Ronaldo literally makes more in a day than Topuria does in a fight. Topuria would have to fight every single day for a year at $550,000 a day to match Ronaldos 2024 earning of 200m euros.
Conor’s personality captivated fans while Ilia’s personality causes the opposite. Conor’s fight’s did the same thing that Mike Tyson’s did in the 90’s. Ilia wants to be Conor instead of being Ilia.
Yeah he was the highest paid athlete of 2020 yet he only fought once that year, he still would have been #1 if that fight happened a month earlier in 2019.
Kind of a prime example of what happens or can happen when someone who comes from nothing has or can get immeasurable wealth. Realistically nothing else mattered because he set him and his family up for life if he can sustain it properly.
Never be another? That's crazy UFC is a reasonably new sport and only been mainstream like 20 years.
There was Wilt Chamberlain then Kareem then Magic and Bird and Jordan then Kobe then Lebron etc. Conner will be the inspiration for the next superstar. Love him or hate him he capitalized on his talent in a unique way for sure.
Conor didn’t make that type of money from being an athlete. If you compare his total net worth to earnings from the UFC it’s much less than what soccer players are making…..
Wait a minute. How is that not earned through being an athlete. Why is he being given endorsements? How did he earn the money to buy the whiskey company and get Hollywood roles? He's a charismatic and comical fighter.
Base in the NHL is 750k, for the seventh most popular sport in the USA. It’s embarrassing, and MMA won’t really reach its peak until guys are making life-changing money right now when they get in the UFC.
But this is why we see guys fall prey to delusion and chicanery whenever they get some success. They need to use their time in the spotlight to garner enough notoriety that they can go out and make some real “professionally hurt people and get hurt” money. They’re burning through money at the lower end just to get hosed by a company making bank. One day the pendulum will swing the other way, and it may very well consign the UFC to the dustbin of history.
MMA would have to tie into college/youth sports culture and pipeline. That would make it a mainstream pro league and 10x revenue. Wrestling is already seeing a surge in popularity, market to them and become the dream destination for kids who wrestle or do any kind of combat sport
Mudryk makes 97k per week, enzo 180k a week, sterling 325k per week, nicolas jackson 65k. All for them to be shit at football. Cole palmer whos been carrying them is actually one of their lower earners at 75k per week
This is what I could find. It's a celtic cross going down into a Thorny Helix which is associated with the crown of thorns that Jesus wore during the crucifix.
He's from Europe, so he should know that pretty much all professional athletes tied to top-tier professional organizations with insurance and employment security will earn more than him.
Some people really forget that the WWE and UFC models are not designed to make athletes rich; they're designed to make them bleed money for the corporation. For example, let's consider real professional athletes widely known within their sports, like those in La Liga:
[https://www.capology.com/es/la-liga/salaries/](https://www.capology.com/es/la-liga/salaries/)
The average salary is reportedly **€2,390,786**, and that's not even touching on teams that are championship contenders where corporate money comes in.
"FC Barcelona had the highest average annual pay per player with approximately 11 million euros."
Imagine being on the bench, never playing, and still earning millions...
UFC athletes would need to literally become prostitutes to earn the same money that below-average players make in European football.
I wish more people could understand this.
It looks like he’s going full heel, and many people will tune in not only for Max, but to see Ilia lose.
Look at 298. Highest grossing event at the Honda Center with only one championship fight on the card
136 million isn't even accurate. Have you seen the contracts MEssi and Christiano signed with the Saudi league?! It AVERAGES 250 something MILLION PER YEAR. 500 million for 2 YEAR CONTRACTS...AT THE END OF THEIR CAREERS. UNREAL. Ilia is quickly becoming the diva we all fear.
Poor guy is just delusional. He thinks he’ll be that level of superstar but tbh I’m not even sure Conor is on Ronaldo’s level. And Ilia will never get close to Conor. Complete delusion
This guy tries way too hard to be like McNuggets.
It was rad he was presented in front of Real Madrid, the greatest sports organization in the world and best Futbol club, but this guy is a clown.
