KAMARU USMAN, Colby Covington will be rewarded handsomely for their highly-anticipated grudge match.
In the main event at UFC 268 Madison Square Garden, bitter rivals will rekindle their hostilities on Sunday morning.
Kamaru Usman & Colby Covington will rekindle their rivalry at UFC 268
Both men will be able to take home big paychecks in the second installment of their epic rivalry.
Usman and Covington were 34 and 33, respectively. They each received PS372,000 ($500,000) to fund their war for the ages.
Although fighter salaries are not released because they are considered a trade secret, the guaranteed purses of the two are expected to be identical to those they received at the Las Vegas showdown in 2012.
However, they will be stung by New York State’s high income taxes rates.
The one reason that competing in Sin City is so lucrative for fighters is because they don't have income tax.
The projected purses of Usman and Covington will be increased by their respective reductions in pay-per-view purchases.
Given the fact that this weekend's card will be the largest of the year, they can expect a substantial top-up after all purchases have been tallied.
Usman, the defending champion at welterweight, will receive a significantly larger cut of the pay per view revenue than Covington. Reports suggest that he will earn three times more than the challenger.
The first meeting between Usman and Covington took place almost two years ago at the main event UFC 245.
Nigerian Nightmare Usman retained his 170lb title with a fifth round TKO victory. This was after an entertaining back-and-forth.
Covington, however, has made a promise to resolve the dispute at the World's Most Famous Arena.
Chaos stated, "He avoided this match at all costs." Uncle Dana and UFC had no choice but to forcibly force him.
"He was trying fight other lightweights.
"He was trying fight Nate Diaz. He wanted to fight anyone, but this rematch.
"He knows who his daddy is. He knows who won the fight.
"If he hadn't faked timeouts in the first fight, I would have killed him. It's okay, it's better late than never.
"I don’t live in the past. Saturday night is the future." "I'm going to destroy Marty Fakenewsman.
Free Bets: Get more than PS2,000 in NEW CUSTOMER DEALS
