This weekend a big UFC fight night event coming where FabrÃcio Werdum will take on fighter Alexander Volkov. Its a non title fight but there is allot to talk about it. After losing (UFC Heavyweight Championship) in 2015 from Miocic its a great chance for Werdum to become again number one contender for the title in 2018 after defeating Volkov.
Fabricio Werdum makes almost ($844k) from his previous two fights. He will make ($400k) once again from the fight in 2018 which bring him in the list of highest earning mixed martial arts fighters of 2017-18. How much Volkov get paid if we see his previous fight event earnings, he will leave arena with ($150K) and if managed to defeat Werdum earn extra $125k bonus which include fight of the night bonus.
| Fighters | Purse Payout |
| Fabricio Werdum | $400,000 purse money and ppv earnings & fight night bonuses |
| Alexander Volkov | $150,000 purse split money ppv bonus (Include bonuses) |