“I grew up like any other normal child,” said Cory Sandhagen to Metrolife once. At first glance, Sandhagen looks quite unassuming. You wouldn’t think he’s a professional fighter. But as unassuming as he comes across outside the Octagon, he’s equally dangerous inside of it. ‘The Sandman’ has been in the UFC since 2018, having competed in 14 bouts with the promotion. Although Sandhagen has four losses in the promotion, all of those came against top-tier opponents in the bantamweight division.
The 17-5-0 fighter with a psychology degree didn’t start out training in MMA. He grew up loving basketball, but the hyper-competitive nature of the sport led him to burning out, which is why he switched his focus to MMA. At UFC Des Moines, Cory Sandhagen will return for his 15th UFC appearance against the former flyweight champion Deiveson Figueiredo in what promises to be an electrifying bout. Ahead of the bout, considering ‘The Sandman’ has been in the UFC for 8 years, what are his earnings? What is his net worth, and how much has he made in his UFC career? Let’s find out.
Cory Sandhagen 2025 Net Worth and Endorsements
As of 2024, the bantamweight star has a net worth of between $500,000 and $1 million dollars as per MMA Salaries. His total recorded fight earnings in the sport stands at $666,300 and the biggest payout was against Marlon Moraes at UFC Fight Night: Moraes vs Sandhagen ($215,000). The 33-year-old has an estimated salary of around $500,000 and his recent fight in 2023 against Marlon Vera earned him $320,000.
As for his endorsements, as per his Instagram account, the Colorado native has deals with Canna River and Sheath. He also is the owner of Vegain and Umbo. Apart from that he also has an OF account where he posts non-adult, comedic content.
Funnily enough, he made a humorous remark about his next opponent, Deiveson Figueiredo saying that the latter helped him earn $2 million from OF. He declared on social media via a video, saying, ”So I gotta take time out of my day, almost every day to, you know, do my Onlyf*ns. Everyone wants to kind of sh*t on me for having them as a sponsor or whatever, but the joke’s on you, I made $2 million last month. Mostly from this guy. I don’t know who he is. His tagger name is ‘Godofhorrors69’. I’m pretty sure it’s Figgy [Figueiredo]. Everything he writes me is in broken English…He makes me do all kinds of crazy sh*t for him, like sing stupid karaoke songs.”
He accused his opponent of following him from an unknown account and paying him to do bizarre things on OF. We don’t know for sure if Sandhagen made that $2 million “mostly from” Figueiredo, but we do know that Sandhagen is one of those athletes with multiple bonuses to his name. Let’s take a look at his earnings in the UFC.
How much does Cory Sandhagen earn in the UFC? Payouts and Salary
Cory Sandhagen competed in different promotions before coming into the UFC, notably in Legacy Fighting Alliance. He made his UFC debut in 2018 against Austin Arnett, winning the fight by an impressive Round 1 KO. Since then, he had 4 back-to-back wins till 2019. However, in 2020, he had his first UFC loss against Aljamain Sterling but redeemed himself with two back-to-back wins against Marlon Morales and Frankie Edgar.
After that, he went through two other losses against TJ Dillashaw and Petr Yan but redeemed himself with three wins. The Colorado native earned $77,500 from his win against Iuri Alcantara. He won a Fight of the Night bonus worth $50,000 another $20,000 win bonus. Along with that, he received $10,000 to show and a Reebok sponsorship worth $3,500. In his fight against Mario Bautista Sandhagen made $31,500. Sandhagen bagged a whopping $70,000 purse after his fourth win in UFC over John Lineker.
He also earned a huge amount of money in his victory over Marlon Moraes. ‘The Sandman’ garnered $2,15,000 from that fight. Along with that, he got $80,000 to show and an $80,000 bonus for the win.
This weekend may arguably shape up to be Cory Sandhagen’s biggest fight (and paycheck) yet. How do you think the fight will shape up for ‘The Sandman’? Will he get that win bonus? Do let us know your thoughts in the comments down below.
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