Junglebird Posted August 16, 2010 Report Share Posted August 16, 2010 Was looking for these earlier, couldnt find em. Good thing BJpenn.com has everything you ever need MMA involved. lol http://www.bjpenn.com/profiles/blogs/ufc-117-fighter-salaries Not sure if this is counting the "of the night bonuses" Add on 120k for Silva, and 60k for Sonnen and Hughes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shogunrua101 Posted August 16, 2010 Report Share Posted August 16, 2010 nelson got 15k. and chael got 35k .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junglebird Posted August 16, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2010 nelson got 15k. and chael got 35k .. man... there should be like a 20 or 25k minimum for fighting in the UFC if your on the main card =\ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlito_Brigante Posted August 16, 2010 Report Share Posted August 16, 2010 Fitch got 108k. What the hell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shogunrua101 Posted August 16, 2010 Report Share Posted August 16, 2010 man... there should be like a 20 or 25k minimum for fighting in the UFC if your on the main card =\ yah there should be. 15k is absolute bs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trodrigues Posted August 16, 2010 Report Share Posted August 16, 2010 Anderson only got 200 ? And why no win bonus ? wtf ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shogunrua101 Posted August 16, 2010 Report Share Posted August 16, 2010 Fitch got 108k. What the hell well he did have the most exciting fight on the card LOL . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junglebird Posted August 16, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2010 Anderson only got 200 ? And why no win bonus ? wtf ? well 200, plus 120 for the double bonus. Plus i think he gets PPV percentages. Im sure he made out big on that fight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vahJJ Posted August 16, 2010 Report Share Posted August 16, 2010 Pretty sure theres main card and main event bonuses not listed, as well as other additional money Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serb-1 Posted August 16, 2010 Report Share Posted August 16, 2010 dos anjos got 12k, not gonna be enough to pay for jaw replacement surgery woops meant jaw not neck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remedx Posted August 16, 2010 Report Share Posted August 16, 2010 who got fight, sub, and ko of the night? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaTsA Posted August 16, 2010 Report Share Posted August 16, 2010 who got fight' date=' sub, and ko of the night?[/quote'] Fighters were awarded $60,000 bonuses. * Fight of the Night: Anderson Silva vs. Chael Sonnen * Knockout of the Night: Stefan Struve * Submission of the Night: Matt Hughes, Anderson Silva Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BHSwrestler Posted August 16, 2010 Report Share Posted August 16, 2010 How the **** did Thiago Alves get paid more than Chael Sonnen? Even after not making weight thats ****ing ******** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KettleBell Posted August 16, 2010 Report Share Posted August 16, 2010 How the **** did Thiago Alves get paid more than Chael Sonnen? Even after not making weight thats ****ing ******** this. chael needs a huge bonus after all he did to jack up ppv sales. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanderlei_Silva19 Posted August 16, 2010 Report Share Posted August 16, 2010 Was looking for these earlier' date=' couldnt find em. Good thing BJpenn.com has everything you ever need MMA involved. lol http://www.bjpenn.com/profiles/blogs/ufc-117-fighter-salaries Not sure if this is counting the "of the night bonuses" Add on 120k for Silva, and 60k for Sonnen and Hughes[/quote'] Wow chael and nelsons pay sickens me how did alves and fitch get so much??that was the saddest fight on the card,including prelims.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaTsA Posted August 16, 2010 Report Share Posted August 16, 2010 this.chael needs a huge bonus after all he did to jack up ppv sales. He got a 60k bonus, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KettleBell Posted August 16, 2010 Report Share Posted August 16, 2010 He got a 60k bonus' date=' lol.[/quote'] that's pennies. the ufc had around 1 million buys for 117. 