Here are all the UFC 74 payouts:

Randy Couture — $250,000
Gabriel Gonzaga — $45,000
Randy Couture defeated Gabriel Gonzaga via technical knockout(strikes) in round three

Georges St. Pierre — $140,000 ($70,000 to show, $70,000 to win)
Josh Koscheck — $10,000
Georges St. Pierre defeated Josh Koscheck via unanimous decision

Roger Huerta — $34,000 ($17,000 to show, $17,000 to win)
Alberto Crane — $4,000
Roger Huerta defeated Alberto Crane via technical knockout (strikes) in round three

Joe Stevenson — $32,000 ($16,000 to show, $16,000 to win)
Kurt Pellegrino — $8,000
Joe Stevenson defeated Kurt Pellegrino via unanimous decision

Patrick Cote — $24,000 ($12,000 to show, $12,000 to win)
Kendall Grove — $12,000
Patrick Cote defeated Kendall Grove via technical knockout (strikes) in round one

Renato “Babalu” Sobral — $50,000* ($25,000 to show, $25,000 to win)
David Heath — $6,000
Renato “Babalu” Sobral defeated David Heath via submission (anaconda choke) in round two

Frank Mir — $66,000 ($36,000 to show, $30,000 to win)
Antoni Hardonk — $8,000
Frank Mir defeated Antoni Hardonk via submission (kimura) in round one

Thales Leites — $18,000 ($9,000 to show, $9,000 to win)
Ryan Jensen — $4,000
Thales Leites defeated Ryan Jensen via submission (armbar) in round one

Clay Guida — $14,000 ($7,000 to show, $7,000 to win)
Marcus Aurelio — $30,000
Clay Guida defeated Marcus Aurelio via split decision

Ok so how much is Fedor asking for???? Is it extravagantly more than the $250,000 that Randy got to fight Gonzaga? The Ufc did 2.85 million in gate for UFC 75. that is without what they got paid in advertisement and PPV revenue. Give the guy the fucking money if you are serious about pitting the best vs the best. I’m sure that if Franklin were to beat Silva ( hypothetical of course because Silva’s gonna spank him again), Dana would have no problem shelling out for a huge payday in Rich’s favour because they are boys. I’m sick of seeing the Silva’s, GSP’s and Fedors get fucked over monetarily because they aren’t part of that “clique” of Dana’s.

I know that Minotauro has lost 3 times to Fedor, but they were decisions. He can catch Fedor in a submission still. He has the worst chance out of anyone I mentioned.

As far as saying that Arlovski “can’t knock Fedor out” because Fedor has a “sick chin”… With a clean right hand shot to the jaw, Arlovski would knock out Fedor with one punch. Andrei Arlovski knocked out Cabbage and one-punched Buentello.

Liddell has more power and an unorthodox striking style that would give Fedor a lot of trouble. Combined with his legendary takedown defense, he would be one of Fedor’s biggest tests to date. There isn’t much of a weight difference either by the way, Fedor would outweigh him by 8-12 pounds I would guess.

Cro Cop has a chance too, but in the octagon it would be a small one. Cro Cop does much better in a ring, but he is good enough to knock out Fedor in a cage on a good night.

[quote post="3220"]Has to be the funniest thing I’ve read so far to date on this forum. This for sure is just an “opinion” and not fact because Fedor has already beaten a couple of this guys.
Randy has the very best chance but I don’t think it would happen. For Fedor to loose anytime soon in the UFC it would take some special matchups from Dana. I think is it was
Cro-Cop and Couture VS Fedor then they have a great chance.
or Liddel and Minotauro VS Fedor then they as a team could take him out…. Maybe [/quote]

“styles make fights,” so I’m not even going to try to persuade you.

[quote post="3220"]
Chuck vs. Fedor is commical [/quote]

To say that Chuck vs. Fedor is comical is also ridiculous, considering who Fedor has fought over the last year or so. It would only take one good punch with Chuck, and he’s damn good at finding that punch.

