Daniel Cormier leaks what's in envelope that every UFC fighter receives every year

UFC Hall of Famer Daniel Cormier has leaked what fighters get in an envelope every year and named three stars he believes are getting "monster cheques".

Cormier won both the light heavyweight and heavyweight titles in UFC and finished with a professional MMA record of 22 wins and three losses.

'DC is also still contracted to the promotion and is paid for his commentary duties alongside the likes of Joe Rogan and Jon Anik.

But in a new video on his YouTube channel featuring fellow former UFC star Ben Askren, Cormier opened up about the royalties one receives while under a UFC contract - with the EA Sports video game paying out a handsome sum.

According to Cormier, those royalties are higher the more a fighter is used in the games, with the 47-year-old predicting that three current members of the roster will be paid extremely well from their respective appearances.

Cormier explained the process and how fighters can receive big bucks away from their fighter pay and bonuses.

"On the video game, it's about how many times you get used," Cormier said.

"Guys like Justin Gaethje, Ilia Topuria or [Alex] Pereira, those guys are getting monster cheques.

Cormier still works for UFC as a commentator. Image: Getty

"When I was fighting, my video game cheques were bigger than they are today. The UFC will give you an envelope every year which says royalties. You get a paper and it's literally every single thing that you sell.

"It's unbelievable. If you sell a t-shirt, it sends you how much you get off that t-shirt. If you sold a boat-load of product, you get 50 or 100 pages of things that you sell from the UFC.

"You get your video game number on that paper. I very recently stopped getting paper cheques. I was still getting physical cheques that I would have to take to the bank.

"I wanted to see my money, whether it was a commentary cheque. I would get my statement and in it was a paper cheque - all of the counting of the t-shirts I sold, the hats and the video games.

"Everything I did was on that paper and I would get a cheque for the amount I sold."

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Following on Cormier's revelation, UFC star Matt 'The Steamroller' Frevola took to X to reveal his exact royalties. The retired star, who previously shared his bonus fee, urged fans to play with him over UFC 5 after receiving $250 in royalties.

Matt Frevola leaked his exact royalties. Image: X/@SteamRollaa

Cormier received sum 11 times his base pay for one fight

Cormier had a mammoth payday for his first fight with Jon Jones in 2015 despite losing against his bitter rival. Initially, Cormier was slated to be paid $80,000 just for showing up, as well as $80,000 to win and the same figure from his shorts sponsorship.

His fee of around $150,000 ended up increasing because of a Fight of a Night bonus and then Dana White rewarded him with a cheque for $1 million after the huge pay-per-view numbers.

Speaking on The Pivot, Cormier recalled: "Dana calls me two days later. He says ‘Hey man, you all killed it. Numbers are out of this world.’ He goes, ‘We’re gonna send you a million dollars.’ (This is) 2015. Dude sent me a million-dollar check next day, just because he said I did a great job.”