UFC 306 battle week is right here, and it is without doubt one of the most anticipated occasions within the 2024 calendar of the UFC. The occasion will see the promotion make its debut on the Las Vegas Sphere, and it’ll have two title fights serving because the headlining bouts. A type of will function a high identify within the UFC presently. That’s Sean O’Malley.
O’Malley made his UFC debut in late 2017 and, lower than seven years later, he now finds himself on the helm of the promotion’s bantamweight division. Past that, O’Malley is undoubtedly one of many largest stars inside the promotion’s present panorama. O’Malley now has his second bantamweight title protection looming, and his run on the high of the 135-pound division has definitely elevated his monetary standing and standing. However simply how a lot is O’Malley price?
Based on Basically Sports activities, O’Malley is estimated to be roughly price $3 million. That is as of August 2024. In August 2023, O’Malley’s internet price was $2,200,000. This may imply that, in a 12 months, O’Malley’s whole earnings have seen his internet price improve by roughly $800,000.
O’Malley, very like different fighters, has a number of partnerships and endorsements. These align along with his profession as an athlete, and in the end additionally add to his earnings. O’Malley’s endorsements embrace Sanabul, Crypto.com, and MyBookieMMA.
While a majority of O’Malley’s earnings come from his skilled profession as a combined martial artist, there are different methods he earns cash too. O’Malley additionally has a YouTube channel, which he makes use of to additionally promote his endorsements, and it definitely provides to his earnings. O’Malley additionally has a Twitch channel, which reportedly earns him about $4,500 per thirty days (MMA Salaries). In his MMA profession, his earnings have been fairly spectacular too.
For his look on Dana White’s Contender Collection season two, O’Malley earned a complete of $12,500. Having earned the contract, O’Malley made his promotional debut in December 2017, and he obtained a complete of $23,500. O’Malley’s first battle in opposition to Marlon Vera happened in August 2020, and he had a $60,000 base wage. O’Malley would in the end lose that bout however, nonetheless incomes $4,000 in sponsorship income, he walked away with a complete of $64,000 at UFC 252.
At UFC 276, O’Malley confronted Pedo Munhoz, and he had a $1.5 million base wage, marking the primary time in his profession that such occurred. The battle resulted in a no contest because of an unintentional eye poke, thus leading to O’Malley solely getting a further $6,000 in sponsorship. This meant that O’Malley had a complete of $1,506,000.
At UFC 280, O’Malley confronted Petr Yan, and had a base wage of $150,000. O’Malley would go on to win the bout, thus incomes a $150,000 win bonus and a $50,000 efficiency bonus. With $6,000 in sponsorship, this meant O’Malley walked away from that battle with $356,000 in whole.
UFC 292 happened in August 2023, and the occasion would see O’Malley problem Aljamain Sterling for the bantamweight title. Strolling into the bout, O’Malley had a base wage of $500,000 and, regardless of successful the bout, he didn’t get a win bonus. He did, nevertheless, obtain a PPV payout of $600,000 and a efficiency bonus of $50,000. His sponsorship payout for this bout was $32,000, which in the end meant that O’Malley walked away with $1,182,000 from that occasion.
At that time of his profession, O’Malley had earned greater than $4 million. Though the fights progressively earned O’Malley extra profession with every passing bout, none surpass his most up-to-date battle.
O’Malley made his first protection of the bantamweight title at UFC 299, and it was a rematch in opposition to Vera. O’Malley obtained a $1.5 million base wage and, as soon as once more, though he received the bout, he didn’t obtain a win bonus. O’Malley’s PPV payout could be $725,000 and he would get a $50,000 efficiency bonus. The sponsorship payout was $42,000, and this made up a complete occasion incomes of $2,317,000 for O’Malley. This stays, thus far, O’Malley’s largest payout, per MMA Salaries.
UFC 306 is sort of a significant occasion and, though the promotion has already spent some huge cash on their Las Vegas Sphere spectacle, there are plans for the promotion to make that cash and extra again. Being featured on such a card, it may be anticipated that O’Malley and his friends shall be compensated properly. However simply how a lot might O’Malley stroll away with from his most important occasion bout?
Based on Sportskeeda, primarily based off of earlier earnings, it’s anticipated that O’Malley will earn upward of $2.5 million in whole. If that is correct, the UFC 306 occasion might see O’Malley earn greater than he ever has earlier than in his complete profession. O’Malley might very properly be the highest-paid fighter on the UFC 306 card.