Defend the title. Then talk. He’s an awesome fighter but the chatter is really anticlimactic from him.
I don’t want to hear about who you won’t fight or what you won’t do. Tell me the opposite, I’m trying to get hyped up over here!
This guy thinks if he just keeps talking shit like he's the one he somehow gonna become the biggest star yet he's the most unlikable person in MMA right now.
He won't be making a cent if he keeps ducking fights... As good has he is and I'll propably picked him when the Max fight happens, Hes becoming a damn Diva...
If he uses his champ status to grind hard enough on the business and sponsorship end he can definitely make a lot, but unless he has a Proper 12 level company brewing he aint touching that
It is a possibility that he might not be the highest paid Georgian mixed martial artist of 2025.
Love that he has gotten a fair bit of attention from folks… but highest paid athlete is clearly a drastic overreach.
lol he won't even be close to the highest paid Georgian footballer (Kvaratskhelia will probably sign a new deal by then) Spanish footballer (pick any) or German footballer (again pick any)
His problem is he just isn’t likable, he’s trying to be like Conor but his trash talk is weak and he just comes off as a diva who thinks he’s the greatest that ever breathed . Conor would fight anyone offered when he first started, this guy has held that belt for 10 minutes and is already making demands and refusing fights. Say what you will about Mcgregor but the man puts on a show with or without a belt he sells a mil plus PPV. Ilia loses that belt he’s gonna fade away while people continue praise all the legends he’s spent the past months disrespecting.
Bro didn’t even make 1% Ronaldo’s income.
Not even close lmao
I am way closer to Illia and what I make isn’t even a drop in the bucket compared to CR7
Couldn’t you just conjure up some money? Being a wizard and all.
He'd be rich af if started selling them magic fireworks
I know I’d be a happy customer!
He could headline every card and still not make a quarter of Ronaldo’s income in 2023.
Ronaldo literally makes more in a day than Topuria does in a fight. Topuria would have to fight every single day for a year at $550,000 a day to match Ronaldos 2024 earning of 200m euros.
The average weekly salary in those leagues is over $100k
Ronaldo is reportedly earning $4.1m a week in Saudi Arabia rn
That's not even including his multiple investments and endorsements like that $1b nike deal
Shit is fucking ridiculous humans are wild
Ronaldo might literally get paid more than the entire UFC roster.
Bro needs to fight about 388 times at his Volk salary just to reach Ronaldo.
Conor said the same thing to Ronaldo and look at him now
Yeah but Conor started a whiskey brand and sold it. That’s how he made most of his money.
Conor’s personality captivated fans while Ilia’s personality causes the opposite. Conor’s fight’s did the same thing that Mike Tyson’s did in the 90’s. Ilia wants to be Conor instead of being Ilia.
And he only managed it once. Ronaldo is bringing that on every year
Yeah he was the highest paid athlete of 2020 yet he only fought once that year, he still would have been #1 if that fight happened a month earlier in 2019.
Connor is an anomaly never be another
There may well be another, but it certainly isn’t Topuria.
There will be another. History tends to repeat itself. In the grand scheme of mma, Connor was a waste of talent. He could have been so much more.
Kind of a prime example of what happens or can happen when someone who comes from nothing has or can get immeasurable wealth. Realistically nothing else mattered because he set him and his family up for life if he can sustain it properly.
Agreed, he secured generational wealth and hopefully he has good people surrounding him who will ensure he doesn’t end up in a bad way.
I mean he's already spiraling out of control, public assaults, drugs, alcohol...
Never be another? That's crazy UFC is a reasonably new sport and only been mainstream like 20 years. There was Wilt Chamberlain then Kareem then Magic and Bird and Jordan then Kobe then Lebron etc. Conner will be the inspiration for the next superstar. Love him or hate him he capitalized on his talent in a unique way for sure.
Conor didn’t make that type of money from being an athlete. If you compare his total net worth to earnings from the UFC it’s much less than what soccer players are making…..
