pennsylvania, and chose to stay in the city when buying a new home. Although the exact amount wasn’t listed for the sale, it’s estimated that Alvarez spent over $500,000 to relocate to the northeast part of Philadelphia. It isn’t just his own home, either, as Alvarez heavily invests in real estate and considers it his second-largest hobby, behind fighting.

Personal Life

Eddie Alvarez met his now-wife Jamie in high school, and the couple has been married since 2008. Along the way, the two have had four children, three of whom are sons, with the family now residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

From 2009 to 2012, Alvarez made multiple appearances on the hit reality series Bully Beatdown on MTV, knocking out each bully he faced.

Awards & Achievements

Here are Eddie Alvarez’s top career awards and achievements:

• Two-time National Prep School All-American in 2000 and 2001 while in high school.
• Earned the Performance of the Night and Fight of the Night bonuses one time each during his UFC career.
• Won the Bellator Lightweight Championship twice, including becoming the first-ever champion.
• Became the UFC Lightweight Champion before losing the title to Conor McGregor in 2016.
• Fight of the Year recipient for his 2017 bout against Justin Gaethje at UFC 218. 

Alvarez is no longer a full-time fighter and isn’t part of the UFC, but still has a chance to take home another title or two. Even if he doesn’t, Alvarez still boasts a long list of accomplishments in his career and has defeated many great fighters, including Aaron Riley and Michael Chandler.

Summary 

Eddie Alvarez has accomplished a great deal throughout his fighting career and is considered one of the best lightweight fighters of his time. Not many people can say they’ve won championships with both UFC and Bellator, but Alvarez has done just that. He begins to focus on his investing career when he’s done fighting, which will undoubtedly also be a success.

Brock Lesnar is an American professional wrestler and former MMA fighter with an estimated net worth of $25 Million.

Financial Struggles

Brock Lesnar has previously discussed his past struggles with managing finances during the early days of his career in interviews. He mentioned that shortly after signing his first WWE contract, worth $250,000, he “was almost bankrupt” after failing to manage the money properly. Fortunately for Lesnar, he learnt this lesson very early on in his career and began bringing himself up to speed on financial literacy. This, no doubt, helped him tremendously as he started earning seven-figure sums from both the WWE and the UFC.

WWE Contracts & Lawsuit

As we briefly mentioned, Lesnar’s first contract with the WWE was reportedly worth $250,000 in 2002. A year later, he signed a new deal that increased his annual base salary to $1 million. Perhaps one of the more interesting events in Brock’s wrestling career was his decision to turn down a $45 million contract extension in 2004. The agreement was listed as having a term of seven to ten years, which would have increased his annual salary to between $4.5 million and $6.43 million, depending on the duration of the contract.

Instead, he walked away from the organization, citing burnout and salary cap limitations as his reasons for doing so.

WWE Lawsuit (2004)

As part of Brock Lesnar’s agreement with the WWE, he was required to sign a non-compete clause, which prohibited him from being involved in any form of sports entertainment until the original contract expiration date in 2010. Since Lesnar literally only performed under the deal for one year, having to wait another six years to compete in any other sport was unsatisfactory for him. 

In February 2005, Lesnar filed a federal lawsuit against the WWE, seeking to have the non-compete clause declared invalid. The organization filed its counterclaim and was later granted an extension on the deadline to justify the clause. In April 2006, both parties agreed to a confidential settlement, and Lesnar became free to compete in wrestling and MMA. Although there were certain limitations in place, none of which affected Brock all that much.

UFC Earnings

Not all of Brock Lesnar’s fight purses in the UFC were publicly disclosed, and pay-per-view earnings are often kept confidential; however, we do have information regarding Lesnar’s earnings for several of his fights. His earliest recorded fight purse was $450,000 for defeating Randy Couture at UFC 91 in 2008. The figure comprised a $250,000 base purse, plus an additional $200,000 win bonus. 

When Brock fought and beat Frank Mir at UFC 100 the following year, his disclosed earnings were $400,000. However, he also reportedly scored a percentage of the PPV revenues, and Mir later stated that Lesnar earned seven figures from the fight. Brock also earned $400,000 in 2010 for his bout with Shane Carwin at UFC 116. 

Finally, after a long layoff, Brock returned for UFC 200 in 2016, defeating Mark Hunt and earning an impressive $2.5 million. While these four fights amount to at least $3.75 million in UFC earnings, several reports suggest that Lesnar may have earned over $5.3 million in total.

Real Estate

In April 2003, Brock Lesnar paid $783,500 for a 3,700-square-foot, four-bedroom, four-bathroom home in Maple Plain, Minnesota. The property spans a whopping 22 acres of land, featuring a long private road that leads to the main house, which is secluded by trees. In November 2010, he listed the property for sale with an asking price of $849,000, but it didn’t attract any potential buyers. Four years later, it sold for just $750,000.

