Dana White: Jon Jones, Brock Lesnar are not the $5-million-dollar man
On a quest to find out which UFC fighter earned a $5 million payday, Jon Jones and Brock Lesnar were taken out the running.
In an interview yesterday with SciFighting.com, UFC President Dana White said that neither former heavyweight champ Lesnar and current light heavyweight champ Jones were the fighter that scored the $5 million paycheck for one fight.
It’s not as though the list of fighter who earned that much money is a long one, though. White has said in the past that he’s made millionaires out of about 30 fighters, so this only cuts the list down by two.
White did say, however, that the fighter that earned that glorious check is still an active UFC fighter. He wouldn’t say who the fighter is, of course, because “it’s just nobody’s business how much money they make.”
Who do you, GRACIEMAG reader, think the owner of that big payday is? Let us know in the comment section below.
Toney's pay was reported. He earned a flat half million with no PPV revenue. If you want to find the $5million man, look at the largest PPV sales and go from there.
I don't know how much he made, but Chael got absolutely paid for both Silva fights. He promoted the shit out of both of those fights and I'm sure he was compensated very well for doing so. The PPV's were huge. The question is, did Zuffa give him a larger % of the PPV buys than Silva, for the promotional value he added.
It's Anderson. He has the same type of sponsorships in Brazil that guys like Peyton Manning have in the States. GSP might be close as well, because he is one of Gatorades poster boys in Canada.
It was GSP, as memory serves. I'm sure someone in here with their ridiculous ability to go back and cite articles can find it. I'm almost 100% on this. I'm sure Anderson has made in that neighborhood as well but GSP definitely did and said as such
