Anderson Silva ($140,000) def. Dan Henderson ($100,000)
Heath Herring ($140,000) def. Cheick Kongo ($30,000)
Chris Leben ($50,000) def. Alessio Sakara ($17,000)
Yushin Okami ($28,000) def. Evan Tanner ($25,000)
Jon Fitch ($60,000) def. Chris Wilson ($12,000)
Andrei Arlovski ($170,000) def. Jake O?Brien ($11,000)
Luigi Fioravanti ($16,000) def. Luke Cummo ($16,O00)
Josh Koscheck ($20,000) def. Dustin Hazelett ($12,000)
Diego Sanchez ($60,000) def. David Bielkheden ($8,000)
Jorge Gurgel ($14,000) def. John Halverson ($3,000)
Average undercard pay, even when you take out Arlovski, was 17,778 dollars. Main Carders (I'll include Arlovski here) made an average of 70,182 dollars without bonuses. If you include the 240,000 dollars the UFC paid in FOTN, SOTN, KO-OTN bonuses paid to main carders, they averaged an even 92,000 dollars. Average overall was 58,600.
But yeah, the UFC isn't increasing the pay scale fast enough.
I agree. They took in over $2 million at the gate, plus probably $25 million + in pay per view. That doesn't include sponsorships, and other misc. revenue. They paid out under $1 million to the fighters. Great thread.
i think the fighters are over paid. who else gets paid 150k for 7 minutes of work
SPOKEN LIKE A TRY NOOB!
They dont work for 7 minutes... They put in MONTHS of training (usually 6 days a week), radio and phone interviews, press and photo opps, sponsorship duties, etc... That 7 minutes is a VACATION to them compared to the months of work PRIOR to the fight!!!
Because, yes, they made 25 million in PURE PROFIT off of the PPV. I'm absolutely sure you analyzed it correctly there. It's not like they have to give 50% of all PPV money to the carrier. It's not like they are taxed on that money. It's not like they spent millions on advertising, or that they have to give a cut to atheltic commissions. It's not like they also have lots of regular staff and workers who also have to be paid off of that money. None of that is the case. It's all going straight into dana's bank account.
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Because, yes, they made 25 million in PURE PROFIT off of the PPV. I'm absolutely sure you analyzed it correctly there. It's not like they have to give 50% of all PPV money to the carrier. It's not like they are taxed on that money. It's not like they spent millions on advertising, or that they have to give a cut to atheltic commissions. It's not like they also have lots of regular staff and workers who also have to be paid off of that money. None of that is the case. It's all going straight into dana's bank account. "
Exactly, there is a helluva lot more that goes into it than what everybody thinks. Anybody that runs a business should be a little more familiar with stuff like this!