Sean O'Malley collected a $3 million base salary for a single fight in 2024. Aiemann Zahabi's highest reported earning in his entire UFC career was $85,000. Both men shared the same card at UFC Freedom 250 and O'Malley defeated Zahabi via knockout.
The bout paired two fighters whose financial profiles could not be more different, and the numbers behind each tell a story about how wealth is built, or slowly accumulated, inside the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).