There may have been no women’s divisions in the UFC if not for Ronda Rousey. As the famous story goes, UFC CEO Dana White, in 2011 had declared confidently that women will never fight in the UFC. But barely two years later, the Las Vegas-based promotion had its first women’s bout. Mostly because of one woman: Ronda Rousey, who successfully convinced Dana White that women’s MMA would be a success.

While her UFC career ended somewhat ingloriously, she made a successful career in the WWE, that she left in October of last year. However, over the recent weeks, some fans have speculated that ‘Rowdy’ is in financial trouble after her recent post about one-on-one MMA sessions for sale as well as her recent book on Kickstarter being presented as evidence. However, this seems unlikely given how much money ‘Rowdy’ has made throughout her long career in combat sports.

How much did Ronda Rousey make from the UFC and WWE?

Rousey has a reported net worth of around $14 million according to ‘Celebritynetworth.com’. UFC fighters often complain of not being paid well. However, this is much less true in the case of Ronda Rousey, who was a veritable superstar right from her first UFC appearance in 2013.

New fighters reportedly get paid $12k (in show money) and $12k (win bonus) for their first fight. Not Rousey however, who got a purse of over $500k for her victorious UFC debut against Liz Carmouche (where she became the UFC’s inaugural women’s bantamweight champion) at UFC 157 eleven years ago.

Over the next three years, her star power only rose and so did her purse. For her last fight in the Dana White-led promotion, she got a whopping $4.89 million, to take her total lifetime UFC base pay to over $17 million.

However, it is important to note this figure does not represent the PPV cut she received nor the miscellaneous payments such as sponsorship money, etc. If all of these are added, her total UFC earnings may be significantly higher, but no real estimates can be made since this information is not publicly available.

On the other hand, the WWE has a very different model of fighter pay. Instead of being paid per appearance, WWE stars receive a fixed salary, which in Rowdy’s case was $1.5 million per year. As she was a contracted employee of the pro-wrestling promotion for six years, her total WWE earnings come out to about $9 million.

In addition, she has made around $2.1 million from sponsorships and endorsement deals since she has been with the WWE. Although she made the transition to showbiz full-time with WWE in 2017, she has also been in some notable films over the past decade, which too has added to her total earnings.

How much did the Ex-UFC star make from Expendables 3, Fast 7, and other movies?

Her movie career started off in 2014 with the action extravaganza, Expendables 3. Rousey was still in the UFC at that time and en route to becoming the ‘baddest’ woman on the planet. She made a respectable, six-figure paycheck for her silver screen debut, earning a respectable $400k.

The very next year, she had another supporting role in another action franchise, this time the Vin Diesel-led Fast and Furious 7. While it is unknown how much she got paid for the appearance, it must be at least as much as she got for her Hollywood debut in Expendables 3.

Now Rousey has written a book, titled ‘Our Fight’, which is out in stores right now. Undoubtedly, she would have been paid a handsome advance by her publisher and would be getting a pretty check from the book sales in the future as well. All this does not paint the picture of someone in need of financial assistance. In fact, it just shows the opposite. What are your thoughts on Ronda Rousey’s lifetime earnings?