💰 Canelo Alvarez reportedly earned nearly 14 TIMES more than the entire UFC 333 roster combined! 😳 Following his victory over Christian Mbilli, Canelo is estimated to have earned $45 MILLION for the fight. In comparison, the combined estimated payouts for UFC 333, featuring Alexander Volkanovski, Petr Yan, Merab Dvalishvili, and others, totaled approximately $3.29 MILLION before bonuses..
A new pay comparison making the rounds in boxing and MMA circles suggests that Canelo Alvarez's purse for his win over Christian Mbilli dwarfed what the full UFC 333 card earned. The figures are estimates and have not been officially confirmed.
According to the reported numbers, Alvarez took home roughly $45 million for the Mbilli fight. The estimated combined payouts for UFC 333, a card headlined by Alexander Volkanovski and Petr Yan alongside Merab Dvalishvili and others, came to about $3.29 million before bonuses. By that math, the boxer's reported purse is nearly 14 times the card's total. Dividing $45 million by $3.29 million gives a ratio of about 13.7.
The UFC 333 headliners
Volkanovski, 38, is the featherweight champion and ranked third in the pound-for-pound list. His record stands at 29-4, and he retained his belt at UFC 333 on October 24 with a second-round KO/TKO of Movsar Evloev. It was his most recent recorded fight, following unanimous decision wins over Diego Lopes in January 2026 and April 2025. The Australian lands 5.98 significant strikes per minute at 56 percent accuracy.
Yan, 33, is the bantamweight champion with a 21-5 record. He also won at UFC 333, beating Dvalishvili by unanimous decision over five rounds in a title fight. That was his second straight unanimous decision victory over Dvalishvili, after their UFC 323 meeting in December 2025. The Russian averages 5.16 significant strikes per minute at 55 percent accuracy and attempts 1.56 takedowns per 15 minutes.
Why it matters
- The comparison revives the long-running debate over fighter compensation in the UFC versus top-tier boxing.
- Two reigning champions, Volkanovski and Yan, headlined a card whose estimated total payout is a small fraction of one boxer's reported purse.
- The UFC 333 figure excludes bonuses, so the final gap could narrow slightly, though the totals are unverified estimates either way.
Because neither the Alvarez purse nor the UFC 333 payout total has been officially confirmed, the 14-times figure should be read as a rough estimate rather than a verified accounting.
