Okay, so the other day I got curious about Derrick Lewis, you know, “The Black Beast.” He’s always entertaining, both in and out of the octagon, and it just popped into my head – I wonder how much that guy is actually worth?
So, first thing I did, like pretty much everyone else, was just whip out my phone and punch “Derrick Lewis net worth” into a search engine. Simple enough, right?
Well, not exactly. The results were all over the place. One site said one figure, another said something totally different, and a third one had another number entirely. It was kinda messy.
Digging a bit deeper
I figured just grabbing the first number I saw wasn’t the way to go. So, I started trying to piece things together myself. I thought about his UFC career:
- Fight Purses: I looked up some info on his past fight payouts. You can sometimes find reported salaries for main events or big fights. He’s had quite a few high-profile bouts, including a title shot.
- Bonuses: Lewis is known for knockouts, right? So I tried looking for reports on Performance of the Night or Knockout of the Night bonuses he might have racked up over the years. Those can add up.
- Sponsorships: This part is trickier. You see guys wearing sponsor logos on their shorts, but the exact value of those deals isn’t usually public knowledge. I know he had that Popeyes deal for a bit, which was pretty funny, but finding hard numbers is tough.
Then I considered stuff outside the cage. Does he have major endorsements? Any businesses? Honestly, finding concrete info on that was difficult. Most of what you see are just estimates based on his fight career.
The Problem with Numbers
Here’s the thing I realized: getting an exact number is almost impossible. These online estimates often don’t account for:
- Taxes (Uncle Sam always gets his cut)
- Manager fees
- Training camp costs (gyms, coaches, travel, etc.)
- General living expenses
Plus, fighters’ earnings can swing wildly depending on how often they fight, whether they win, and if they get those bonus checks. It’s not like a steady salary.
So, what’s the verdict?
After poking around for a while, reading different articles, and looking at reported fight purses, I landed on a general range. Most sources seem to put him somewhere in the low-to-mid single-digit millions. Could be $3 million, could be $5 million, maybe a bit more? It’s hard to say for sure.
It was an interesting little dive, though. You see these fighters on TV, but figuring out the actual business side and their real earnings is more complicated than just looking up a single number online. It’s mostly guesswork based on the public info we can find.