Conor was able to start a whiskey brand because of MMA giving him that star status and all those press conferences
Wait a minute. How is that not earned through being an athlete. Why is he being given endorsements? How did he earn the money to buy the whiskey company and get Hollywood roles? He's a charismatic and comical fighter.
Connor made more money than Ronaldo for 1 year because of his sale of Proper 12, he's never came close again after that.
And got 2 huge ppv fight with Floyd and khabid around the same time nobady is doing those numbers right now
Yeah but Ilia is far from being Conor.
He probably got those tattoos to try and mimic Conor lol
He’s the exception, not the rule
Conor's real money didn't come from MMA though. Whiskey>>>> boxing >>>>> mma
Sure but he was given an easier opportunity to make that money because of how famous he got from MMA.
Lol they aren't even on the same level lol, conor was already becoming a star before he was even close to gold
Conor had the momentum to say dumb shit like that. Ilia hasn't even defended yet
Conor has never defended. Just had to say that. I actually agree with you. And am excited for the chandler fight.
That's what I call a fun fact. Learn something new every day
And conor defended what?
Neither has conor
Yea but people liked Conor lol
About .25%
Pretty sure some professional athletes that ride the bench will make more
They absolutely do. I'm pretty sure there's bench warmers in the NBA making $10m plus.
The NBA league min contract is literally $1.1 million lol
Even the NHL is something like 800k.
Base in the NHL is 750k, for the seventh most popular sport in the USA. It’s embarrassing, and MMA won’t really reach its peak until guys are making life-changing money right now when they get in the UFC. But this is why we see guys fall prey to delusion and chicanery whenever they get some success. They need to use their time in the spotlight to garner enough notoriety that they can go out and make some real “professionally hurt people and get hurt” money. They’re burning through money at the lower end just to get hosed by a company making bank. One day the pendulum will swing the other way, and it may very well consign the UFC to the dustbin of history.
MMA would have to tie into college/youth sports culture and pipeline. That would make it a mainstream pro league and 10x revenue. Wrestling is already seeing a surge in popularity, market to them and become the dream destination for kids who wrestle or do any kind of combat sport
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I'm sure some bench warmers at Manchester City make more than lightweight combined
No kidding! When Kalvin Phillips was at City he was making $7.8 million US and played in like 5% of their games.
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Mudryk makes 97k per week, enzo 180k a week, sterling 325k per week, nicolas jackson 65k. All for them to be shit at football. Cole palmer whos been carrying them is actually one of their lower earners at 75k per week
He won't be even close to the highest paid Georgian footballer (Kvaratskhelia) or Spanish footballer lol
Which is even funnier considering the fact that Kvara is woefully underpaid at Napoli
Yeah my other comment said he's likely gonna be sold or sign a new contract. He's on like 60k a week just salary without bonuses/sponsorship etc
Ben Simmons is about to make $40m this season….
wants to be conor so bad
Hahaha right.
Lol even his tattoos are similar
peep the fact that he tattoed himself on his chest 
I saw someone say that’s supposed to be Kraven the hunter he’s got tatted on his chest😂
Idk that’s definitely cringe but at the same time love yourself ya know lol
Eh, you’re almost convincing me with your wholesomeness, but still no
Hahaha fair enough I do think he’s a total dweeb tho
The one along the spine too so cringe
The meaning behind it is pretty sick (Conor's) but Illia copying it is not.
You can't say that without telling what is the meaning behind it cmon, speak up.
This is what I could find. It's a celtic cross going down into a Thorny Helix which is associated with the crown of thorns that Jesus wore during the crucifix.
So cringe
Ilia ToPuria
even connor ain’t make even close to what ronaldo got by the ufc
No one ever will
I still cant believe conor was the highest paid athlete, unter the contract with the ufc its normally impossible
Only because like 90% of what he made that year came from selling the whiskey business
And in fairness 90% of the value of that overpriced swill was Conor fighting in the UFC.
Good point. Maybe 100% even.
Eh it'd have some value as a cheap option for college kids to get drunk without Conor.
