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Originally Posted by kane
Most of them don't make shit. Here is the pay rates for the last pay per view
Dominick Cruz -- $115,000 (including $20,000 win bonus and $75,000 ?FOTN? bonus) def. Urijah Faber -- $107,000 (including $75,000 ?FOTN? bonus)
Chris Leben -- $92,000 (including $46,000 win bonus) def. Wanderlei Silva -- $200,000
Dennis Siver -- $50,000 (including $25,000 win bonus) def. Matt Wiman -- $18,000
Tito Ortiz -- $525,000 (including $75,000 submission bonus) def. Ryan Bader -- $20,000
Carlos Condit -- $143,000 (including $34,000 win bonus and $75,000 knockout bonus) def. Dong Hyun Kim -- $41,000
Melvin Guillard -- $64,000 (including $32,000 win bonus) def. Shane Roller -- $21,000
Rafael dos Anjos -- $28,000 (including $14,000 win bonus) def. George Sotiropoulos -- $15,000
Brian Bowles -- $34,000 (including $17,000 win bonus) def. Takeya Mizugaki -- $12,000
Aaron Simpson -- $34,000 (including $17,000 win bonus) def. Brad Tavares -- $10,000
Anthony Njokuani -- $16,000 (including $8,000 win bonus) def. Andre Winner -- $14,000
Jeff Hougland -- $12,000 (including $6,000 win bonus) def. Donny Walker -- $6,000
Only a few guys make real big money the rest don't get shit.
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For this UFC, it was an $1, 277,000 disclosed payroll. That does not include any backroom bonuses, or what the fighters make from Sponsorship. I sponsored a fighter a few years back, and I know when he fights now, he makes over 100k just from the little advertisements you see on his shirt, shorts, and banners.
Not to mention, some of these guys have their own gyms, marketing standpoint, who do you want to get trained by, some McDojo down the street who's never been in a fight before, or a Real UFC fighter?
This is a picture of Wanderlai Silva's gym in Las Vegas. Do you think the UFC pay hurts him?
This is Randy Couture's gym.
Feel free to compare the paydays to Boxing, you'll find that the UFC pays the same, and in most cases more than Boxing pays its' fighters. MMA is so chaotic, that on any given day, anyone can win. So you don't have many superstars. But Anderson Silva, Georges St. Pierre, those guys, they make bank, part of the PPV, etc. One day it will catch up to Boxing's premiere fighter payout, but for everything else, it's about the same.