UFC 330 purses: Islam Makhachev and Ian Machado Garry’s’ salaries for huge Philadelphia showdown revealed

The UFC resumes pay-per-view action this weekend with a stacked card in Philadelphia. The MMA leader hosts its seventh numbered event of the year – UFC 330 – early tomorrow morning. Islam Makhachev and Ian Machado Garry top the UFC 330 bill early tomorrow morning Credit: UFC Makhachev will make the first defence of his welterweight title against the Irishman Credit: GETTY Topping the bill of the Philly punch-ups is an eagerly anticipated welterweight title showdown between champion Islam Makhachev and Ian Machado Garry. Makhachev, 34, will be making the first defence of the 170lbs belt he ripped from Jack Della Maddalena’s clutches with ease last November. Sign up for the Sport newsletter Thank you! And he’s set to earn a pretty penny for his first outing as king of the welterweights. It’s not yet known if the Pennslyvania State Athletic Commission will release Makhachev and Garry’s pursues. But their previously disclosed purses can give us an insight into how much they’re likely to be paid this weekend. Thanks to the California Athletic Commission, we know that former dominant lightweight king Makhachev’s disclosed purse will be a minimum of £151,393 ($200,000). That’s how much he pocketed for his routine title defence against Renato Moicano at UFC 311 in Los Angeles last January. In the case of Garry, he’s set to earn a bare minimum of £40,757 ($55,000) Most read in Sport SUN VEGAS WELCOME OFFER: GET UP TO £100 BONUS Islam Makhachev’s disclosed purse will be a minimum of £151,393 ($200,000) Credit: GETTY Ian Machado Garry is set to earn a pretty penny for his maiden UFC title fight Credit: GETTY That was the disclosed purse he received for his UFC 298 showdown with Geoff Neal in Anaheim, California, in February 2024. Garry’s purse, however, is likely to be at least THREE AND A HALF TIMES that sum, as on average UFC title challengers are paid £148,210 ($200,000). It’s worth noting that Makhachev’s expected purse will likely be SIGNIFICANTLY higher than what was disclosed by the CSAC. That’s because not all publicly disclosed purses are actually the fighter’s total take-home pay. In the case of Dagestani destroyer Makhachev, his disclosed purse will be topped up by special discretionary bonuses. The UFC’s new adjustments involving viewership numbers, subscriptions and interactions introduced to replace the cut of pay-per-view points he received before ditching the model with their multi-billion-pound streaming deal with Paramount+ will also beef up his final take-home pay. Comment now