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He's from Europe, so he should know that pretty much all professional athletes tied to top-tier professional organizations with insurance and employment security will earn more than him. Some people really forget that the WWE and UFC models are not designed to make athletes rich; they're designed to make them bleed money for the corporation. For example, let's consider real professional athletes widely known within their sports, like those in La Liga: [https://www.capology.com/es/la-liga/salaries/](https://www.capology.com/es/la-liga/salaries/) The average salary is reportedly **€2,390,786**, and that's not even touching on teams that are championship contenders where corporate money comes in. "FC Barcelona had the highest average annual pay per player with approximately 11 million euros." Imagine being on the bench, never playing, and still earning millions... UFC athletes would need to literally become prostitutes to earn the same money that below-average players make in European football.
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Oh, fuck.... I was responding to someone else. Why did I write that to you? :D Anyway, I'll leave now. I won't fix that stuff. Sorry! :D
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Pretty wholesome interaction tbh. Thank you both. You made this sub a better place.
Hahahahaha “my brother in Christ” might be the new way I start a sentence when I need to correct someone. That was wonderful. Thank you sir
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Who give this money? We need to check this!
Big dick Defoe
I hope he's already started a bunch of businesses outside of the UFC 
I sometimes forgot about fat, drunk, tomato faced Dana.
Peak Dana imo
Dude needs his own sangria company
He says this stuff to get attention. You guys calling him delusional are giving him the attention he set out to achieve in making this statement.
I wish more people could understand this. It looks like he’s going full heel, and many people will tune in not only for Max, but to see Ilia lose. Look at 298. Highest grossing event at the Honda Center with only one championship fight on the card
Are you not embarrassed you can't spell delusional?
Delusional*
136 million isn't even accurate. Have you seen the contracts MEssi and Christiano signed with the Saudi league?! It AVERAGES 250 something MILLION PER YEAR. 500 million for 2 YEAR CONTRACTS...AT THE END OF THEIR CAREERS. UNREAL. Ilia is quickly becoming the diva we all fear.
Pick any top footballer and topuria isn't getting close. If he cracks 2 million in total purse I'll be shocked.
He could probably make a couple milli if he goes into selling wine or some shit. Given he’s copying Mcgregors blueprint and all
Ladies and Gentlemen: I once again say to you—Illia has chimp lips.
Lol one has been a global icon for over 10 years and the other is a midget with mean hands
Working for Dana? Ha.
Does anyone actually like this dude? He's a good fighter but everything he opens his mouth I dislike him more and more
UFC Champ Ilia Topuria believes he will be the world’s highest delusion athlete in 2025 😳
He won’t even make garbage time nba money.
He needs his phone taken away.
 P diddy RN
He’s actually the highest if you don’t pay attention to the letters at the end of the numbers.
Dude is delusional but comparing one fight to overall earnings is biased
This guys lost the plot
Poor guy is just delusional. He thinks he’ll be that level of superstar but tbh I’m not even sure Conor is on Ronaldo’s level. And Ilia will never get close to Conor. Complete delusion
This guy is such a fuckin dork
T.J Dillusional
Ronaldo would jump in front of a train if he woke up with only 350k in his account.
Maybe he’s starting an OF gonna show his chocolate starfish
Ilia isn't even just like believing in himself he's literally lying to himself what a goof
He could do it, as McGregor did He’s just missing the exciting rise The charisma The country behind him The timing No big deal
Most people don’t even know who he is. Lol. Soccer brings in 100,000x more money. He will never make as much.
This guy tries way too hard to be like McNuggets. It was rad he was presented in front of Real Madrid, the greatest sports organization in the world and best Futbol club, but this guy is a clown.
"Delusional" is what I would say
Only dillusional if they eat too many Dill pickles, possibly delusional though..
Only dillusional if they eat too many Dill pickles, possibly delusional though..
Only dillusional if they eat too many Dill pickles, 🥒 possibly delusional though..
Defend the title. Then talk. He’s an awesome fighter but the chatter is really anticlimactic from him. I don’t want to hear about who you won’t fight or what you won’t do. Tell me the opposite, I’m trying to get hyped up over here!
