Nate Diaz is set to make more money than Jorge Masvidal for Saturday’s fight.

This Saturday, Diaz and Masvidal face off in a 10-round light heavyweight boxing match at the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif. The bout is a rematch of sorts from their 2019 fight at UFC 244 which crowned the inaugural “BMF” champion, a concept originated by Diaz. The Stockton native lost that fight by third-round doctor’s stoppage, but the previous outcome appears to have had no effect on their purses for this fight because Diaz leads all fighters for the upcoming card with a $ 500,000 guaranteed purse , while Masvidal will only net $ 300,000 before pay-per-view sales.

The California State Athletic Commission revealed the salaries in a message to MMA Fighting’s Damon Martin on Saturday.

In fact, Masvidal is not even the second-highest base salary for Saturday’s event as former UFC lightweight champion Anthony Pettis, who faces Chris Avila in the featured bout of the evening, is set to earn a guaranteed $ 350,000. Avila, meanwhile, earns $ 210,000, the fourth-highest purse on the card, even above former boxing world champion Daniel Jacobs, who nets just $ 100,000 for his bout with Shane Mosely Jr. ($ 160,000). However, Jacobs also missed weight for his fight and was fined 20 percent of his purse, half of which will go to Mosely Jr.

A complete list of the salaries for the event can be seen below. As always, these figures do not represent a fighter’s total earnings, as certain sponsorship incomes, pay-per-view earnings, and other revenue streams are not publicly disclosed.

• Nate Diaz $ 500,000
• Jorge Masvidal $ 300,000
• Daniel Jacobs $ 100,000* (fined 20 percent of his purse, half to go to Shane Mosley Jr.)
• Shane Mosley Jr. $ 160,000
• Anthony Pettis $ 350,000
• Chris Avila $ 210,000
• Curmel Moton $ 40,000
• Nikolai Buzolin $ 8,000* (fined 20 percent of his purse, half to go to Curmel Moton)
• Amado Vargas $ 100,000
• Sean Garcia $ 50,000* (fined 20 percent of his purse, half to go to Amado Vargas)
• Devin Cushing $ 60,000
• Manuel Correa $ 15,000
• Luciano Ramos $ 5,000
• Dan Hernandez $ 3,500
• Alan Sanchez $ 55,000
• Luis Lopes $ 22,500
• Steve Dunn $ 500
• Gabriel Costa $ 2,500
• Jose Aguayo $ 40,000
• Bryce Logan $ 6,000
• Ken Lopez $ 18,000
• Andres Martinez $ 600

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