What about other orgs, like Bellator making their fighters sign contracts that can be extended indefinitely? How does that fit into the equation?
There's no real rankings or mandatory contenders in MMA. UFC fighters get setup exclusively with other UFC fighters under contract. Does that...
UFC title today, or all time? PRIDE & WEC belts used to matter, depending on the weight class. Or are organizational titles in MMA like boxing--...
What makes a true champion?
Lots of kickboxers have tried MMA with mixed success (depending on what they invested): Alistair Overeem, Stephen Leko, Ramon Dekker (a one-off he...
Plenty of unknown fighters on UFC undercards. And if Pacquiao or his team veto a stronger undercard because it undercuts his paycheck, that's...
LOL, but no, this is just anti-MMA propaganda. Tim Sylvia was never a popular or fan favorite MMA fighter. Anyone could find clips of the...
Koscheck does NOT own that house! His salary is about $150,000 per fight. Plenty of boxers earn multiples of that. Again, you need to compare...
Ok this article says Pacquiao's fights with Bradley and Clottery drew around 700,000:...
I misspoke-- I should have said "GSP has drawn the same number of PPV buys as SOME of Mayweather and Paquiao's fights." These are estimates of...
Without the total number of PPV buys, amount of TV revenue (domestic and foreign licensing), merchandise, live gate-- all rated against the...
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There are lots of elite wrestlers and kickboxers in MMA. No boxers because the money in MMA is a fraction of the money for mid-to-high level boxers.
What about Sugar's books or his articles? Anyone here read them?
What do you estimate Chavez and Martinez made from their PPV cut on top of their purses of around $3 million and $1.5 million?