Comments on: UFC 81: Fighter paydays and salaries for ‘Breaking Point’ http://mmamania.com/2008/02/04/ufc-81-fighter-paydays-and-salaries-for-breaking-point/ UFC news, event schedules, fight analysis, Octagon predictions, UFC fighters and MMA thoughts Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:51:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Mcpon http://mmamania.com/2008/02/04/ufc-81-fighter-paydays-and-salaries-for-breaking-point/#comment-313044 Mcpon Fri, 15 Feb 2008 20:55:45 +0000 http://mmamania.com/2008/02/04/ufc-81-fighter-paydays-and-salaries-for-breaking-point/#comment-313044 I think that Brock got paid so much not only because of the potential to transfer wrestling fans into MMA fans but because he had to train for a year or more. For this fight, he had to train from being completely new to the sport (his first fight wasn't really much) to a level where he could try to compete in a fight with a guy like Mir, a former heavyweight champ. I think that Brock got paid so much not only because of the potential to transfer wrestling fans into MMA fans but because he had to train for a year or more. For this fight, he had to train from being completely new to the sport (his first fight wasn’t really much) to a level where he could try to compete in a fight with a guy like Mir, a former heavyweight champ.

]]> By: Pat http://mmamania.com/2008/02/04/ufc-81-fighter-paydays-and-salaries-for-breaking-point/#comment-297159 Pat Wed, 06 Feb 2008 05:38:16 +0000 http://mmamania.com/2008/02/04/ufc-81-fighter-paydays-and-salaries-for-breaking-point/#comment-297159 This would be a cool idea but it will never happen: After the fight, fans can rate how exciting a fighter was, then they get bonuses accordingly. This would be a cool idea but it will never happen: After the fight, fans can rate how exciting a fighter was, then they get bonuses accordingly.

]]> By: Goatboy http://mmamania.com/2008/02/04/ufc-81-fighter-paydays-and-salaries-for-breaking-point/#comment-297035 Goatboy Wed, 06 Feb 2008 03:45:41 +0000 http://mmamania.com/2008/02/04/ufc-81-fighter-paydays-and-salaries-for-breaking-point/#comment-297035 [quote comment="294915"]Former Pride fighters that are champions in UFC We finally can see the former Pride fighters are not underrated: Minotauro Nogueira: UFC Heavyweigth Champion Rampage Jackson: UFC Light-Heavyweigth Champion Anderson Silva: UFC Middleweight Champion I'm not saying that Pride fighters>UFC fighters but hopefully many UFC nutthuggers are going to STFU.[/quote] I agree with you 100%. Just match all the guys up and see who the greatest really is. For instance, I love boxing but I hate the fact that there is 4 champs for every weight class. It's a lot more convenient to have the greatest fighters under one roof and see who the true champ is. [quote comment=”294915″]Former Pride fighters that are champions in UFC
We finally can see the former Pride fighters are not underrated:

Minotauro Nogueira: UFC Heavyweigth Champion
Rampage Jackson: UFC Light-Heavyweigth Champion
Anderson Silva: UFC Middleweight Champion

I’m not saying that Pride fighters>UFC fighters but hopefully many UFC nutthuggers are going to STFU.[/quote]

I agree with you 100%. Just match all the guys up and see who the greatest really is. For instance, I love boxing but I hate the fact that there is 4 champs for every weight class. It’s a lot more convenient to have the greatest fighters under one roof and see who the true champ is.

