Boxing Purses vs MMA Purses

[Lance Uppercut]

Last week's Lesner vs Carwin fight had been referred to as the biggest MMA fight ever.

Lesner earned $475,000
Carwin earned $ 40,000


It's funny when you compare this to De La Hoya vs Maywhether

ODLH earned approx $66,000,000
Maywhether earned approx $44,000,000

[Nameless]

Last week's Lesner vs Carwin fight had been referred to as the biggest MMA fight ever.

Lesner earned $475,000
Carwin earned $ 40,000


It's funny when you compare this to De La Hoya vs Maywhether

ODLH earned approx $66,000,000
Maywhether earned approx $44,000,000

... Really?? If it's true, it's really nothing, especially if you consider that MMA fighters have often up to 4-5 different coaches they do work with..

[Mattyhitman]

Last week's Lesner vs Carwin fight had been referred to as the biggest MMA fight ever.

Lesner earned $475,000
Carwin earned $ 40,000


It's funny when you compare this to De La Hoya vs Maywhether

ODLH earned approx $66,000,000
Maywhether earned approx $44,000,000

... Really?? If it's true, it's really nothing, especially if you consider that MMA fighters have often up to 4-5 different coaches they do work with..

Many factors in this tbf.

MMA is not as popular as boxing therefor the PPV numbers are not going to be as high, plus UFC is free for UK viewers if you have ESPN, never had to pay for a UFC card yet. Dana White loves money and pays peanuts compared to big time boxers. Also consider the amount of top bouts that are on a UFC fight card compared to a main event boxing card.

Dana can get away with paying what he feels the fighters are worth as UFC has the highest global appeal. Most MMA fighters see the UFC as the pinnacle of cage fighting and thats where they want to compete ( bar a few names ) so they will take whats on offer more than not.

Personally i never forsee MMA fighters ever getting as much as the likes of the De La Hoya's of the this world.

[Boxer4life]

the best in boxing make way more then the best in mma.

[Mattyhitman]

the best in boxing make way more then the best in mma.

I dont think that's being disputed bud.

[Boxer4life]

the best in boxing make way more then the best in mma.

I dont think that's being disputed bud.

hahaaha i know just throwing it out there

[jabvargas24]

Wow.. Didnt expect it to be this much of a difference but i guess it makes sense.

[DaxxKahn]

Last week's Lesner vs Carwin fight had been referred to as the biggest MMA fight ever.

Lesner earned $475,000
Carwin earned $ 40,000


It's funny when you compare this to De La Hoya vs Maywhether

ODLH earned approx $66,000,000
Maywhether earned approx $44,000,000

... Really?? If it's true, it's really nothing, especially if you consider that MMA fighters have often up to 4-5 different coaches they do work with..

Many factors in this tbf.

MMA is not as popular as boxing therefor the PPV numbers are not going to be as high, plus UFC is free for UK viewers if you have ESPN, never had to pay for a UFC card yet. Dana White loves money and pays peanuts compared to big time boxers. Also consider the amount of top bouts that are on a UFC fight card compared to a main event boxing card.

Dana can get away with paying what he feels the fighters are worth as UFC has the highest global appeal. Most MMA fighters see the UFC as the pinnacle of cage fighting and thats where they want to compete ( bar a few names ) so they will take whats on offer more than not.

Personally i never forsee MMA fighters ever getting as much as the likes of the De La Hoya's of the this world.

Has nothing to do with Dana White...Has to do with the whole Payroll comes off the UFC and no one else....If they were paying fighters $3,000,000 a bout they would go broke...Take how many fighters they have....Take how many elite fighters exist in the UFC
which is about 80% because they are the best of the best in MMA every fighter espires to make it there and get a contract.....

In boxing the purses to be paid are split between promoters one guy does not pay it all....

On the other hand in MMA lets say Brock made 475,000...plus his sponsor payments, plus other sponsorship payments, plus PA fees....he made jst abt a cool million for the fight.......MMA fighters don't pay the high training camp feesw regular fighters do they train with the guys they train with every day...They dont pay every guy they train with...these guys spend gym time together upcoming fight or not......

One day the purses will be bigger right now just not possible.......

As for Dana White as much as he likes money he knows he cant make money withoput the fighters....The fighters will walk to Japan ASAP if they feel fucked and Dana will be AOL......

[Nameless]

Last week's Lesner vs Carwin fight had been referred to as the biggest MMA fight ever.

Lesner earned $475,000
Carwin earned $ 40,000


It's funny when you compare this to De La Hoya vs Maywhether

ODLH earned approx $66,000,000
Maywhether earned approx $44,000,000

... Really?? If it's true, it's really nothing, especially if you consider that MMA fighters have often up to 4-5 different coaches they do work with..

Many factors in this tbf.

MMA is not as popular as boxing therefor the PPV numbers are not going to be as high, plus UFC is free for UK viewers if you have ESPN, never had to pay for a UFC card yet. Dana White loves money and pays peanuts compared to big time boxers. Also consider the amount of top bouts that are on a UFC fight card compared to a main event boxing card.

