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Another record year for UFC on PPV - UFC - Yahoo! Sports
read this on Yahoo, the UFC boasts claims that they made somewhere around $400 plus million last year on PPV, yet they can't afford to pay their fighters decent wages
in the same article it says that Mayweather/Mosley was the top selling event of 2010 with 1.4 million buys, 2nd place Margarito/Pacquiao with about 1.1 million buys
sorry but the ufc ppv events are generally better value for money, the last ppv boxing event in uk was harrison v haye, nuff said!
that doesn't change the fact that the UFC boasts about making nearly half a billion on PPV alone, yet they still continue to pay their fighters peanutsQuote:
Originally Posted by Drago
The UFC is a private company not a public one like HBO. HBO is mandated to release their records to the general public when it comes to PPV buys, and if HBO manages to fudge their numbers and deceiving people, they're looking at an investigation from the SEC and looking at time in the Feds.
White can brag all he wants but unless those numbers are official then I wouldn't pay too much attention.
Sooner rather than later some of the top UFC fighters will start jumping ship. Even the top fighters are only making $250k and the UFC is getting $400mil from PPV?? Most of the mid card guys make $2k-$5k, how the hell they survive on that is beyond me. Plus the UFC is total dicks about outside sponsorship. These poor fighters are trying to make a few extra buck but Dana keeps shutting them down.
I think the difference between the UFC and boxing reguarding money is that all the fighters of the UFC make decent money while its only the very top boxers make millions while all the rest fight for very little.
As a sport I would pick boxing over the UFC and day of the week but as a total package boxing could learn a lot from the UFC.
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Originally Posted by porkypara
are you kidding me? main event marquee names in the UFC are making career high paydays of $250,000, hell didn't they say that Brock Lesnar was the only fighter in the history of the sport to get $4 mil for a fight, and that it was an all time high for the companyQuote:
Originally Posted by porkypara
Chavez Jr is not a very top boxer and he was set to earn $700,000 against Wolak, Angulo was offered about $400,000 against Martinez but turned it down, and those two aren't even star attractions (aside from Chavez in TX and Mexico)
If they're making $400+ million from PPV's then why aren't the top fighters getting purses that compare to top boxers? I think I remember reading that for one of GSP's last fights he earned about $300,000. I'm not sure on that figure, could be higher or lower but for a top fighter it wasn't much.
agreed, seeing how he's one of the biggest names in the entire sport let alone the UFCQuote:
Originally Posted by Cressa121
Where did you read 4 million for Lesnar ?Quote:
Originally Posted by ElTerribleMoralesQuote:
Originally Posted by porkypara
are you kidding me? main event marquee names in the UFC are making career high paydays of $250,000, hell didn't they say that Brock Lesnar was the only fighter in the history of the sport to get $4 mil for a fight, and that it was an all time high for the companyQuote:
Originally Posted by porkypara
Chavez Jr is not a very top boxer and he was set to earn $700,000 against Wolak, Angulo was offered about $400,000 against Martinez but turned it down, and those two aren't even star attractions (aside from Chavez in TX and Mexico)
He made 400,000 against Shane Carwin and Carwin, who was an undefeated powerhouse heavyweight main eventer at the time made 40,000 !
The UFC is RAPING their fighters and have them tied up with very stringent contracts.
Its utter bullshit.
Dana White is refusing to let Lesnar even do a one night spot for the WWE in Wrestlemania to make a quick pay day.
Honestly I think that may convince Lesnar to tell White and the UFC to get fucked once his contract is up.
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Originally Posted by HulkWhere did you read 4 million for Lesnar ?Quote:
Originally Posted by ElTerribleMoralesQuote:
Originally Posted by porkypara
are you kidding me? main event marquee names in the UFC are making career high paydays of $250,000, hell didn't they say that Brock Lesnar was the only fighter in the history of the sport to get $4 mil for a fight, and that it was an all time high for the companyQuote:
Originally Posted by porkypara
Chavez Jr is not a very top boxer and he was set to earn $700,000 against Wolak, Angulo was offered about $400,000 against Martinez but turned it down, and those two aren't even star attractions (aside from Chavez in TX and Mexico)
He made 400,000 against Shane Carwin and Carwin, who was an undefeated powerhouse heavyweight main eventer at the time made 40,000 !
The UFC is RAPING their fighters and have them tied up with very stringent contracts.
Its utter bullshit.
Dana White is refusing to let Lesnar even do a one night spot for the WWE in Wrestlemania to make a quick pay day.
Honestly I think that may convince Lesnar to tell White and the UFC to get fucked once his contract is up.
At UFC 100 Lesnar reportedly earned in the region of $3m when you tot up bonuses and sponsorships.
Here is a link that highlights the earnings from that event:
UFC 100 fighters salaries: Lesnar and St-Pierre get top paydays in $1.8 million payroll | MMAjunkie.com
The most, it says, a UFC fighter has earned as a wage is $400,000, but this does not include PPV revenue, bonuses and sponsorships.
Albeit, it is alot lower than what pro boxers earn, but unfortunately that is the nature of the beast. UFC is the No1 MMA organization to compete in, so these guy's have to like it or lump it.
Who cares...........................
Not an MMA fan I see?Quote:
Originally Posted by TheMacMagician
Haha...... Not really. I just hate all the comparison to boxing and "were doin this and that and we put on great fights and....etc". Two different sports and it will never take over boxing, because its not boxing, its two guys who, for the best part, grope each other moving round a cage like animals making a mess.Quote:
Originally Posted by bzkfnNot an MMA fan I see?Quote:
Originally Posted by TheMacMagician
all this fight of the night and submission of the night is a good idea tho, imagine if boxers mathew hatton & mayweather were paid like that they would be skint!
I think the wages are far too low but this i believe makes the fighters hungrier! its very competitive in the ufc as well I mean u dont just get a title shot generally unless u have beaten some top 10 fighters!
i really believe boxing needs to look at how the ufc is set up!