Hey mania,did you hear anything about the fight of the night and all that good stuff.Really imo there is 2 fights of the night maybe 3.sub of the night like 3 i’ve seen,but just want a little insite thanks.

Wow… that is a harsh payday, for any of those fighters that lost it makes it tough for them to want to comeback. I’m sure none of those fighters received percentages. Sponsership probably not all that significant. Man, Clay is definitely worth more than that… he’s got a lot of fans.

how funny is it that Goulet gets 1k less than all of these fairly unknown fighters?

you gotta love those canadiens.

I hope Guida got some kind of bonus. That is the kind of fight that brings people into a new sport. Lets all hope that in the future, fighters at top level matches have no problems paying the bills.

I know there is bonuses and sponshership deals but seriously how the hell can they only pay clay $11,000. Granted he probably got a fight of the night bonus but it’s just not enough.

What did Chuck or Randy get? $500,000 or a million even?

Hopefully fight of the night bagged him at least another 20k.

Pretty sick to think Hatton got 6 mil to fight Mayweather. I’d getted KTFO by him for that type of money no problem.

Didn’t fat head Tito get $300,000 just to show against Rashad?

I also think Guida should get a bonus. I think Huerta will probably get sub of the night cuz his fight was exciting and KO of the night goes to Koppenhaver but i hope J-Roc vs War gets a bonus along with Huerta vs Guida for fight of the night.

YES!! My favorite blog post on here!

[quote comment=”231626″]how funny is it that Goulet gets 1k less than all of these fairly unknown fighters?

you gotta love those canadiens.[/quote]

Amazing. Plus, that kid Paul isn’t worth $100 per fight.

[quote comment=”231635″]I also think Guida should get a bonus. I think Huerta will probably get sub of the night cuz his fight was exciting and KO of the night goes to Koppenhaver but i hope J-Roc vs War gets a bonus along with Huerta vs Guida for fight of the night.[/quote]

I agree. Huerta/Guida/War Machine and J-Rock all deserve to be PAID. Give all 4 of them the fight of the night bonus. Give Huerta submission of the night, and War Machine KO of the night.

You don’t have to worry about Heurta or Guida. I’m sure those guys will both be getting paid on their next contract. Machine and J-Rock deserved a bonus too and I’m sure Dana gave ‘em one. UFC may be a little tight with the contracts, but they pay up for excitement.

Clay guida got robbed, I mean guys in their first ever UFC event, got paid more than Clay, heck even the losers got paid almost the same amount, but yet none of those guys had sponsors I believe.

[quote comment=”231653″] UFC may be a little tight with the contracts, but they pay up for excitement.[/quote]

That’s not really a good deal for the fighters. Zuffa is tough as nails when negotiating what they HAVE to give you. By giving out bonuses only when they feel like it they come off looking hella generous and still they hold all the power.

With the exception of Danzig, all these TUF fighters were unknowns fighting for $500 in local shows. To them, $8K to show and $8K to win is probably more than they’ve made as professional fighters their entire lives to this point, and more than they could have ever hoped to make without the UFC. And as far as Guida goes, he’s very popular right now, and deservedly so, but until he starts finishing fights and winning decisively the UFC can’t justify paying him too far above the bottom end of the scale.

[quote comment=”231631″]I know there is bonuses and sponshership deals but seriously how the hell can they only pay clay $11,000. Granted he probably got a fight of the night bonus but it’s just not enough.

What did Chuck or Randy get? $500,000 or a million even?

Hopefully fight of the night bagged him at least another 20k.

Pretty sick to think Hatton got 6 mil to fight Mayweather. I’d getted KTFO by him for that type of money no problem.[/quote]
The more you win, the more you make. He’s a great fighter but he’s 2-3 in the UFC.

I’ve noticed that Huerta’s payday goes up about $4-6k ever time he shows up. Good for him

I’ve noticed that Huerta’s payday goes up about $4-6k every time he shows up. Good for him. There were alot of empty seats though- I was surprised by that even with the Mayweather fight going on.

Huerta got paid $38,000. Thats only $2,000 less than what sherk gets paid to defend the LW title.
Sherk is a sucker because if Dana thinks BJ will defend his title for only $40,000 he has got another thing comming to him.

damn they got some decent paydays across the board. Taken care of TUF cats.

