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Paulo Costa recently revealed that he has agreed to a new contract with the UFC and that contract is reportedly worth a lot of money.
Tamara Alves, Costa's manager, is saying that Costa is going to be making over a million dollars per fight under his new deal.
“Paulo went from being one of the most devalued athletes to one of the most valued athletes in the UFC,” Alves told Ag. Fight. “I have no doubt that Paulo is the highest-paid Brazilian athlete in the organization today. I don’t know if you know any Brazilian athlete that is paid more than a million dollars per fight. I don’t — especially in non-title fights.”
There is no word yet on when Costa will compete next, as his last fight was a unanimous decision win over Luke Rockhold at UFC 278.
Alves says that the UFC knows Costa's true value because Costa sells pay-per-views.
“Paulo is a product that the UFC knows it sells,” Alves said. “Paulo’s pay-per-view with [Israel] Adesanya was the highest pay-per-view sale in the middleweight division. The UFC has those numbers. The UFC knows the numbers Paulo can reach.”
