Two of UFC Fight Night 204’s biggest standouts, Paddy Pimblett and Molly McCann, have revealed their fight purses for the event.
The topic of fighter pay is always a hot-button issue, especially when discussing some of the biggest names in the sport, as many would like to see the fighters fairly compensated for their performances. The spotlight gets even brighter when a young rising star draws comparisons to Conor McGregor.
Fighting in their home country, both Pimblett (18-3 MMA, 2-0 UFC) and McCann (12-4 MMA, 5-3 UFC) left lasting impressions with their incredible finishes at O2 Arena. Pimblett tapped Kazula Vargas in the first round, delivering a performance that supports his rapidly rising fanfare. McCann left no one in their seat after her spinning back elbow finish of Luana Carolina which will likely be on everyone’s Knockout of the Year list.
So, how much did they earn for their showings?
The day after the event, an erroneous report stated Pimblett took home $107,000. “I wish I was getting paid that are yous for f*cking real?!” Pimblett replied on Twitter.
I wish I was gettin paid that are yous for fucking real?! 🤣🤣🤣🤣 https://t.co/1lAHPIHchK
— Paddy The Baddy (@theufcbaddy) March 21, 2022
Pimblett set the record straight a couple of days later. “Yup, $12k and $12k,” Pimblett said when asked to confirm his fight purse on “The Dave Portnoy Show With Eddie & Co.” “Yeah, and then the bonus.”
“You have to pay your dues, but I’ll tell you one thing Dave, Dana will be getting the money out for our boy Patrick now,” McCann added as Portnoy was stunned at the low pay Pimblett received. She was then asked to confirm how much she was paid and McCann replied, “I think it was $40k and $40k.”
“That’s my eighth fight,” McCann explained after Portnoy asked if she was paid more than Pimblett. “Paddy will probably get paid more than me with his next deal, though.”
Both McCann and Pimblett were among the nine fighters who took home an extra $50,000 for the Performance of the Night. UFC president Dana White was in such a great mood following the event that he decided to deviate from the usual four awards, and issued a bonus to every fighter on the card who recorded a finish.
In addition, fighters receive UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay, which awarded Pimblett an additional $4,000 and McCann $6,000. In total, Pimblett took home $78,000, while McCann pocketed $136,000.
However, these figures do not include discretionary bonuses that the UFC may decide to hand out to its fighters, which makes it nearly impossible to know exactly how much a fighter in the promotion will truly take to the bank.
White previously opened up about how the company handles such bonuses. “There will be a night where some crazy sh*t happens throughout the whole card, and then we have to pick what we thought (were) the $50,000 (bonus recipients), but somebody else was right in the running,” White said. “They could have got it too. And it depends, I’ll write them anywhere from $10,000 to $25,000.”