You need to rememebr that they have contracts. SO these guys saw the figures and put their signature next to it. That is what I can not for the life of me understand why people get upset with their own contract. They are the ones that put hemselves in their to fight for $4000, $50,000, $100,000 or whatever.

You might say well muto, if they signed when they were “rookies” then splashed onto the scene then they should be compensated for putting butts in the seats. Do we think that the UFC has gone to CC and said, “Hey buddy, you havent actually set the World on fire here in the U.S., so we are going to burn your lucrative contract and slash it by about 2/3 of what you were getting. Deal?”

Don’t get me wrong, I 100% think these guys should be getting paid more, but this is what happens when you have a market cornered.

Just out of curiosity: Does anyone know the paydays for the undercards of major boxing events? Guy that is 5-0 vs a 12-1 guy on a Mayweather card.

i hope guida gets paid more than $11,000. that guys is one of the most entertaining fighters.

I think it’s safe to say that Clay got screwed.

I’d say Goulet got screwed more than Clay.

[quote comment=”231756″]I’d say Goulet got screwed more than Clay.[/quote]
I don’t know about that one. He got paid $14K for beating a guy who admittedly doesn’t like getting hit in the face.

Paul G. should fight Billy. They could negotiate their own stipulations like “no hitting in the face”. They could just hug each other for 15 minutes.

I don’t think they give bonuses for Spike TV events, only PPV…but maybe I’m wrong.

And Goulet got paid just fine, he lost his last UFC and his last WEC match…the guy should be loving life just for the chance to fight in the UFC

That would indeed suck if there are no bonuses given out on spike-only events. Those fights were much better than that crap on the last ppv ufc.Booo!!

man i was going to start training to be a cage fighter but damn my little bother makes more at krogers…… then these fighters do

[quote comment=”231685″]With the exception of Danzig, all these TUF fighters were unknowns fighting for $500 in local shows. To them, $8K to show and $8K to win is probably more than they’ve made as professional fighters their entire lives to this point, and more than they could have ever hoped to make without the UFC. And as far as Guida goes, he’s very popular right now, and deservedly so, but until he starts finishing fights and winning decisively the UFC can’t justify paying him too far above the bottom end of the scale.[/quote]

I totally disagree about Guida. He has fought some of the best fighters out there in his division and this was the MAIN EVENT. Pay him like a main event for crying out loud. He, like most of the fighters get robbed!!!!!!

Jonathan Goulet, who is a UFC veteran, gets paid less then some TUF newbs???
Total BS man

I would just to say that Matching Mac Danzing up with all these rookies still wasent that fair to them.

The bonuses may not be publicly disclosed like PPV Events, but rest assured. I gurantee ppl like Guida, Huerta, Koppenhaver, Rollins all got extra.

[quote comment=”231893″]Jonathan Goulet, who is a UFC veteran, gets paid less then some TUF newbs???
Total BS man[/quote]

You need to remember that this is how they repay the TUF guys for being on the show for 6 weeks.

Also, Goulet isn’t very good. If he left the UFC nobody would notice.

If you add Mac’s 16k to the 15k he made from finishing all his fights on the show then he’s had a profitable 6 weeks.

Bearing in mind he didn’t get a scratch either.

Once again I’ll pose this question for my own education: What ratio of their pay do fighters have to give away for cornermen, etc. After taxes, cornermen and whatever else, (excluding the months between fights with no pay) what would a guy bring home net after say a $8000 payout? Someone help me here. They must incurr HUGE debts and expenses.

[quote comment=”231893″]Jonathan Goulet, who is a UFC veteran, gets paid less then some TUF newbs???
Total BS man[/quote]
NOt that I’d fight him, lol, but against tough opponents, he seems to be a punching bag with legs.

“jjdnb
Dec 11th, 2007 at 10:31 pm Quote this comment
Jonathan Goulet, who is a UFC veteran, gets paid less then some TUF newbs???
Total BS man ”

My Response to this nonsense is the following : He looks like Sonic the Hedgehog and probably could suck a golfball through a garden hose. A queer lookin cat from Canada who beat up the kid who got stuffed in lockers in high school (Paul). Why should he get paid more than 7k ? He’s a veteran ? A veteran of what being the fastest guy to ever get knocked out in a UFC fight ? OOOOooooohhhhh now I understand you JJdnb !

WAR Got knockout bonus…….. he got 38K for his fight against J-roc

didnt “Bang” Ludwig knock im out in like 8 seconds?

That’s fucked up that the TUF championship fighters didn’t get more than the loser contestants. Goulet should be getting more than the loser contestants too.

Zuffa isn’t in this business to distribute every dollar they make from this event to all of the fighters involved. It’s called risk reward. They put up a lot of money to showcase each of these events - if it loses money they’re left holding the bag, not the fighters. UFC was losing money for years - they’ve only been profitable since 2005.

This TUF 6 Finale had minimal live gate revenues and no PPV buys. You can’t give these fighters $100K each, even though they deserve it. You start paying everyone Chuck Liddell money, and the UFC folds. And Chuck gets paid $500K per fight because he guarantees you at the very least 600-700K PPV buys. The same can’t be said about Clay Guida, unfortunately.

[quote post=”4184″]I totally disagree about Guida. He has fought some of the best fighters out there in his division and this was the MAIN EVENT. Pay him like a main event for crying out loud. He, like most of the fighters get robbed!!!!!! [/quote]

I think it’s a bit of an overstatement to say that Guida has fought some of the best fighters. Guida has definitely fought good competition. Huerta, Aurelio, Griffin and Thomas are good but not the best. Besides, he’s lost to three of the four I mentioned. He has fought one of the best lightweights in the world, in Melendez, but that wasn’t in the UFC and he lost. I don’t think we need to worry about Guida. You think the UFC will turn their back on a guy who has exciting fights everytime he goes out there? Not likely after the string of weak PPVs we’ve had to endure. I’m sure the UFC brass knows where they should invest their incentive money.

I still cannot understand how a TUFer gets $8000 grand to show and Jonathan Goulet only gets $7000. At least I know he’s getting taxed less because he’s Canadian.

And as far as Guida goes. I do think he deserves more than $11,000 a fight. But let’s not think he’s living the street because of it. He’s been awarded at least 2 fight of the night bonuses already this year. That’s over six figures in UFC payroll to him. Not including sponsorships. (Ya because we all know Al’s Carpentry or whatever is handing out the big bucks!) What was the name of that Carpentry place on his shorts anyways?

-NiX

it’s a sucky payday but actually better then some of the past ppv events. ufc give these guy more money. on another note, the huerta- guida fight was awesome. i thought guida had the fight….damn

[quote comment=”231885″][quote comment=”231685″]With the exception of Danzig, all these TUF fighters were unknowns fighting for $500 in local shows. To them, $8K to show and $8K to win is probably more than they’ve made as professional fighters their entire lives to this point, and more than they could have ever hoped to make without the UFC. And as far as Guida goes, he’s very popular right now, and deservedly so, but until he starts finishing fights and winning decisively the UFC can’t justify paying him too far above the bottom end of the scale.[/quote]

I totally disagree about Guida. He has fought some of the best fighters out there in his division and this was the MAIN EVENT. Pay him like a main event for crying out loud. He, like most of the fighters get robbed!!!!!![/quote]
I re-disagree with you. First, it’s the amount of pay called for in his contract. Second, as entertaining as his fights are, he loses more than he wins, at least thus far in the UFC. An apt comparison would be Michael Vick (when he was playing ) getting a contract worth $130 million to make a few flashy plays here and there and win 7 or 8 games, while Tom Brady has a $60 million contract and wins Super Bowls. Any reasonable person would say that the guy winning the championships should be making more than the guy who doesn’t, just like fighters who win should make more than fighters who lose entertainingly.

[quote comment=”232231″]I still cannot understand how a TUFer gets $8000 grand to show and Jonathan Goulet only gets $7000. At least I know he’s getting taxed less because he’s Canadian.

And as far as Guida goes. I do think he deserves more than $11,000 a fight. But let’s not think he’s living the street because of it. He’s been awarded at least 2 fight of the night bonuses already this year. That’s over six figures in UFC payroll to him. Not including sponsorships. (Ya because we all know Al’s Carpentry or whatever is handing out the big bucks!) What was the name of that Carpentry place on his shorts anyways?

