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The thing is Floyd Mayweather is practically the only fighter in that position. He had a contract where he made 40 Million on each of his last 6 fights but for a "normal" fighter a pay of just 2M - 5M is considered an excellent deal.

Floyd Mayweather alone sells millions of tickets ..that's why he makes so much

Still, I think it's fair point that fighters in boxing capture more of a revenue than fighters in UFC. UFC is very young though, unionization and revenue % negotiations are bound to happen as they did in any other popular professional sport.

Floyd was his own promoter and put up the insurance and paid his opponents. It could happen that a very popular fighter in the UFC decides to branch and hold his/her own PPVs if they have the capital to insure it, cover security, advertise ect.

It's also a different business model.

Also, Mayweather had to buy out his own contract at one point or something. Before that (as Money Mayweather), he was only known as Pretty Boy Floyd