ONE Championship: Rodtang Jitmuangnon cashes in with ‘10 million baht purse’ per fight
- ONE’s flyweight champ will become highest-paid Muay Thai fighter in the world ‘by a huge margin’ says CEO Chatri Sityodtong
- Rodtang will begin earning US$300,000 per fight starting with his next bout, which is reportedly set to take place in six weeks
Rodtang Jitmuangnon has cashed in on his surging popularity and agreed a new purse with ONE Championship that will make him the highest-paid Muay Thai fighter in the world, by a long stretch.
ONE’s flyweight Muay Thai champ will now earn “10 million baht” per bout, starting with his next fight, chairman and CEO Chatri Sityodtong told the Post.
It will make the 24-year-old the first fighter from Thailand to earn such a large sum in the Singapore-based martial arts organisation.
“Rodtang will earn US$300,000 per fight,” Chatri told the Post via text message on Thursday. “It’s the highest [pay] in the world for Muay Thai by a huge margin.”
Rodtang has not signed a new deal, but has instead just had his pay increased, with his current contract having multiple years left on it to run.