-NiX[/quote]
Why wouldn’t the TUF guys get paid more? They are the bigger draw because of the time they spent on the show. It’s not like they got more than Karo or Fitch or another established WW contender. Goulet got a gift because they matched him up against one of the worst fighters on the show. If he was matched up with Matt Arroyo, he would have received $7K, a nice octagon to go to sleep in, and some smelling salts.

[quote comment=”232194″]Zuffa isn’t in this business to distribute every dollar they make from this event to all of the fighters involved. It’s called risk reward. They put up a lot of money to showcase each of these events - if it loses money they’re left holding the bag, not the fighters. UFC was losing money for years - they’ve only been profitable since 2005.

This TUF 6 Finale had minimal live gate revenues and no PPV buys. You can’t give these fighters $100K each, even though they deserve it. You start paying everyone Chuck Liddell money, and the UFC folds. And Chuck gets paid $500K per fight because he guarantees you at the very least 600-700K PPV buys. The same can’t be said about Clay Guida, unfortunately.[/quote]

I agree with not getting chucks money but guida 11k?… he’s a draw and a name and makes exciting fights, even though he’s lost recently… if he got 25k to show, I can see that holding him between fights.. like you said… someone like him deserves it.

[quote comment=”232881″][quote comment=”232194″]Zuffa isn’t in this business to distribute every dollar they make from this event to all of the fighters involved. It’s called risk reward. They put up a lot of money to showcase each of these events - if it loses money they’re left holding the bag, not the fighters. UFC was losing money for years - they’ve only been profitable since 2005.

This TUF 6 Finale had minimal live gate revenues and no PPV buys. You can’t give these fighters $100K each, even though they deserve it. You start paying everyone Chuck Liddell money, and the UFC folds. And Chuck gets paid $500K per fight because he guarantees you at the very least 600-700K PPV buys. The same can’t be said about Clay Guida, unfortunately.[/quote]

I agree with not getting chucks money but guida 11k?… he’s a draw and a name and makes exciting fights, even though he’s lost recently… if he got 25k to show, I can see that holding him between fights.. like you said… someone like him deserves it.[/quote]

Dude, I hate to break it to you, but nobody knows who Clay Guida is except for hardcore fans like us. He’s not a draw. You’re only a draw if you attract casual fans. They already know that the hardcore fans will watch. That’s money already in the bank. He’s paid just about what he deserves. If he finished Roger, he would’ve taken home $30K.

Roger said on mmaweekly radio that they did get fight of the night, so I’m guessing Clay took home at least 30k.

[quote comment=”232395″][quote comment=”232231″]I still cannot understand how a TUFer gets $8000 grand to show and Jonathan Goulet only gets $7000. At least I know he’s getting taxed less because he’s Canadian.

And as far as Guida goes. I do think he deserves more than $11,000 a fight. But let’s not think he’s living the street because of it. He’s been awarded at least 2 fight of the night bonuses already this year. That’s over six figures in UFC payroll to him. Not including sponsorships. (Ya because we all know Al’s Carpentry or whatever is handing out the big bucks!) What was the name of that Carpentry place on his shorts anyways? Clay is a union carpenter with the Chicago Carpenters Union

-NiX[/quote]
Why wouldn’t the TUF guys get paid more? They are the bigger draw because of the time they spent on the show. It’s not like they got more than Karo or Fitch or another established WW contender. Goulet got a gift because they matched him up against one of the worst fighters on the show. If he was matched up with Matt Arroyo, he would have received $7K, a nice octagon to go to sleep in, and some smelling salts.[/quote]

As for the questions about Clay with the carpenters. Clay is a union carpenter with the Chicago Carpenters Union. This was printed on his shorts

Clay is a good fighter with a lot of heart

[quote comment=”231624″]Wow… that is a harsh payday, for any of those fighters that lost it makes it tough for them to want to comeback. I’m sure none of those fighters received percentages. Sponsership probably not all that significant. Man, Clay is definitely worth more than that… he’s got a lot of fans.[/quote]

thats true but did you take a look at his record…not the best

I’ve read how much Clay Guida made and it made me sick . When I saw this match I found it more entertaining than a rampage Chuck Liddel fight . The fact the Chuck Liddel makes like 500,000 is not fair. Fighters like Clay make the sport exciting.How come boring boxers make million . If I want two losers figting among themselves I can see it for free in the streets .