MMA vs. Boxing | Salaries, Why The Huge Disparity? 500,000 for Their P4P Fighter?

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  1. Hulkamania

    Hulkamania What ya gonna do!!! Full Member

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    It amazes me at how low MMA League UFC pays their fighters. This is why I am so against what Al Haymon is trying to do by trying to create his own boxing league if you will.

    Once they have a monolopy in a sport, they pay them poorly.

    Jon Jones is MMA's version of Mayweather... their #1 fighter in the world and guess how much he got paid? 500,000 for a main event.

    The PPV did over 750,000 sales at 74.95 for HD.

    Why the huge disparity? Could you imagine them offering Floyd Mayweather 500,000 he would have a heart attack!
    UFC 182 Salaries


    Jon Jones: $500,000
    Daniel Cormier: $90,000

    Donald Cerrone: $140,000 (includes $70,000 win bonus)
    Myles Jury: $16,000

    Brad Tavares: $50,000 (includes $25,000 win bonus)
    Nate Marquardt: $49,000

    Kyoji Horiguchi: $40,000 (includes $20,000 win bonus)
    Louis Gaudinot: $10,000

    Hector Lombard: $106,000 (includes $53,000 win bonus)
    Josh Burkman: $45,000

    Paul Felder: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
    Danny Castillo: $36,000

    Cody Garbrandt: $16,000 (includes $8,000 win bonus)
    Marcus Brimage: $12,000

    Shawn Jordan: $44,000 (includes $22,000 win bonus)
    Jared Cannonier: $8,000

    Evan Dunham: $54,000 (includes $27,000 win bonus)
    Rodrigo Damm: $12,000

    Omari Akhmedov: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
    Mats Nilsson: $8,000

    Marion Reneau: $17,600 (includes $8,000 win bonus)
    Alexis Dufresne: $6,400
     
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  2. wayne189

    wayne189 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    It does not have a world wide following like boxing and i think its actually losing its popularity especially as the big fights are ppv like boxing. People dont want or cant afford all these ppv events especially as your already subsribing to cable tv or sky or whatever
     
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  3. lewis gassed

    lewis gassed The Bronze Dosser Full Member

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    UFC is a big promotion, like Top Rank or Golden Boy. You're right, they have a monopoly, so Dana White pays them however much he wants to. If Arum could get away with paying Pac 750k he would.

    Competition is always a good thing. If I was the only gas station in town I would charge everyone 20$ per gallon.
     
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  4. Imperial1

    Imperial1 VIP Member Full Member

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    The only things they have over Is boxing is their best are made to fight their best and one title per division outside of that the pay scale is a joke
     
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  5. CST80

    CST80 De Omnibus Dubitandum Staff Member

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    I wouldn't want to be beaten into a drooling idiot and not be paid well for it. The guys in the UFC should get more, not Mayweather levels but more than that.

    Can you imagine risking your life and health for $6,400. Not worth it.
     
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  6. wayne189

    wayne189 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Your right. I dont know much about ufc etc but i thought there were some other promotions out there bellator and few others?
    I just dont think it has the following that it did 5 years a go. I know more friends that watch all boxing and seem much more in to it than mma supposed fans i know who actually watch very little but talk about it alot
     
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  7. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt Guy wants to name his çock 'macho' that's ok by me

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    Inferior sport, lower skill level? :conf
     
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  8. wayne189

    wayne189 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    People do it for less though like soldiers,police etc
     
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  9. Hulkamania

    Hulkamania What ya gonna do!!! Full Member

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    Thing is their PPV #'s aren't bad at all... over 750,000 PPV buys... and their main event fighters making 590,000 combined.

    After taxes, training camp, managers, expenses.... that is crazy! lol

    As some mentioned if Al and Top Rank could get away with it, they all would do it.
     
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  10. lewis gassed

    lewis gassed The Bronze Dosser Full Member

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    Yeah Bellator I think is another MMA promotion in North America, but UFC has a larger chunk of the market by far. I'm sure there are other circuits in Japan, Australia etc

    Actually if a lot of well known UFC fighters bolted to Bellator Dana White would surely enhance the contracts.

    Boxing is more recognized and generates a lot more revenue, the purses naturally don't have to be the same but still those UFC fighters should make more than they do now, from top to bottom.
     
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  11. CST80

    CST80 De Omnibus Dubitandum Staff Member

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    That irritates me as well. They should definitely get paid far more than they do, but that would probably bankrupt local governments, if they were paid what they actually deserve.
    But relative to what the promoters in boxing make the fighters deserve their fair share of the profits which only exists because of their work in the ring.
     
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  12. Zimornsky

    Zimornsky King Fluid IV = CHEAT banned

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    Because MMA is a gay sport. They cater to teh gays.
     
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  13. MoneyMayTBE

    MoneyMayTBE Guest

    No one in boxing or MMA deserves to make as much money as Money. POINT BLANK!

    On a sidenote, has anyone ever actually seen an ex or current MMA fighter punch drunk? Do those guys ever suffer the same fate as a lot of boxers? :think
     
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  14. Zimornsky

    Zimornsky King Fluid IV = CHEAT banned

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    Sh!t user name. Sh!t posts.

    :verysad
     
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  15. N_ N___

    N_ N___ Boxing Addict Full Member

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    What do you think the vast majority of boxers are doing?
     
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