]]> By: kitsunex http://mmamania.com/2008/02/04/ufc-81-fighter-paydays-and-salaries-for-breaking-point/#comment-296845 kitsunex Wed, 06 Feb 2008 00:33:26 +0000 http://mmamania.com/2008/02/04/ufc-81-fighter-paydays-and-salaries-for-breaking-point/#comment-296845 [quote comment="296545"][quote comment="294864"]Nog calls out Couture ! I loved it ! If my memory serves me right wasn't it Randy calling Tito out after he beat Chuck at UFC 43 for the interim LHW title and dogging Tito for not fight over money problems. Now its Randy doing the same shit and now he needs to step up and fight the man that called him out. We all know he heard it to, he was there and I hope that Randy tries to at least make himself look a little better by fighting the man that FINISHED the guy he had to take 5 rounds to beat. Show some class Randy and do the right thing. If Randy wanted Fedor so bad, he should have took the 3 million Bodog offered him to fight Fedor and took the fight. Instead: he chose to return to the UFC to fight Tim Sylvia....Randy doesnt know what the hell he wants. All I know, is I want him to step up fight Nogueira and then go chase Fedor off into the sunset. Time to step up Randy.[/quote] Did Nog beat Sylvia? Yeah. Did he look good doing it? Hell no. Did he get the crap beat out of him? Yeah, he did. Randy totally dominated Sylvia. Be careful what you wish for... Randy has chunks of guys like Nog in his crap![/quote] yeah, but did Randy finish Sylvia? NO. it went to a decision. Nog was able to finish what he started. something randy can't seem to do in or out of the ring. [quote comment=”296545″][quote comment=”294864″]Nog calls out Couture !
I loved it ! If my memory serves me right wasn’t it Randy calling Tito out after he beat Chuck at UFC 43 for the interim LHW title and dogging Tito for not fight over money problems. Now its Randy doing the same shit and now he needs to step up and fight the man that called him out. We all know he heard it to, he was there and I hope that Randy tries to at least make himself look a little better by fighting the man that FINISHED the guy he had to take 5 rounds to beat. Show some class Randy and do the right thing.

If Randy wanted Fedor so bad, he should have took the 3 million Bodog offered him to fight Fedor and took the fight.

Instead:
he chose to return to the UFC to fight Tim Sylvia….Randy doesnt know what the hell he wants. All I know, is I want him to step up fight Nogueira and then go chase Fedor off into the sunset. Time to step up Randy.[/quote]

Did Nog beat Sylvia? Yeah. Did he look good doing it? Hell no. Did he get the crap beat out of him? Yeah, he did. Randy totally dominated Sylvia.

Be careful what you wish for… Randy has chunks of guys like Nog in his crap![/quote]

yeah, but did Randy finish Sylvia? NO. it went to a decision. Nog was able to finish what he started. something randy can’t seem to do in or out of the ring.

]]> By: Ktown http://mmamania.com/2008/02/04/ufc-81-fighter-paydays-and-salaries-for-breaking-point/#comment-296552 Ktown Tue, 05 Feb 2008 19:38:56 +0000 http://mmamania.com/2008/02/04/ufc-81-fighter-paydays-and-salaries-for-breaking-point/#comment-296552 Man, Don king is a girl scout next to Dana. Man, Don king is a girl scout next to Dana.

]]> By: 2BAD4U http://mmamania.com/2008/02/04/ufc-81-fighter-paydays-and-salaries-for-breaking-point/#comment-296545 2BAD4U Tue, 05 Feb 2008 19:35:54 +0000 http://mmamania.com/2008/02/04/ufc-81-fighter-paydays-and-salaries-for-breaking-point/#comment-296545 [quote comment="294864"]Nog calls out Couture ! I loved it ! If my memory serves me right wasn't it Randy calling Tito out after he beat Chuck at UFC 43 for the interim LHW title and dogging Tito for not fight over money problems. Now its Randy doing the same shit and now he needs to step up and fight the man that called him out. We all know he heard it to, he was there and I hope that Randy tries to at least make himself look a little better by fighting the man that FINISHED the guy he had to take 5 rounds to beat. Show some class Randy and do the right thing. If Randy wanted Fedor so bad, he should have took the 3 million Bodog offered him to fight Fedor and took the fight. Instead: he chose to return to the UFC to fight Tim Sylvia....Randy doesnt know what the hell he wants. All I know, is I want him to step up fight Nogueira and then go chase Fedor off into the sunset. Time to step up Randy.[/quote] Did Nog beat Sylvia? Yeah. Did he look good doing it? Hell no. Did he get the crap beat out of him? Yeah, he did. Randy totally dominated Sylvia. Be careful what you wish for... Randy has chunks of guys like Nog in his crap! [quote comment=”294864″]Nog calls out Couture !
I loved it ! If my memory serves me right wasn’t it Randy calling Tito out after he beat Chuck at UFC 43 for the interim LHW title and dogging Tito for not fight over money problems. Now its Randy doing the same shit and now he needs to step up and fight the man that called him out. We all know he heard it to, he was there and I hope that Randy tries to at least make himself look a little better by fighting the man that FINISHED the guy he had to take 5 rounds to beat. Show some class Randy and do the right thing.

