Bruce Buffer’s net worth in 2021

Bruce Buffer is known to be the “Veteran Voice of the Octagon”. He is the official Octagon announcer for the UFC and is the half brother of the famous boxing and professional wrestling ring announcer, Michael Buffer. In this article, we’ll take a look at Bruce Buffer’s net worth in 2021.

Bruce Buffer’s Net Worth in 2021 (estimate): $10 million

Celebrity Net Worth estimates Bruce Buffer’s net worth in 2021 to be at $10 million.

Before becoming the famous voice for UFC main events, Bruce Buffer ventured into mixed martial arts himself.

As a 13-year-old in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Buffer studied Judo and he achieved the rank of green belt. When their family moved to Malibu, California, he met students of Chuck Norris who introduced him to the Korean martial arts discipline called Tang Soo Do.

Buffer earned a second-degree black belt in Tang Soo Do and then he transitioned to kickboxing in his twenties. Unfortunately, he was forced to stop the practice of various MMA disciplines at 32 years old due to multiple concussions that he suffered.

In 1996, Buffer announced the preliminary bout of UFC 8, and eventually all of the fights for UFC 10. He was then cast in a guest role in season 3 episode 24 of the famous sitcom Friends titled “The One with the Ultimate Fighting Champion” wherein he as himself.

His cameo urged UFC owner Robert Myer to hire him as the full-time ring announced, which helped jumpstart his dream job as a ring announcer.

“I met with the owner, Robert Myer, and I said: ‘Look, I feel like a girl waiting to be asked to the prom and nobody's asked me to the prom.” Buffer said. “I'm going to ask you one more time. I want to be the announcer the octagon announcer. I will help you build this business and go on to greatness with everything I can give you.”

Ever since then, Bruce Buffer is the ring announcer for the UFC for 25 years. He has developed a lot of moves and catchphrases in order to engage the crowd and hype up the match that he is announcing.

Buffer usually begins the event with the line “Ladies and gentlemen, we…are…live!”. And for every main event, he starts with “This is the main event of the evening,” followed by “This is the moment you have all been waiting for!” before exclaiming his most famous catchphrase “It’s Time!”.

Aside from his catchphrases, he also has a signature move called the “Buffer 180”, wherein he motions directly into the octagon and quickly spinning 180° to point to the corner and introduce the fighter.

At UFC 100, Joe Rogan convinced Bruce Buffer to perform the “Buffer 360” during the main event championship match between Frank Mir and Brock Lesnar.

 Unfortunately, his 25-year streak of announcing UFC events came to an end at UFC 267 after he contracted COVID. However, he is primed and ready to get back into the octagon and start another streak by UFC 268.

Aside from his work with the UFC, Bruce Buffer is seen and heard in numerous other projects and MMA promotions internationally such as the K-1 events and the Abu Dhabi Combat Club.

He also appeared in several TV shows and movies such as Entourage, Tosh.0, Hot Tub Time Machine 2, Hell’s Kitchen Season 19, and Holmes & Watson.

Buffer also lent his voice as an announcer in multiple video games such as Smite, Paladins, Destruction AllStars, and the EA Sports UFC he was also an unlockable player in the third installment of the game.

Buffer is also a world-rated, professional poker player. He has appeared in ESPN’s World Series of Poker Main Event where he played World Champion Chris Moneymaker in 2007 and he also made the final table of the World Poker Tour Season 3 Invitational at the Commerce Casino.

He also appeared in NBC’s Poker After Dark in an MMA versus poker pro match along with Strikeforce’s Dan Henderson and UFC Champion Randy Couture.

As of September 2010, Luxor Las Vegas has named their poker room after Bruce Buffer.

Bruce Buffer, along with his half brother Michael Buffer, started their business called The Buffer Partnership. Their company focuses on business licensing and appearances. In fact, it was Bruce’s idea to trademark Michael’s famous catchphrase “Let’s get ready to rumble!”.

As for Bruce Buffer’s salary, he is said to be making $100,000 per UFC event only. That still does not include all the other business ventures that he has.