He gets paid about $250K to fight, plus a win bonus, probably somewhere around $200K. So if he fights and wins, around a half million. Plus he gets a percentage of the PPV buys, and sponsorship endorsement money, so by the time that's all added up, my best (educated) guess would be in the $2-2.5 million range per fight.
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Nothing, at least not as a fighter. Amateurs do not get paid for their performance. They would have to get income as an instructor or in another line of work.
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It depends on which wrestler and UFC fighter you are comparing. Actually speaking the top wrestlers like "John Cena" or "CM Punk" or even part time wrestlers like "Rock", "Brock Lesnar" or "Undertaker" make far more money than almost all the UFC fighters. Similarly, the top UFC fighters like Anderson Silva, Jon Jones etc make more money than most of the wrestlers. In fact, the amount of money these guys make is a direct reflection of their popularity and the guys who are champions usually make more money than the rest of their peers.
There reallly isn't an average sallary and the winner doesn't always walk away with the most money in the end either. A fighter that just made it to the pro level might only make a couple thousand dollars a fight and only fight a couple times a year. There are even professional fighters in th UFC who still have a regular job from 9-5 everyday. It all depends on how exciting the fighter is in the ring or cage.
They usually make their money off of album sales and possibly off of ITunes.