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Quote Originally Posted by Lance Uppercut View Post
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.