Marlon Vera is a professional mixed martial arts fighter fighting out of Ecuador. He is one of the most exciting fighters in UFC and his performances in his last fight against Dominick Cruz proves the same. But, Marlon Vera’s UFC career has been full of ups and downs.
Upon his arrival, Marlon became one of the most spoken-about fighters on the UFC’s roster. His crispy and lethal striking easily makes him one of the most dangerous and marketable fighters in the UFC. And so it is not so surprising that throughout his UFC career Marlon has been able to amass a lot of money.
According to reports, Marlon Vera’s Net Worth is around $1.5-2 million in 2022. Marlon got around $1.6 million just from his UFC fight payout and other than that he has lucrative endorsement deals. He is under the sponsorship of Reebok, Venum, Crypto.com, Sanabul, Dr. Dabber, MyBookieMMA, King Palm, and more.
Career Earnings of Marlon Vera
Vera started his UFC career with a loss against Marco Beltran in which he earned $10,500. For his second fight against Roman Salazar, he got $68,500 ($8K base salary, $8K win bonus, $50K Performance bonus, and $2,500 from sponsorships).
The Ecuadorian fighter earned his next big fight purse against Brad Pickett. He took home a whopping $96,500 ($22K base salary, $22K win bonus, $50K performance bonus, and an additional $2,500 from sponsorships).
After a series of wins and losses, Marlon finally got his first $100K when he won against Frankie Saenz and then $108K for his next fight against Nohelin Hernandez. His next opponent was Andre Ewell. For this fight, Vera amassed a total of $162,000 ($51K base salary, $51K win bonus, $50K performance bonus, and $10K as sponsorship payout).
Marlon’s next fight against Song Yadong resulted in his defeat but still, he walked out with $125K including a $50K performance bonus. After a mixed set of wins and losses against Sean O’Malley ($140K) and Jose Aldo ($85K), Marlon is back on the track with 2 back to back wins.
At UFC 268, Marlon Vera beat Frankie Edgar with a phenomenal front foot KO. In this fight, Vera amassed a total of $216,000 fight purses ($75K to show, $75K win bonus, $50K Performance of the Night bonus, and $16K fight week incentive pay). This has been Vera’s biggest fight purse yet in the UFC.
The Ecuadorian beat the former bantamweight champion and one of the greatest fighters of all time, Dominick Cruz by a vicious head kick KO and earned the biggest fight purse of his career. Vera reportedly earned $300,000 for arguably the biggest win of his career.
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