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Originally Posted by Anthony
I don't get it. You just repeated what I posted before you regarding money. What was your point?
Mark Kerr came too early into the UFC. It was still in it's embryonic stages. You can't really compare Boxing's top to MMA's. MMA is too chaotic, and let's face it, MMA doesn't feed it's Champions tin cans to fluff up records or play safe. As the Sport grows more, pay will too. We're talking a sport that will be twenty years old in 2113.
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I guess my point is that if you are an elite guy in MMA - meaning a champion who has defended his title a few times and is considered one of the best fighters in the UFC - the amount you make compared to an elite boxer is chump change. Last year Manny Pacquiao earned around 25 million in the ring alone not counting sponsorships and outside investments. A guy who is the equivalent of that in MMA like Anderson Silver or Georges St. Pierre or even Brock Lesnor who is new, but draws big crowds and has a lot of fans earned nowhere near that much.
I honestly don't think the pay will increase that much in MMA at least not in the immediate future. Zuffa is buying up everything and will control everything. With that there is no real competition and the fighters can take what they are offered or go elsewhere where they likely will not get as much. Perhaps more promotions will continue to appear and provide some competition but until then we are not likely going to see a huge increase in fighter pay even as the sport continues to get bigger and more popular.