Dana can get away with paying what he feels the fighters are worth as UFC has the highest global appeal. Most MMA fighters see the UFC as the pinnacle of cage fighting and thats where they want to compete ( bar a few names ) so they will take whats on offer more than not.

Personally i never forsee MMA fighters ever getting as much as the likes of the De La Hoya's of the this world.

Has nothing to do with Dana White...Has to do with the whole Payroll comes off the UFC and no one else....If they were paying fighters $3,000,000 a bout they would go broke...Take how many fighters they have....Take how many elite fighters exist in the UFC
which is about 80% because they are the best of the best in MMA every fighter espires to make it there and get a contract.....

In boxing the purses to be paid are split between promoters one guy does not pay it all....

On the other hand in MMA lets say Brock made 475,000...plus his sponsor payments, plus other sponsorship payments, plus PA fees....he made jst abt a cool million for the fight.......MMA fighters don't pay the high training camp feesw regular fighters do they train with the guys they train with every day...They dont pay every guy they train with...these guys spend gym time together upcoming fight or not......

One day the purses will be bigger right now just not possible.......

As for Dana White as much as he likes money he knows he cant make money withoput the fighters....The fighters will walk to Japan ASAP if they feel fucked and Dana will be AOL......

500 000 is not bad for a fight, especially with the sponsors but the 40 000 Carwin gets is a tad ludicrous though...

[Mattyhitman]

Last week's Lesner vs Carwin fight had been referred to as the biggest MMA fight ever.

Lesner earned $475,000
Carwin earned $ 40,000


It's funny when you compare this to De La Hoya vs Maywhether

ODLH earned approx $66,000,000
Maywhether earned approx $44,000,000

... Really?? If it's true, it's really nothing, especially if you consider that MMA fighters have often up to 4-5 different coaches they do work with..

Many factors in this tbf.

MMA is not as popular as boxing therefor the PPV numbers are not going to be as high, plus UFC is free for UK viewers if you have ESPN, never had to pay for a UFC card yet. Dana White loves money and pays peanuts compared to big time boxers. Also consider the amount of top bouts that are on a UFC fight card compared to a main event boxing card.

Dana can get away with paying what he feels the fighters are worth as UFC has the highest global appeal. Most MMA fighters see the UFC as the pinnacle of cage fighting and thats where they want to compete ( bar a few names ) so they will take whats on offer more than not.

Personally i never forsee MMA fighters ever getting as much as the likes of the De La Hoya's of the this world.

Has nothing to do with Dana White...Has to do with the whole Payroll comes off the UFC and no one else....If they were paying fighters $3,000,000 a bout they would go broke...Take how many fighters they have....Take how many elite fighters exist in the UFC
which is about 80% because they are the best of the best in MMA every fighter espires to make it there and get a contract.....

In boxing the purses to be paid are split between promoters one guy does not pay it all....

On the other hand in MMA lets say Brock made 475,000...plus his sponsor payments, plus other sponsorship payments, plus PA fees....he made jst abt a cool million for the fight.......MMA fighters don't pay the high training camp feesw regular fighters do they train with the guys they train with every day...They dont pay every guy they train with...these guys spend gym time together upcoming fight or not......

One day the purses will be bigger right now just not possible.......

As for Dana White as much as he likes money he knows he cant make money withoput the fighters....The fighters will walk to Japan ASAP if they feel fucked and Dana will be AOL......

Come on it has loads to do with Dana White, he is the man behind UFC, it's the Feritta brothers ( probs spelt wrong )that have Zuffer and the money men as such, but if it wasnt for Dana UFC would have been on their arses long time ago.

Everything else ya say i agree with tho

[ross]

I saw the Lesnar Carwin fight and it was shite!!

No wonder theyre paid fuuck all!

Lesnar wobbled everywhere and tried for "takedowns" but got thrown around like a rag doll then laid in the fetal position on the floor for a couple of minutes, absolutely clueless as to what to do.

Then you have the other fat fuucker sat on top of him throwing very slow and week punches until his total lack of fitness showed.

I thought the ref was going to stop it in the first, lesnar literally gave up and didnt want to know. Iv seen these fights stopped for much less. As pathetic as the punches were, Lesnar gave up and did nothing!!

They dont deserve any more money than this, if they cant even fight properly and dont have any stamina they arent going to make much of a spectacle worth paying for

[DaxxKahn]

Last week's Lesner vs Carwin fight had been referred to as the biggest MMA fight ever.

Lesner earned $475,000
Carwin earned $ 40,000


It's funny when you compare this to De La Hoya vs Maywhether

ODLH earned approx $66,000,000
Maywhether earned approx $44,000,000

... Really?? If it's true, it's really nothing, especially if you consider that MMA fighters have often up to 4-5 different coaches they do work with..

Many factors in this tbf.

MMA is not as popular as boxing therefor the PPV numbers are not going to be as high, plus UFC is free for UK viewers if you have ESPN, never had to pay for a UFC card yet. Dana White loves money and pays peanuts compared to big time boxers. Also consider the amount of top bouts that are on a UFC fight card compared to a main event boxing card.

