Monday, July 9, 2007

Wanna get your ass kicked for $3,000?

Mixed martial arts is a pretty rough sport. You've gotta train hard for months on end and all that hard work can vanish in one quick bloody mess.

But you get paid reasonably well if you're appearing in big events and facing top-tier competition, right? Right?

Wrong. As it turns out, most MMA fighters - even those on the pay-per-view card - get paid practically nothing for fighting in what are incredibly lucrative events, even if they win.

Here's a breakdown of the recent payout totals from UFC 73, that occured this past weekend.

Let's start with the two Championship fights.

Middleweight Championship Bout
Anderson Silva (winner) - $90,000
Nathan Marquardt - $24,000

Lightweight Championship Bout
Sean Shrek (winner) - $28,000
Hermes Franca - $14,000

Aside from Silva, none of these guys are going to make it rain anytime soon. Let's move on to some of the other Main Card payouts.

Light Heavyweight Bout
Tito Ortiz (draw) - $210,000
Rashad Evans (draw) - $16,000 (are you @#$%^&! kidding me?!)

Heavyweight Bout
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (winner) - $200,000
Heath Herring - $70,000

Lightweight Bout
Kenny Florian (winner) - $16,000
Alvin Robinson - $3,000

Nothing like being on the main card and only pulling in $3,000 in prize money like Robinson. And man, if I'm Rashad Evans, I am one pissed off dude right now. I just managed a draw against a guy that made almost $200,000 more than me. I think I'll try and steal Ortiz's wallet on my way out the door.

Now let's look at the Preliminary Card of UFC 73 where you'll start to see some incredibly low prize totals.

Light Heavyweight Bout

Stephan Bonnar (winner) - $32,000
Mike Nickels - $5,000

Lightweight Bout
Frankie Edgar (winner) - $10,000
Mark Bocek - $3,000

Lightweight Bout
Jorge Gurgel (winner) - $14,000
Diego Saraiva -$3,000

Welterweight Bout

Chris Lytle (winner) - $20,000
Jason Gilliam - $3,000

I realize that certain matchups in the sport are more intriguing and produce higher payoffs for specific participants. But man, the UFC is cutting it pretty thin on a couple of bouts here, even though all these guys will probably make some extra cash with sponsorship money. It seems pretty clear that it's better to be an undercard boxer than a top-flight UFC fighter, even though boxing is supposedly in trouble. And it's not like the UFC isn't making money. UFC 73 pulled in more than $1.5 million in gate receipts alone and the main card fights were also on pay-per-view. UFC doesn't release pay-per-view profits, but judging by past UFC events, a conservative estimate would be in the $10 million range.

Considering these guys aren't exactly fighting every week, and the UFC has been known to release fighters who make monetary demands, this sport sure puts a huge premium on winning.

Also, if you need an extra 3 Grand, I'm sure the UFC would be glad to have your body as a donation.

[Thanks to MMA Fighting for the payout totals]

-WCK

7 comments:

Simon said...

This is absolutely ridiculous, how much did friggin De La Hoya pull in for his last fight? Like 200 mill? And you got dudes getting their face beat in for $3000, ouch.

Farthammer said...

I thought UFC kept fighter compensation private. How did you get these numbers? If they are accurate, then that makes me despise Dana White even more. I love MMA and the UFC, but he's an attention whore.

Anonymous said...

Some of theses guys seems to be getting the short end of the stick. I know I would not want to get my as pummeled for $3000, which is exactly what would happen if I was in there. But as far no one is forcing them to do this. If you don't like your income get another job.

Anonymous said...

Now all of you realize where Tito Ortiz is coming from he was at one time goods friends with Dana. But since Dana became a attention whore and just tries to screw fighters out of there $ now you realize why The man that knows him "Tito" really dislikes him beacuse he doesnt want to pay fighters what they deserve.Dana F@$!ing SUCKS!

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