Sure, Fedor has kicked ass for a long time, but he isn’t the only one. If you haven’t realized that anything can happen in the cage after what has happened this year, you probably never will. Fedor is definately the top fighter in the world right now, but he is also definately human, and you have to consider that. I do not dislike Fedor (I have a lot of respect for all fighters, especially the guys in the top 10), but its ridiculous when people don’t give the guys like Couture or Arlovski a chance at beating him. It’s easy to say that Fedor will be the #1 fighter for the rest of his career, but there are some guys out there who could change that. There are so many fighters who have the tools to make it happen, but no one has done it yet. If Fedor is going to lose anytime soon it will be in the UFC. Give him 2 years in the UFC and he will have lost. Yeah, 2 years is a long time, but Liddell made 3 years, and Hughes made it for 2 years on 2 different streaks. If Fedor is truly the most dominant of all time, we will have to wait until he signs to know for sure.

randy got lucky against tim???? he completely dominated the whole fight. he obviously couldnt do that against Fedor, but im sure he could use things such as the cage and dirty boxing to grind out a decision…of course its hard to bet against fedor[/quote]
Agreed, a 5 round DECISION WIN was lucky? If his first punch KOed big tim then I might say lucky punch but he just dominated the entire fight and dominated gonzaga too but not as convincingly as with big tim. Gonzaga is a tough guy but randy was clearly the better man that night. I for one actually think randy may be the only guy who could give Fedor his first loss, no way its convincing. Randy might wear him down and pull off a grinding split or narrow majority decision, I really wouldn’t be surprised, randy will have a great game plan going in and will be a real threat to fedor.

Read from post #33 and on. I have no idea if this is true but apparently he has called news before it happened before, so we’ll see. It would make sense though. Dana comes out of the meeting saying it didn’t go well. At first, from what I have gathered, the Russians say it went great, then changed their position and said they have a lot to work on. I wouldn’t be surprised at all if this Dave141414 guy is right and they are just lying to everyone to keep it a surprise to announce at UFC 75. We will know in six days.[/quote]
Yeah, I looked into this, this guy does have a source, he later goes on to say how he also proved the AA and Werdum fight before it happened, he even sites his previous post, I checked it out. It’s legit. This guy accuratly predicted the AA/Werdum fight before it happened, lets hope his source is good for this one to!!! Guys, I think we got IT!!!!![/quote]

The Anomaly: I also looked into this…. and the guy did call Werdum vs. Arlovski, so lets hope he knows someone wit inside info. I really believe Dana is messing wit the fans to make a big announcement, either this saturday in london, UFC UFN live becuase it will be aired for free and it will b in front of an American Audience, or Sept 22 in Anahiem. I really believe that he will be announc`ed as the UFC’s latest signee b4 October. Lets keep our fingers crossed!

Liddell makes a million if he wins his fights. I was surprised to c that Couture only made $250,000 base pay and $250,000 winning bonus against Gozaga…. I thought he was gonna make chuck liddell type money

HAHAHA! Sylvia would be destroyed.

Gonzaga is top 10, but too inexperienced.

Vera needs a good test in the UFC before I’ll say he has a chance. If he beats Sylvia, I will be impressed, but its the manner that he beats Sylvia that will tell us whether he can challenge Fedor. Hes still too inexperienced.

Cro-Cop went the distance with Fedor, and to this day Fedor says Mirko was his most challenging opponent. Id like to see a second fight, but I think it will go similar to the first. Cro-Cop just has to many holes in his game.

Nog has already had 3 chances to beat Fedor, he lost all three, I have no interest in seeing him beaten again by Fedor. Nog is a lot like Gonzaga, just with 10 years more experience.

Randy: He has the experience, and the tools to put up a good fight against Fedor, his wrestling will help against Fedor getting a dominant position. Randy has the best chance of beating Fedor, though Randy will probably fight Nog next, thats going to be a very tough fight for him.

The only LHW stupid enough to fight Fedor would b Dan Henderson, and that wont b pretty

Couture: Can outwrestle, outcondition, or outstrategize Fedor.

Arlovski: Can outstrike and overwhelm him with size advantageand quickness.

Liddell: Can outstrike Fedor- also great takedown defense. Great counterstriking and could eventually catch Fedor.

Minotauro: Better Jiu-Jitsu than Fedor.

Cro-Cop: Striking advantage.[/quote]

R u outta your mind?

Arlovski is a timid pussy cat, who Fedor would just beat on.

Minatauro: Ju Jitsu doesnt seem to work on Fedor (watch the 1st 2 fights vs. minotauro

Cro cop – was running scared away from Fedor when they fought each other.

Chuck Liddell: u have got to be kidding me…. u think that chucks takedown defense could stop Fedor….. Fedor would steamroll right over Liddell.

Couture: Now he has a chance against Fedor, although Fedors heavy hands could prove to b to much for Randy to handle… If anyone can do it its randy.

Chuck vs. Fedor is commical