Boxing Purses vs MMA Purses

[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

[Kirkland Laing]

The main event guys earned half a mil. The rest of the card almost certainly made less than half a mil between them.

Here's actual numbers from a previous event :

According to information provided Monday by the Nevada State Athletic Commission, the UFC paid the 18 fighters on the card a total of $407,000 US - with $250,000 of that going to light-heavyweight champion Chuck "The Iceman" Liddell for stopping Brazil's Renato "Babalu" Sobral in 95 seconds in the main event. Sobral earned $21,000.

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So that's a million to pay the fighters, let's say another two million to cover promotional costs, this is way over the top but let's say two. That's three million.


The gate would have been over three million. There would have been millions more from sponsorship. The event makes a profit before you count a dollar from TV. US PPV, let's say a million buys at $40 a time, that's $40 million. Half that with the TV companies and that's $20 million. Then you've got foreign TV rights, millions more on top of the $20 mil. UFC is a private company and doesn't have to release numbers but it's clear who's making all the money here and it isn't the fighters.

[DaxxKahn]

The main event guys earned half a mil. The rest of the card almost certainly made less than half a mil between them.

Here's actual numbers from a previous event :

According to information provided Monday by the Nevada State Athletic Commission, the UFC paid the 18 fighters on the card a total of $407,000 US - with $250,000 of that going to light-heavyweight champion Chuck "The Iceman" Liddell for stopping Brazil's Renato "Babalu" Sobral in 95 seconds in the main event. Sobral earned $21,000.

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So that's a million to pay the fighters, let's say another two million to cover promotional costs, this is way over the top but let's say two. That's three million.


The gate would have been over three million. There would have been millions more from sponsorship. The event makes a profit before you count a dollar from TV. US PPV, let's say a million buys at $40 a time, that's $40 million. Half that with the TV companies and that's $20 million. Then you've got foreign TV rights, millions more on top of the $20 mil. UFC is a private company and doesn't have to release numbers but it's clear who's making all the money here and it isn't the fighters.

My man it cost more then 3 million just to insure one of those cards

[fan johnny]

And after all those expenses, uncle Sam is going to take a cut of that pie like it was his favorite. And even a few years later he'll want seconds.

[porkypara]

Supprised that the ufc fighters get so little copmaired to top boxers.

As I think sombody has already mentioned they seem pleased just to be fighting in the ufc and not bothered they may be getting less than there boxing brothers.

[Kirkland Laing]

The main event guys earned half a mil. The rest of the card almost certainly made less than half a mil between them.

Here's actual numbers from a previous event :

According to information provided Monday by the Nevada State Athletic Commission, the UFC paid the 18 fighters on the card a total of $407,000 US - with $250,000 of that going to light-heavyweight champion Chuck "The Iceman" Liddell for stopping Brazil's Renato "Babalu" Sobral in 95 seconds in the main event. Sobral earned $21,000.

mmauniverse.com



So that's a million to pay the fighters, let's say another two million to cover promotional costs, this is way over the top but let's say two. That's three million.


The gate would have been over three million. There would have been millions more from sponsorship. The event makes a profit before you count a dollar from TV. US PPV, let's say a million buys at $40 a time, that's $40 million. Half that with the TV companies and that's $20 million. Then you've got foreign TV rights, millions more on top of the $20 mil. UFC is a private company and doesn't have to release numbers but it's clear who's making all the money here and it isn't the fighters.

My man it cost more then 3 million just to insure one of those cards

They'd insure the event for more than three mil but the premium would only be a fraction of what they insure the event for. Insurance costs aren't exactly near the top of the list of promoters' expenses.

[DaxxKahn]

The main event guys earned half a mil. The rest of the card almost certainly made less than half a mil between them.