Highlights

Here are some of the best highlights of Brock Lesnar’s career:

• Ohio Valley Wrestling (2000)
• WWE Champion (2002)
• Japanese Promotion (2005)
• Returned to WWE (2012)
• WWE World Heavyweight Champion (2014)
• Suplex City (2015)
• Universal Champion (2017)

Introduction

Stipe Miocic is a Croatian-American former professional MMA fighter, Firefighter, and Paramedic with an estimated net worth of $4 Million. 

Quick Facts

• Estimated earnings of at least $8 million in the UFC
• Disclosed base purses totaling $3.6 million from his fights with Ngannou and Cormier

Before Wealth & Fame

Since childhood, Stipe Miocic has been involved in sports, including wrestling, as well as playing baseball and football, while attending Eastlake North High School. While at university, he received interest from Major League Baseball teams and played Division II baseball at Coker College as a junior. Although he could have joined any of the richest MLB teams, Miocic chose to explore and hone other skills.

Early Career

While he was still in school, Stipe Miocic was paired with Dan Bobish as a training partner at Strong Style MMA Training Centre in Ohio. After finishing school, he returned to the training center once more. While he initially started with mixed martial arts, he soon shifted his focus to boxing. 

Despite having only trained for several months, his coach, Marcus Marinelli, stated that he could beat boxers with years more experience. With eight months of training under his belt, he had already become a Golden Gloves boxing champion, reaching the quarter-finals in the nationals.

MMA Career

Once he had officially started his MMA career, Stipe Miocic won his first six fights by knocking out his opponents. In 2011, he signed a multi-fight deal with the UFC and made his debut against Joey Beltran, winning with a unanimous decision. He faced Phil De Fries in February 2012, winning the fight in the first round via KO, and earned the Knockout of the Night award. A few months later, he faced newcomer Shane del Rosario and won with a TKO in the second round. 

He lost his first fight in September 2012 to Stefan Struve via TKO, though both fighters won Fight of the Night honors. The following year, he was scheduled to face Soa Palelei but ended up squaring off with Roy Nelson after Palelei was injured. After winning that fight, he took on Gabriel Gonzaga, winning by a unanimous decision, with Junior dos Santos as his next opponent. 

While Junior was sidelined by an injury, Miocic fought Fábio Maldonado instead, winning via TKO and earning Fight of the Night honors. In December, he finally got to take on dos Santos, but lost the fight by unanimous decision, his second significant loss. He was expected to face Ben Rothwell at UFC Fight Night 76 in 2015, but Rothwell ended up pulling out. 

UFC Heavyweight Championship

Instead, Miocic faced Andrei Arlovski, whom he defeated in the first round for a Performance of the Night bonus. Shortly after, he was poised to fight Fabrício Werdum at the UFC Heavyweight Championship until Werdum pulled out with a back injury. Eventually, the pair squared off in 2016, and Miocic dished out Werdum’s first loss since 2011 to win the championship. 

Miocic defended his title for the first time in 2016 against Alistair Overeem, and although he was knocked down, he came back to win via knockout. At UFC 211, Stipe Miocic defended his championship title again, this time from Junior dos Santos, whom he’d previously lost to by unanimous decision. However, this time, Miocic dominated dos Santos to maintain his titles, taking down his opponent midway through the first round. 

In 2018, he faced Francis Ngannou at UFC 220 in one of the most exciting fights in UFC history, and he walked away victorious. For his fourth title defense, he faced Daniel Cormier, the UFC Light Heavyweight Champion, in what was dubbed a “super fight.” Unfortunately, he lost via a knockout in the first round, though it was controversial since Cormier had jabbed Miocic in the eye. 

Rematches And Comebacks

In August 2019, Stipe Miocic and Cormier had a rematch for the Heavyweight Championship title, and this time Miocic won. However, he ended up being out of the game until 2020 due to retinal damage from another accidental eye poke from Cormier. 

Once back, a trilogy fight between Miocic and Cormier was set for August, which Miocic won, though both fighters suffered eye pokes during the match. The following year, he faced Francis Ngannou again at UFC 260 but lost during the second round via knockout. 

UFC Fight Earnings

Throughout his UFC career, Stipe Miocic reportedly earned at least $8 million in a combination of base purses, bonuses, and PPV revenues. Researching UFC fighters’ earnings can be challenging, as not all paychecks are publicly disclosed. In some states, it’s required for the promotion to disclose base purses, and this is how we’re able to see earnings from five of Miocic’s fights.

Francis Ngannou Fight Earnings

When he fought Francis Ngannou in 2018 at UFC 220, Stipe received a base salary of $600,000 and an estimated $190,000 in PPV and sponsorship bonuses, totaling $790,000. Their second fight took place in March 2021 at UFC 260, earning Miocic a base purse of $750,000, plus an estimated $400,000 PPV cut, and $40,000 from sponsorship income, totaling $1.19 million. This would bring his earnings from both fights to an estimated $1.98 million.

Daniel Cormier Trilogy Earnings

Between 2018 and 2020, Stipe fought the “good guy” DC thrice, earning a combined $3.19 million, based on industry estimates. This included a disclosed base purse of $750,000 for each of the three bouts, bringing his guaranteed earnings to at least $2.25 million. The remainder was generated through estimated PPV bonuses, reaching as high as $400,000 for the third fight.