Dana can get away with paying what he feels the fighters are worth as UFC has the highest global appeal. Most MMA fighters see the UFC as the pinnacle of cage fighting and thats where they want to compete ( bar a few names ) so they will take whats on offer more than not.

Personally i never forsee MMA fighters ever getting as much as the likes of the De La Hoya's of the this world.

Has nothing to do with Dana White...Has to do with the whole Payroll comes off the UFC and no one else....If they were paying fighters $3,000,000 a bout they would go broke...Take how many fighters they have....Take how many elite fighters exist in the UFC
which is about 80% because they are the best of the best in MMA every fighter espires to make it there and get a contract.....

In boxing the purses to be paid are split between promoters one guy does not pay it all....

On the other hand in MMA lets say Brock made 475,000...plus his sponsor payments, plus other sponsorship payments, plus PA fees....he made jst abt a cool million for the fight.......MMA fighters don't pay the high training camp feesw regular fighters do they train with the guys they train with every day...They dont pay every guy they train with...these guys spend gym time together upcoming fight or not......

One day the purses will be bigger right now just not possible.......

As for Dana White as much as he likes money he knows he cant make money withoput the fighters....The fighters will walk to Japan ASAP if they feel fucked and Dana will be AOL......

Come on it has loads to do with Dana White, he is the man behind UFC, it's the Feritta brothers ( probs spelt wrong )that have Zuffer and the money men as such, but if it wasnt for Dana UFC would have been on their arses long time ago.

Everything else ya say i agree with tho

Your missing the point...NO it has NOTHING to do with Dana White....If boxing only had 1 promoter it would be the same thing.....

THE MONEY IS NOT THERE TO PAY THE SAME AS THE ELITE BOXERS!!!!!!!!

EG- If you have only 1 well to drink from and there are 25,000 people looking for drinks everyone has to get a portioned amount or the well runs dry....

You cant let everyone have all they want can you? Doesn't matter who owns the well when its empty its empty.............

If they all made hundreds of thousands and millions they would run dry quick...They can't pay what they dont have.....If you think the UFC has the individual finances of Golden Boy, DKP or Arum your mistaken greatly!!!!!!! Those promoters can't affoard the paydays alone

Boxing has no less they 20 major promoters in the world that work together on events to raise funds for these mega paydays...they don't do it alone........

As fars as the DLH/PBF paydays those were not flat purses that was what each MIGHT I stress MIGHT have made off the bouts those are not positive guarenteed earnings for each anyone who takes those numbers from the media and believe it in stone needs to buy the bridge in Brooklyn I own.....

Those numbers also reflect the PPV%, gate%, promotional expenses paid for appearences, portion of broadcasting etc through the promotion companies they take part in..Those numbers are not flat purses...If that was the case these guys would be making upwards of 75,000,000 per fight

[DaxxKahn]

I saw the Lesnar Carwin fight and it was shite!!

No wonder theyre paid fuuck all!

Lesnar wobbled everywhere and tried for "takedowns" but got thrown around like a rag doll then laid in the fetal position on the floor for a couple of minutes, absolutely clueless as to what to do.

Then you have the other fat fuucker sat on top of him throwing very slow and week punches until his total lack of fitness showed.

I thought the ref was going to stop it in the first, lesnar literally gave up and didnt want to know. Iv seen these fights stopped for much less. As pathetic as the punches were, Lesnar gave up and did nothing!!

They dont deserve any more money than this, if they cant even fight properly and dont have any stamina they arent going to make much of a spectacle worth paying for

Don't Sugar Coat it Ross tell us how you feel about it all Really

[BlackRazor]

Yeah I heard Dana say this is the biggest HW fight in a long, long time so Carwin gets only $40,000?

Dana's also said UFC can/will be bigger than the NFL one day. Wonder if he wants UFC fighters to have a union like NFL players do too?

[ross]

I saw the Lesnar Carwin fight and it was shite!!

No wonder theyre paid fuuck all!

Lesnar wobbled everywhere and tried for "takedowns" but got thrown around like a rag doll then laid in the fetal position on the floor for a couple of minutes, absolutely clueless as to what to do.

Then you have the other fat fuucker sat on top of him throwing very slow and week punches until his total lack of fitness showed.

I thought the ref was going to stop it in the first, lesnar literally gave up and didnt want to know. Iv seen these fights stopped for much less. As pathetic as the punches were, Lesnar gave up and did nothing!!

They dont deserve any more money than this, if they cant even fight properly and dont have any stamina they arent going to make much of a spectacle worth paying for

Don't Sugar Coat it Ross tell us how you feel about it all Really

The fight was pathetic. One lumbering fool beat up another who didnt want to fight in the first round.

The lumbering fool that was actually working got tired because he was fat and out of shape then the one that didnt want to fight and hadnt done much basically laid down again but this time he choked him

Its not exciting to watch at all! Youll never see a back and forth battle like Barrera v Morales