Here's actual numbers from a previous event :

According to information provided Monday by the Nevada State Athletic Commission, the UFC paid the 18 fighters on the card a total of $407,000 US - with $250,000 of that going to light-heavyweight champion Chuck "The Iceman" Liddell for stopping Brazil's Renato "Babalu" Sobral in 95 seconds in the main event. Sobral earned $21,000.

mmauniverse.com



So that's a million to pay the fighters, let's say another two million to cover promotional costs, this is way over the top but let's say two. That's three million.


The gate would have been over three million. There would have been millions more from sponsorship. The event makes a profit before you count a dollar from TV. US PPV, let's say a million buys at $40 a time, that's $40 million. Half that with the TV companies and that's $20 million. Then you've got foreign TV rights, millions more on top of the $20 mil. UFC is a private company and doesn't have to release numbers but it's clear who's making all the money here and it isn't the fighters.

My man it cost more then 3 million just to insure one of those cards

They'd insure the event for more than three mil but the premium would only be a fraction of what they insure the event for. Insurance costs aren't exactly near the top of the list of promoters' expenses.

You need have either cash or Collateral up front and you need pay card by card basis for fight ins you are confused with Auto, health and home ins

[Bigdog1981]

the sport of mma has yet to get the cancer that is greed. But as sure as i am the sun
will rise tomorrow this will one day happen, its called the frank warren effect.

[Kirkland Laing]

The main event guys earned half a mil. The rest of the card almost certainly made less than half a mil between them.

Here's actual numbers from a previous event :

According to information provided Monday by the Nevada State Athletic Commission, the UFC paid the 18 fighters on the card a total of $407,000 US - with $250,000 of that going to light-heavyweight champion Chuck "The Iceman" Liddell for stopping Brazil's Renato "Babalu" Sobral in 95 seconds in the main event. Sobral earned $21,000.

mmauniverse.com



So that's a million to pay the fighters, let's say another two million to cover promotional costs, this is way over the top but let's say two. That's three million.


The gate would have been over three million. There would have been millions more from sponsorship. The event makes a profit before you count a dollar from TV. US PPV, let's say a million buys at $40 a time, that's $40 million. Half that with the TV companies and that's $20 million. Then you've got foreign TV rights, millions more on top of the $20 mil. UFC is a private company and doesn't have to release numbers but it's clear who's making all the money here and it isn't the fighters.

My man it cost more then 3 million just to insure one of those cards

They'd insure the event for more than three mil but the premium would only be a fraction of what they insure the event for. Insurance costs aren't exactly near the top of the list of promoters' expenses.

You need have either cash or Collateral up front and you need pay card by card basis for fight ins you are confused with Auto, health and home ins

I don't know specifically about insurance for boxing cards but I do know a little bit about the insurance business and how much it costs to insure things, and assuming a relatively competitive market then the insurance for any kind of boxing/MMA event shouldn't be more than a few percent of the gross value of the promotion.

[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

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

Oh I agree on that point I was just kiddin with ya about the tell us how you really feel....But like any sport though that has full contact the fans look to heavyweights for the knockouts and can care less about the skill level;...This is why hwts even in Boxing have gone to shit.....

[Drago]

i personally enjoyed the ufc 116 card much more entertaining than anything boxing has given me for a long while

[Nameless]

You can look at it any way you want it but Carwin, a major draw to the gates with his flashy K.O power getting only 40k is beyond the mountain of ludicrousness. A main draw 40K? Can't believe how shit Zuffa are on that side.

[Caine3078]

You can look at it any way you want it but Carwin, a major draw to the gates with his flashy K.O power getting only 40k is beyond the mountain of ludicrousness. A main draw 40K? Can't believe how shit Zuffa are on that side.

You gotta realize the UFC fighters sign a contract in that contract it states how much they will get per fight. When carwin signed with the UFC he was not a main draw. Hell no one outside of die hard MMA fans even knew who he was. His contract amount was $40K but that does not include the ppv % he got nor the back stage bonuses he gets. When fighters in the UFC begin to exceed the level of their current contract they get backstage bonuses to compensate for their contract amount until the sign a new one. People who don't follow MMA that closely don't know about that. Fighters also get alot of cash from sponsorships.