Dana White reveals some wages of UFC fighters(appaling imo)

[El Gamo]

http://www.mmafightline.com/news/200...e_305725.shtml

Randy Couture is a multimillionaire, don't ever feel sorry for a multimillionaire, OK?" White told a news conference prior to UFC 77. "A lot of these guys are multimillionaires, they make millions and millions of dollars."

Asked about Keith Jardine, who made just US$14,000 for beating Liddell at UFC 76, White said his fighters weren't complaining - noting former champion Rich Franklin may only make $28,000 plus a $28,000 bonus if he beats title-holder Anderson Silva in Saturday night's main event.

Those are REALLY appaling figures!? These guys are busting their balls for that?!?! And they are established pros,not like they are some youngsters,just starting out? Wow!

[Bomp]

Shocking, where the hell is all this pay per view money going?

[luvfightgame]

I think these guys get good money with sponsors. They are heavily sponsored and considering they fight much more often than regular boxers, 4 times a year at $30k and sponsored so they make extra ain't to bad.

They can't be that low paid or there wouldn't be so much demand to be there.

[Kev]

I'm fairly sure they all make a comfortable living, they all get win bonuses, fight bonuses, endoresments etc.

I'm fairly sure they probably all have top rate health insurance and pension plans through the UFC as well.

It's certainly not the crazy money that the top boxers get but lets be honest only those at the very top get that level of money.

Remember Jose Luis Castillo's fines bankrupted him and Ricardo Mayorga can't even afford to buy a car!

As for Keith Jardine, he's never been a world champ or even challenged for a title so he wouldn't get a great deal would he?

I wonder how much Danny Williams or Kevin McBride got for fighting Mike Tyson as that's pretty much the equivilant?

But I'm sure they still probably deserve more than they get.

[yoitsdan]

I know for a fact that these guys are getting huge sums of money, soon enough Dana will reveal all there is a huge twist in the plot. Lets just say there are some golden handshakes involved. I know a trainer of a certain fighter personally who has witnessed 6 figure sums being passed on a regular basis.

[Fenster]

I wonder how much Danny Williams or Kevin McBride got for fighting Mike Tyson as that's pretty much the equivilant?

Williams got $250,000 - But was shafted at the last minute losing a chunk of that

McBride got $150,000


Those figures - $14,000 - are quite surprising.

[donnydarkoIRL]

I no of one fighter tho making $100,000 for sponsor ship on his shorts.

[ProdigalSon2007]

That is some rather poor pay for main event bouts in the biggest MMA org in the world.