In boxing, the fighters get the money, in MMA the promoters (Dina White) gets it.

How good were the Inside MMA ad breaks?

 

Sergio Mora? ...**** him

 

20/10 they where great like non else before

 

Fml!

 

The promoter always keeps the money. Its just that a very small number of boxers have been allowed to become promoters as well.

 

Our resident Helen Lovejoy has spoken!

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qh2sWSVRrmo[/ame]

 

I don't know who Dina White is, but it sucks she's taking all the money.

 

Won't always be this way if the UFC continues to grow and expand.

On average, those involved in boxing are making more money.

Here are the payouts from UFC 130, I bet the fighter's on this PPV undercard make just as much as those on the undercards of HBO PPV.

 

How is Nelson in the main event and probably almost as known as Mir, and gets less than almost everybody on the card???

 

dana is trying to starve him

 

Mir makes over $700,000 a fight with all his sponsors.

 

Boxing promotions and MMA promotions, specifically the UFC, have very different business models. To say the UFC is successful is something of an understatement, and while some may argue that their fighters are underpaid, they are consistently attracting new talent and are generally quite open about their fighters increasing their own revenue streams (sponsor logos on t-shirts, shorts, hats, banners etc. product endorsements, etc., etc.)

Also, Dana White doesn't own the UFC or Zuffa. He is the president of the UFC, but from memory he only owns something like 10% of the company. The rest is owned by the Fertita bros and I think 5% is owned by some Shiekh from the UAE.

 

Here we go, from Wiki: