UFC fighters have always found new ways to monetize their limelight. Be it through businesses like Conor McGregor or other mediums like OnlyFans. Currently, there are many UFC fighters on the social media platform, including former bantamweight Aljamain Sterling, strawweight champion Valentina Shevchenko, and even middleweight star Paulo Costa and bantamweight kingpin Cory Sandhagen.
Even though they are not using the platform for what it is notoriously famous for, they do give fans a more private and exclusive look into their personal life. Fighters like Costa have been successful in monetizing the platform as well– with some pretty racy visuals. Sandhagen is also in the group since he revealed the same in a recent Overdog’s podcast, and the hosts were left speechless.
Sandhagen revealed that he made a whopping $2 million in a month on OnlyFans. While talking to Mike Perry on his podcast, the UFC star revealed, “It was just my b-lls, it was just a bunch of pictures of my b-lls.” Now, this might be a complete joke since the 18-5-0 bantamweight star did have a hilarious jibe at Deiveson Figueiredo before their fight. Sandhagen released a video on his YouTube channel, and in a satirical jibe, he humorously exposed that Figueiredo was his top OnlyFans subscriber under the name “Godofhorrors69″. However, the income left Paulo Costa as astonished as the hosts, and he reposted the video, writing, “ No way.”
No way https://t.co/TvYwBEBf7d
— Paulo Costa (@BorrachinhaMMA) May 24, 2025
No one believed him in the podcast, and fans chimed in with a barrage of shocked comments. “I don’t believe him at all,” one fan commented on the Instagram video posted by the OverDogs podcast. Merab Dvalishvili commented on ‘The Sandman’s’ revelation as well! He wrote, “Before I thought Cory was a smart guy.” But this might be a complete joke as well! Why? Let’s get back to the jibe Sandhagen took at Figueredo.
Cory Sandhagen credited his opponent for his OnlyFans success
He posted a video on his YouTube channel and joked, “So I gotta take time out of my day, almost every day to, you know, do my OnlyFans. Everyone wants to kind of sit 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 sht for him, like sing stupid karaoke songs.”
Later on, he finished Figueredo with a TKO in Round 2 and showed that he was not here to just make people laugh. Now he is not only rich from the money he got after winning against Figueredo, but also rich from the OnlyFans money (if at all it’s true).
Now that he has won the fans’ hearts through his humor and grit, he wants a title shot as soon as possible. With Merab Dvalishvili and Sean O’Malley having a rematch bout at UFC 316, Sandhagen emphasized his position in the division. He declared, “Whether O’Malley or Merab wins, I’m the only guy in the top five that hasn’t fought Merab. Then O’Malley is someone people have been begging to have me and him fight for a long time.”
He is sitting at #4th in the bantamweight division, and spoke about a potential rematch with Petr Yan. What do you think awaits him in the future? Share your thoughts in the comments below.
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