Demetrious Johnson is one of the greatest mixed martial arts (MMA) fighters in the history of the world…
But he doesn’t make his money just from fighting.

Aside from other lucrative business ventures, such as a popular YouTube channel, “The Mighty Mouse” has decided to diversify his earning from yet another, perhaps quite unexpected source – video games!

Specifically, Johnson has been featured in a number of games, such the UFC series from EA Games, the studio behind Madden, EA Sports FC, Battlefield, Dead Space, Dragon Age, and Mass Effect.

The biggest chunk of money came from being featured in the UFC games, as he explained in a recent video:

The very first check I got for being in the UFC video game was $25,000.

Now, a lot of you guys are like: “That’s it?” But think about this.
$25,000 just to be in a video game. I don’t think Ryu or Ken have ever gotten a check for $25,000.

The next one that came out was UFC 3 and for this bad boy, the next check I ended up getting was $12,500.
It’s a lot lower, but I was okay with that because the timeframe of the checks were coming every year or quarter.

I wasn’t too worried about it because again, it was free money coming to me.

Johnson then appeared on the cover for the “Icon Edition” and it meant even more additional cash:

After my Ray Borg fight, they offered me the opportunity to be on the front cover and that’s when they came out with the Icon Edition [of the game] with me on the front.

For me to be on the cover, I signed an agreement and got a whopping $10,000.
It’s pretty dope.