1 mill x's $50 (give or take for each ppv buy) ='s 50 million f*cking dollars. that's not even counting tickets, advertisements, etc. anderson gets a piece of the ppv; so he conceivably earned over a million. and chael was in the main event and sold the sh*t out of 117. $60 thousand is sh*t. he's got to pay coaches, training partners, manager, etc. he was in the main event, fighting for a title. and he was only guaranteed 35K? that's nuts. and he gets a 60K bonus? still insane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BHSwrestler Posted August 16, 2010 Report Share Posted August 16, 2010 Its a good thing Chael has like 3 jobs to pay for everything he needs since being a fighter is about as beneficial as working at 7/11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lsit6989_specv Posted August 16, 2010 Report Share Posted August 16, 2010 Was looking for these earlier' date=' couldnt find em. [b']Good thing BJpenn.com has everything you ever need MMA involved[/b]. lol http://www.bjpenn.com/profiles/blogs/ufc-117-fighter-salaries Not sure if this is counting the "of the night bonuses" Add on 120k for Silva, and 60k for Sonnen and Hughes Except a UFC title....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GP_Ghost Posted August 16, 2010 Report Share Posted August 16, 2010 Except a UFC title....... ouchhhh, low blow, haha. And for you guys saying some fighters are getting paid too low, I'm pretty sure it's done by their current contractual agreements. Both Chael and Big country, upon their entrance, have not renewed their contracts (in nelson's case I suppose) or done enough to deserve a significant pay raise by the time the next contract rolled in (Possible Chael's case). Thiago and Fitch are ranked really high and have been with the UFC for awhile, thus their increase in pay. Anderson and Hughs obviously get paid a lot, and yes, Anderson gets a PPV cut. I'm sure when Nelson gets his contract renewed he'll get a pay raise, same goes for chael. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
towhatend Posted August 16, 2010 Report Share Posted August 16, 2010 To people asking questions about why Silva didn't get a win bonus, a lot of people's contract who have a base pay and no win bonus get percentages of PPV - Evans, Machida, Lesnar, Couture, Liddell, etc. Rampage and Nogueira are the only two I can think of who have a super high base, a win bonus and receive cuts of the PPV. Ok so Nelson gets 15,000 as a base and I'd assume that's 30,000 if he wins. That means he needs to fight AND win three times a year for 90,000 which is still short of a six-figure contract he won. Yeah I know endorsements and all that easily put him over, but that still seems very, very off to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junglebird Posted August 16, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2010 Except a UFC title....... your nonsense willnot be tolerated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
towhatend Posted August 16, 2010 Report Share Posted August 16, 2010 your nonsense willnot be tolerated! And will thankfully be untrue after August 28th! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heatchampions25 Posted August 16, 2010 Report Share Posted August 16, 2010 Fitch got 108k. What the hell remember he got 20% of alves purse so thats why he got alot of money Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furiousmat Posted August 16, 2010 Report Share Posted August 16, 2010 wow guys are underpaid wtf. I remember seeing salaries on some of the previous cards and I thought Oh well they're not paid as much as boxers but they still make decent salary. But this is just crap. They really all got ripped off on that. Maybe not Hughes.. 200k for being at that point in his career is good + the sub of the night bonus. But still.. Why doesn't Silva get a win bonus? They got tired of giving him win money? And Chael 35k? what the hell? Basically every fighter on that card went underpaid it's really the worst ******** I,ve ever seen. Especially considering it was an historical PPV buy rate. Guys train full time for months and they get that lil money.. what a shame. I hope they get big money from their sponsors.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nando_G Posted August 16, 2010 Report Share Posted August 16, 2010 Fighters should be paid more. It's ridiculous that most fighters probly have to have a second job to pay the bills that's just sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UFCDynasty Posted August 17, 2010 Report Share Posted August 17, 2010 Its all contracted the fighters agreed to sign the dotted line so I don't see what the issue is. I myself signed the dotted line twice for the US Army knowing very well what I was getting into. Same thing for the fighters. On a more touchy issue with pay raises how about obama cutting the annual pay raise soldiers are supposed to get to a lower percentage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kz11 Posted August 17, 2010 Report Share Posted August 17, 2010 Fitch got 108k. What the hell yea i would think dw would give fitch small amount of money as a punishment for his fighting display. hurts the ratings! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lsit6989_specv Posted August 17, 2010 Report Share Posted August 17, 2010 your nonsense willnot be tolerated! And will thankfully be untrue after August 28th! Sorry, being a big Frankie fan I couldnt help myself.....and "towhatend" I have no disillusions about Frankies chances, he is the underdog and has a even more difficult fight than the first one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BJBJJ Posted August 17, 2010 Report Share Posted August 17, 2010 Was looking for these earlier' date=' couldnt find em. Good thing BJpenn.com has everything you ever need MMA involved. lol http://www.bjpenn.com/profiles/blogs/ufc-117-fighter-salaries Not sure if this is counting the "of the night bonuses" Add on 120k for Silva, and 60k for Sonnen and Hughes[/quote'] though it pains me to say it. this is a good post, fraudulent sir stephen colbert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MMARSA Posted August 17, 2010 Report Share Posted August 17, 2010 interesting article... thought the fighters would have got more on average... you can't be a pro fighter if you getting 6k in purses (which are like basic salaries/wages right?) 3 or 4 times a year, that's for sure... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion_Heart15 Posted August 17, 2010 Report Share Posted August 17, 2010 UFC fighters deserve more, the salaries of UFC fighters are like crap compared to boxing, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fast Posted August 17, 2010 Report Share Posted August 17, 2010 Uhh Matt Hughes and Anderson made the same amount Also, the majority of the fighters are not getting paid enough at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juice64011 Posted August 17, 2010 Report Share Posted August 17, 2010 that's pennies. the ufc had around 1 million buys for 117. 1 mill x's $50 (give or take for each ppv buy) ='s 50 million f*cking dollars. that's not even counting tickets' date=' advertisements, etc. anderson gets a piece of the ppv; so he conceivably earned over a million. and chael was in the main event and sold the sh*t out of 117. $60 thousand is sh*t. he's got to pay coaches, training partners, manager, etc. he was in the main event, fighting for a title. and he was only guaranteed 35K? that's nuts. and he gets a 60K bonus? still insane.[/quote'] The UFC doesn't get the full amount of pay per view buys. I don't even think that they get half. I agree that fighters deserve to get paid more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juice64011 Posted August 17, 2010 Report Share Posted August 17, 2010 Uhh Matt Hughes and Anderson made the same amount Also' date=' the majority of the fighters are not getting paid enough at all.[/quote'] Hughes has been fighting for the UFC for 9 years now. That is alot of promoting and appearances for the company. He is also one of the most dominate champions ever. He deserves to be a top paid fighter. He may not be what he used to be but he still sells merchandise and tickets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkthrone99 Posted August 17, 2010 Report Share Posted August 17, 2010 Uhh Matt Hughes and Anderson made the same amount Also' date=' the majority of the fighters are not getting paid enough at all.[/quote'] UFC pay for even the top ranked guys is pretty pathetic. Chael sonnen only getting 35k after hyping the ppv numbers to around a million is absolutely crazy. How can there not be a min amount for a title fight when the ppv numbers are so high? I think any challenger fighting for a title should get at least 70k bearing in mind that they are the top contender in the division. Carwin for instance only got 40k for the brock fight on an event which did 1.3m ppv's. By comparison, robbie lawler in strikeforce is on 100k a fight and michael bisping is on around 160k for basically just being very fit and moving around a lot. Carwin should go to strikefore where he would be paid 400k min a fight if he agreed on fighting fedor, overeem and werdum. In a year he would make 1.2m and be set for life, rather than having to still work a ****ing day job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
towhatend Posted August 17, 2010 Report Share Posted August 17, 2010 Sorry' date=' being a big Frankie fan I couldnt help myself.....and "towhatend" I have no disillusions about Frankies chances, he is the underdog and has a even more difficult fight than the first one.[/quote'] It was a pretty funny comment though, not going lie. But yeah I agree he's in trouble. I'm almost glad Penn lost the fight because he needed to refocus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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