4. Anderson Silva- $18 Million
Anderson Silva has been quite financially successful throughout his career, even though his numbers on PPV have never been that good.
Silva benefitted financially from hitting his peak as a fighter during a period where he could make a considerable amount of money from outside sponsorships. Anderson was able to land sponsorship deals that non-household names couldn’t, such as Burger King.
His PPV numbers were never all that good. Not counting his fight at UFC 200, in which he was not the main event, the most profitable fight Silva ever had was his second bout with Chris Weidman. That bout, held at UFC 168, is the only PPV headlined by Silva that did over a million buys. His second bout with Chael Sonnen did 925,000 buys at UFC 148.