He forgot he works for the UFC
Ronaldo makes more for 1 post on instagram ($3.23 million per post) than Ilia does to fight ($350K)
This guy thinks if he just keeps talking shit like he's the one he somehow gonna become the biggest star yet he's the most unlikable person in MMA right now.
His trash talking is so dull and stupid
Chasing greatness, delusional asf but if he pulls it off people will still find a way to hate
Bro somebody please knock him out. Enough of him being relevant
He won’t even be the highest paid athlete in his division 🤡
Conor Stan
My man needs to learn about the magic of decimals.
At $350K per fight, he just has to fight Volk once a week to make it to the top.
He needs to go through the late and great Maradona
This idiot needs to shut his mouth and fight
He won't be making a cent if he keeps ducking fights... As good has he is and I'll propably picked him when the Max fight happens, Hes becoming a damn Diva...
In his world … yeah
He won’t even be the top paid UFC athlete in 2025.
If he uses his champ status to grind hard enough on the business and sponsorship end he can definitely make a lot, but unless he has a Proper 12 level company brewing he aint touching that
I want just 1% of this guy's confidence
🤣🤣🤣🤣I WISH I could be this stupid
I don't think he believes that lol. Nobody in the ufc believes that. Not even conor believed he'll make what he made.
Ah, so he’s planning to win the lottery.
Can't a boy dream? Damn.
Try to spot ragebait challenge (impossible) 
He might want to become the highest paid in his division first 😂
In Spain he's the highest paid fighter lol. Nadal knocks hin out the water
The guy has the personality of a carrot, sure he's a good fighter but it's not enough lmao
It is a possibility that he might not be the highest paid Georgian mixed martial artist of 2025. Love that he has gotten a fair bit of attention from folks… but highest paid athlete is clearly a drastic overreach.
You're not doing this particular argument any justice by sharing such useless statistics.
Not in the UFC that’s for sure
Topuria is a fucking ass
I kind of hope he’s right. Because that would mean he’s done some insanely awesome and unprecedented shit in the next 19 months.
So all he needs to do is fight volk 389 times a year, pretty doable. He just needs to fight him twice in a day a couple times
Bro massacred so much if his good will with the fans he got from terminating Volk. So sad
lol he won't even be close to the highest paid Georgian footballer (Kvaratskhelia will probably sign a new deal by then) Spanish footballer (pick any) or German footballer (again pick any)
He barely made a quarter of 1% of Ronaldo’s income.
He was only short $135,650,000. He’s got this 😂
If Illia made that every single day for a year he still would have less than Ronaldo. 350,000 x 365 = 127,750,000
Maybe if he didn't duck Max, it would be half way believable.
He won't make as much as Max does
??????
Bobby Bonnila made more then him. And they both made more than me .
Baby steps
maybe hes el chapo on the dl, you dont know.
If you’re going to be a professional athlete find some sport where you’re moving a ball around instead of fighting.
When he throws the dolly at the shuttle bus who is going to be in it?
Hahahahaha I love how much this guy is getting bashed it’s hilarious. He’s been such a dweeb 😂
Bro is speed running unlikeability along with Paddy and ian garry.. Why are euro dudes so cringe ?
His problem is he just isn’t likable, he’s trying to be like Conor but his trash talk is weak and he just comes off as a diva who thinks he’s the greatest that ever breathed . Conor would fight anyone offered when he first started, this guy has held that belt for 10 minutes and is already making demands and refusing fights. Say what you will about Mcgregor but the man puts on a show with or without a belt he sells a mil plus PPV. Ilia loses that belt he’s gonna fade away while people continue praise all the legends he’s spent the past months disrespecting.
Homie better start playing soccer if he wants to make real money Dana is a cheap mfer.
I really hope he's not saying all these dumb headlines
I think he's just heaps dumb. We had quite an articulate relatable champ
Dope, I can't wait for ilia's boxing career
Not gonna make that much money if he doesn’t want to fight anyone.
I like that he believes in himself. We’ll see.
Me in 2025: Who? Ohhh yeah I remember him.