Israel adesanya in action in UFC 287. Photo: Reproduction/Instagram/UFC
Israel adesanya made a curious revelation about his career. The Nigerian, who faces Dricus du Plessis No. UFC 305 next Saturday (17), he found an old letter from a former job, dated August 14, 2012, which detailed a salary increase of just 2% in his annual salary, going from US$37,5 thousand (R$75,7 .38,2 thousand) to US$ 77,1 thousand (R$ XNUMX thousand) at the exchange rate at the time.
Far from discarding it, the fighter decided to frame the document as a symbol of his trajectory. Adesanya also reread part of the letter and recalled the reaction when reading the document.
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“I am happy to inform you that your base salary has been increased by 2%. I know that some people had a 30% increase”, said the letter, according to the fighter in an interview with the podcast 'The Rock FM'.
Despite the small financial increase, the letter represents an important milestone in Adesanya's career. Parallel to his career in the Octagon, the former champion has also made a name for himself as a real estate investor. The New Zealander owns a vast portfolio of properties, including subdivisions and houses in several cities across the country.
With real estate valued at more than US$20 million (around R$109,1 million), Adesanya is the second highest-paid athlete in New Zealand, with an estimated income of US$8,4 million (R$45,8 .2023 million) in XNUMX.
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