How much did anderson silva make last weekend

I think White probably under pays a lot of the fighters in the lower eshleons, but i would be surprising if fighters like Anderson, who have agents, wouldn't take a pretty big cut of the PPV revenue in addition to a modest guarantee. I would be surprised if he made less than 4-5M and 7M sounds about right. White's always said he's the best p4p fighter in the UFC and if a grudge rematch featuring Silva can't produce big numbers, then the sports in big, big trouble.

 

Where is everyone getting this 7 mil rumor from, links??

 

They cant prove it, they always talk about all these under the table payments. If the sums were so far different than what is reported then the IRS would be on their asses.

Anderson probably gets less than a million per fight, maybe between 600,000 to 1,000,000. That is a more realistic payment. Against Sonnen in 148 Anderson received 200,000 flat.

Of course Anderson would receive more than that but the bonuses on offer is limited, he could get fight bonuses, and PPV bonuses. The PPV bonus in most cases only takes effect after a certain number of viewers and could maybe account for half of the payment. Even then, you would need to deduct expenses like insurance and taxes.

Unlike a free agent like Fedor and his experinced managers, Anderson is pretty much locked into UFC, so he no longer gets that one off signing incentive (like Overeem who got a total of around $900,000 even with his huge signing bonus and PPV cut, this was apparently one of the biggest UFC deals made).

 

Like Overeem when the courts granted Golden Glory 30% of Overeem's total pay against Lesnar. From memory this only amounted to around $427,714.27. Which would make the total around $1.4 million.

The clincher though is that Overeem fought against a big PPV pulling fighter in Brock Lesnar this would increase his PPV cut, Overeem's total pay also included a huge ONE OFF signing bonus amounting to around $330,000, and $2 per PPV over 500,000 viewers. Dana White has also said that Overeem was the best paid UFC fighter at the time.

Also look at the higher disclosed payment that Overeem received, nearly double that of Anderson Silva's disclosed payment.

Overeem also has intellectual property rights that many other MMA fighter doesnt have.

 

Guy like Sean McCorkle made 30k a fight...so I don't think there is any problem with the fighter that just came in the UFC... !

 

The dude probably got a few million just for having Burger King on his shirt.

 

Firstly I made clear it was rumour and that it should be taken as such. The people who told me are people in the industry who posts on Meltzer's message board - it may be correct, it may be incorrect. I think these guys are legit so I believe it...you want to disagree be my guess. And as I made clear - this is an exceptional circumstance.

As for the rest of the post...this is just laughably bad.

Firstly it is incorrect to say that the IRS would go after fighters if they earn more than reported to the commissions. The IRS doesn't give a **** about this - even if those figures were accurate for what the UFC would pay they'd still only tell a fraction of the whole story of a fighters' finances when things like deductibles (manager fees, training expenses, etc) and additional income (sponsorship) are taken into account.

Overeem's signing bonus isn't a one-off. He recieved a million dollars which is to be split between his next three fights. So his next two he will also receive an additional amount.

Given how quick the lawsuit followed the fight the UFC would not have accurate figures on how many pay per views they sold so Overeem would have been yet to receive any more for them. What Golden Boy was trying to get was money that Overeem would recieve on the night.

And please show where White said that about Overeem because I frankly don't believe it. Highest paid debuting fighter - perhaps - but noway he earning more than the champions.

 

How ridiculous was that. This incredibly in shape athlete coming in wearing a big BK logo on his t shirt

Sure Anderson's also done a MacDonald's commercial :nut

Might as well do KFC next for the foul sweep :smoke

 

That bum Griffin getting $275k amazes me. Total bum.

 

I was shocked actually. I bet he's never even touched their food.

 

But what would you do Beouche ? I mean, if BK paid you a great money to use their name on your shirt ? :hey

 

They should give their sponsorship to Big Country. It just looks ridiculous on any other UFC fighter

 

hell id do it for a free whopper!