man mcdonald got paid nothing

I don’t know if i’d a took the beating McD did for 6 grand.

According to mmaweekly.com, MacDonald got $14,000, not $6,000.

Ha shit … apologies. He did get 14K — sorry about the oversight — was in a rush to get this up.

i think franklins 42 is dog shit compared to hughes’ 150

Love ya Dude, but Hughes is on a whole other level than Rich in terms of yrs of service, success, and titles.

Hughes got paid 150k to look lackluster in his performance, damn gotta love America! Since when does a contender get more $$ than the champ??……….I guess it’s b/c Big Tim is a Bum!!!!!!!!!1

i agree. rich shoulda gotten more. hes been great in the ufc, plus hughes is a douchebag despite his accomplishments

My guess is that both Randy and Tim got 100k with the winner getting 150k. Or Randy gets HOF bonus money.
The one that shocks me is McFed getting 5k and Kampmann geting 10k when the guys were on the main card, while our new boy Fitch is on the undercard and gets 14k. Someone knew going in that John is the shit, yet HE’S STILL ON THE UNDERCARD!!!!!

well most of the time the main fight guys get a set amount win or lose. for example in dec tito got 210 and chuck got 255 no matter what, no bonus

Thats crap…

I say make the fight worth X.

If KO or submission give winner 6/8 money.
If it goes the distance and is a split decision 5/8 Money to winner.
If Unanimus decision give 6/8 money to winner.

Give 1/30th of total payouts to the winner of the best fight.

I think they should have yellow cards (3 and you fight for free) the first card takes 10% off, the second could take 20% and the third could take 30%. If you get four the fight is stopped.

No one wants to watch lame ass fights.

Main event should be worth 130K
2 Second cards should be 90K
the rest should be 60K
Title defences should be what ever level 40K bonus.

Or have an 8 man tournament…
Each first round fight would be worth 75K
semi finals would be worth 100k
Final would be 200k

That just solidifies my oponion on how much i dislike Matt Hughes…yeah ok it’s a business but this is total crap. Not only does he bore the shit out of us, fight an opponent not even in title contention, but show up only to cash in on a fight he was set up to win…what exactly did he fight for other than money??? He states he wants to challenge himself. Fight a contender dammit, we didn’t see Randy after his devastating loss take some bull shit fight in order to gain a paycheck. Winning over Lytle via descision was nothing spectacular, i hope the UFC doesn’t through him right back at Georges, he honestly doesn’t deserve it. Swick beat Loiseau when he was the number one contender and didn’t get shit for it because it was boring ass fight. Matt isn’t ready for a rematch he’ll lose via TKO no doubt in my mind.

I know that four guys make more than $200,000 per fight no matter what and they are Chuck, Cro Cop, Randy, and Tito. I heard that St. Pierre is the last guy with a $200,000 fighting bonus but no one has confirmed it yet. We’ll have to wait and see St. Pierre’s paycheck after UFC 68. Brandon Vera turned down this offer and demanded a seven figure bonus.

Hopefully, these guys are making a decent amount from their sponsors because some of these purses are pathetic.

Was there a purse for the Randy and Timmy fight or dose Randy always get set amounts.

I’m looking into that actually. The figures that the OAC sent over were very basic — just one sheet all neatly typed. The NSAC, on the other hand, sends over the actual sheets with fighter signatures, deductions, taxes, etc. I’m leaning toward a flat fee, similar to Cro Cop, for Couture. But hang in there and hopefully I’ll have an answer later on today.

I like Robin;s idea of dividing up the $ for a fight based on how you win. I gotta say thats’ F-in ridiculus that HUghes got 15 times what Lytle did after such a sucky fight. I mean, I know he’s got a lot of history but either Lytle was good enough to stifle Hughes attempts to finish him or Hughes was just pulling a Timmy. I think the UFC should introduce that as an official stalling tactic or penalty if a fighter is intentionally playing it safe and boring the hell out of people who pay good money to see an actual fight. It would be the same as a yellow card. Pull a “Timmy” lose 10% of your pay. Any way I don’t think Hughes did 15 times better than Lytle.

bobalu wins more to loose…who’s the winner their?

Lytle has definitley shown talent. The “great” Hughes was shutdown, as far as what did he show?– I’m going to hold this guy down and hurry up and win decision. I hope the UFC relizes that the $ should be on Lytle. He can’t be done yet! He is obviously WELL ROUNDED, to stifle the ground game of the “champ” so give him another fight. Hughes needs to go back to wrestleing not MMA. I didn’t see and MIXED martial arts!

Maybe I am wrong, but those figures, isn’t that what the fighters get above and beyond their already negociated contracts? For example, when Randy came out of retirement, Dana said he signed a 4 fight 2 year deal contract. So is that $250,000 Randy got after the fight above the contract salary? It just doesn’t seem like enough of a cash payout for someone of the likes of Randy Couture.

Help me out Ufcmania or Jesse!

BTW… Jesse, your interview with GSP was phenomenal and funny!

Hope this salaries will grow fast. Else MMA will never be close to those big sports.

You all must realize the politics involved in payouts. Who is the biggest sponsor of UFC fighters? Xyience. Who do you think owns Xyience? The same people who own the UFC. Employee salary is not tax deductible, but advertising costs are. These fighters are paid a lot more then it looks.

On another note, the UFC has ALWAYS had a pay system based on experience. Yeah it is kinda crappy that Hughes was paid more then Franklin, but look at the figures. Hughes has 41 wins and 5 Losses compared to Franklin’s 21 and 2 record. Hughes has double the fights, he has a lot more title defenses and has held the belt a lot longer. Like it or not he deserves more then Franklin.

Those payouts are horrendous! As much money as the UFC is generating for themselves, and that’s all they pay their fighters. And any money paid to the fighters by sponsors shouldn’t have anything to do with what the UFC pays them. There are only a hand-full of fighters that are lucky enough to get paid any real kind of money via a “sponsorship contract”. Look at any other major sport(even boxing)…they aren’t being paid extremely low salaries just because a few of them get sponsorship deals. I realize that their salaries have gone up a good amount compared to where they were, but it looks like they still haven’t kept pace with the success of the UFC as an organization. Someone is making an incredible amount of money, and it sure isn’t the fighters! I can see a “MMA Fighter Association/Union” being formed in the near future if this discrepancy continues. These guys often have short-term careers, despite training their entire life just to make it to the UFC. In my opinion, they should be awarded accordingly!

Better play baseball
A rookie for just being in the dogout without playing any second in the complete season wins $300,000.

Start playing baseball instead of MMA.

3 Fighters only made 3k on ppv, the ufc is really underpaying its fighters.

I am a former street fighter in the old days, fighting in abandoned warehouses and secluded farm houses. we were making $150 a fight. these fighters now days deserve alot more what they are making now. all the beating they have indured. this is the #1 sport. keep on banging
Ben

How much did liddell get in hsi fight with Silva?