$574,720 vs. Liz Carmouche
$1,817,907 vs. Miesha Tate
$870,969 vs. Sara McMann
$1,063,688 vs. Alexis Davis
$1,458,282 vs. Cat Zingano
$2,642,204 vs. Bethe Correia
$4,476,662 or $4,536,932 vs. Holly Holm
$4,879,766 vs. Amanda Nunes
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“Rousey was compensated $13 million for participation in seven UFC bouts of which she won six.”
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Conor McGregor’s payouts
$3,285,000 (includes $2.11M discretionary bonus) vs. Chad Mendes*
$4,476,662 or $4,536,932 vs. Jose Aldo — Aldo received $2,377,699
$5,576,315 vs. Nate Diaz 1 — Diaz received $2,838,158, and the PPV event generated $61 million.
$5,615,490 vs. Nate Diaz 2 — Diaz received $4,315,490.
$6,812,374 vs. Eddie Alvarez — the PPV event generated $66 million for UFC.
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Anderson Silva’s payouts
$2,506,034 vs. Vitor Belfort
$2,000,000 vs. Yushin Okami
$2,506,034 vs. Chael Sonnen 2 — Sonnen received $1,050,000
$2,000,000 vs. Stephan Bonnar
$3,222,253 vs. Chris Weidman
$4,374,326 vs. Chris Weidman 2
$3,429,082 vs. Nick Diaz
$3,250,000 vs. Michael Bisping
$4,208,675 vs. Daniel Cormier
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Brock Lesnar’s payouts
$3,000,000 vs. Alistair Overeem
$8,000,000 vs. Mark Hunt
Notes:
Brock Lesnar’s $8 million purse for UFC 200 was the highest for years, with him forgoing a PPV cut and instead getting a set flat fee. He had a base purse of $2.5 million, with a $5.5 million side deal to get to his total.
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Georges St-Pierre’s payouts
$4,314,289 vs. Jake Shields — Shields received $580,000
$3,197,908 vs. Carlos Condit
$4,116,690 vs. Nick Diaz
$3,555,344 vs. Johny Hendricks
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Seems a bit lackluster for being the top stars.
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I would like to know how much of those purses the fighter actually got, personally, after paying managers, coaches, and other costs.
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No, not if they can’t get Bellator/ONE to pay more.
There’s a reason Ben Askren said he got paid more in one boxing match than his entire mma career.
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We’ve known that only the top 2% of the roster make enough to compare to other professional athletes from their purses.
It’s why losing independent sponsorships gutted the sport for the UFC fighters.
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I can’t believe Diaz made that much money with his talent.
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There’s also a strong correlation between how much a fighter is paid and how much they fall off in competitiveness.
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Mark Hunt is not going to be happy!
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People want to see people lose. How many times did a Diaz bro pillow fist/shit talk his way to a 46-50 JD payday?
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U Fight Cheap
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Would love to see these stats for Ngannou
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His PPV numbers have always been in question.
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Intersting to see that Conor made 10% of the UFC’s take vs Eddie. Thats not terrible.
Yup that sounds about right.
UFC fighters only take home about %10-15 of revenue as a collective whole.
This pay is absolutely terrible relative to the overall revenue these guys guys generate. Not to mention you lose %50 of your pay if you lose.
What the fighters don’t get compensated for:
- concessions
- live gate revenue
- promotion of the fight
- personal endorsements from 3rd parties
- merchandise
All that money goes into Dana’s pocket so he can import snow for Christmas, bet $100k a hand on blackjack, waste millions on power slap and failed restaurants, spend $1 million on sons bday party and buy $100k samurai swords.
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I get that Dana is the face but he isnt getting all the money. And to the extent you are listing concessions, you got to list expenditures. Venue, on air crew, off air crew, set up crew, on site workers, security, insurances. Also promotion of the fight is an expenditure. And the UFC pays taxes too.
Absolutely not saying UFC isnt making out in the whole deal. But there is a lot that goes into an event.
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