Donald Trump’s Holyfield-Belfort commentary compensation announced

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As crazy as it sounds, former President Donald Trump may have just been revealed as the highest-paid single-event broadcast analyst ever. Yes, what you read is correct.

According to USA Today, the 45th President of the United States received a lucrative $2.5 million to call the 2021 fight between Evander Holyfield and former UFC champion Vitor Belfort. That was revealed in a revised personal financial disclosure from Trump, who once said he was paid an obscene amount to provide color commentary on the fight between Holyfield and Belfort.

Here are more details from that article, written by Simon Samno:

Trump’s filing, made public Thursday, details his roughly $1 billion in earnings since leaving office, much of it through speaking engagements and appearances, including foreign businesses. It also gives an idea of ​​how much money Triller poured into its boxing promotion, which it shut down after a year in September 2022.

It is important to mention here, that some of the highest paid people in the sports broadcasting industry do not receive the same amount of money. Troy Aikman and Tony Romo receive $18 million per season from ESPN and CBS, respectively, for what appears to be a maximum of 22 regular and postseason games per season (with that maximum coming if the their respective networks are the home for that years Super Bowl) . In non-Super Bowl years, Romo would play a maximum of 21 games through the conference championship, earning more than $850,000 per game. In non-Super Bowl years, Aikman would work a maximum of 20 games through the divisional round, earning more than $900,000 per game. (This is just their contract divided by regular season and postseason games, and does not count preseason work or other work for the network).

That’s just Romo and Aikman. Now it’s Tom Brady, who is set to make $375 million over 10 years when he officially joins the broadcast booth at Fox. That’s $37.5 million per year or $1.78 million per game in years with 21 games. (But it should be noted that Brady’s contract includes a lot of non-game promotional work for Fox, which isn’t included here.)

So, with those obscene numbers, Trump tops perhaps the three highest-paid commentators of color in the sports broadcasting industry. And that’s just for one event.

In the four-fight main card at the Seminole Hard Rock in Hollywood, Florida, Trump provided the color commentary. Belfort made quick work of Holyfield with a first-round TKO. The main event on the card lasted less than two minutes. So, Trump didn’t have to go through four quarters, and he still walked away with $2.5 million in the bank.

Although he hasn’t provided color commentary at an event since then, Trump has notably attended several live UFC events. The former president is a longtime friend of UFC president Dana White, and a known combat sports fan. But it’s hard to imagine anyone beating that $2.5 million mark for one event anytime soon.

[USA Today]

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