If Randy wanted Fedor so bad, he should have took the 3 million Bodog offered him to fight Fedor and took the fight.

Instead:
he chose to return to the UFC to fight Tim Sylvia….Randy doesnt know what the hell he wants. All I know, is I want him to step up fight Nogueira and then go chase Fedor off into the sunset. Time to step up Randy.[/quote]

Did Nog beat Sylvia? Yeah. Did he look good doing it? Hell no. Did he get the crap beat out of him? Yeah, he did. Randy totally dominated Sylvia.

Be careful what you wish for… Randy has chunks of guys like Nog in his crap!

]]> By: Stagger-Lee http://mmamania.com/2008/02/04/ufc-81-fighter-paydays-and-salaries-for-breaking-point/#comment-296156 Stagger-Lee Tue, 05 Feb 2008 15:33:23 +0000 http://mmamania.com/2008/02/04/ufc-81-fighter-paydays-and-salaries-for-breaking-point/#comment-296156 [quote comment="295918"][quote comment="294871"][quote comment="294751"]REDICULOUS!!! $250,000 for lesnar with one MMA fight in his whole life. Unreal. Dudes a bad ass but reminded me of the first couple UFC's. Complete brawler but just not experienced at all. Dana White is a complete CHUMP!!! Gives this fucker $250,000 who has no background in mma only wrestling. Who gives a fuck about the name Brock Lesnar. Pay the fighters who show what true mma is about what they should be paid. You got a legend and new UFC Heavyweight Champion Big Nog making less money..getting only $100,000 if he had lost. WHAT A FUCKIN JOKE DANA IS. SHIT REALLY PISSES ME OFF!![/quote] GUYS!!! STOP with the "this guy gets paid too much" stuff. He has a NEW contract. Mir has an OLD contract. TRUST me, the way Mir is fighting - he'll be getting a GREAT new contract on his next signing. Lesner put BUTTS in the SEATS. You guys really need to get a grip. I realyl wish they didn't post the salaries like Dana talks about because you guys just go nuts - just worry about watching the GREAT fights we had last weekend and easlier this month. Come on - GREAT events coming up as well. Shut up and watch! :)[/quote] Man people got to stop complaining about fighters payouts.. Dana, and several fighters have already admitted that after fights, Dana hands out checks like he has money to burn... Dana judges whether the fighters put on a good show and rewards them for it with bonus checks... This list that Mania put up is the gaurenteed money fighters recieve for there contract...Dana cant put bonus money in a contract.... If the fighter, fights boring. Then they only recieve money from the contract.. If the fighters fight exciting Dana hooks them up...(and im not talking about the Knockout, Submission, or fight of the night). People shouldn't hate on Dana so much. If the fighters really couldn't get by with the money they make, they wouldn't fight... ...And I dont want to hear that "Randy cares" shit! cause if anyone TRUELY knows what Randy wants, Tell Me!! Because Randy himself doesn't even know what he wants. [quote comment=”295918″][quote comment=”294871″][quote comment=”294751″]REDICULOUS!!! $250,000 for lesnar with one MMA fight in his whole life. Unreal. Dudes a bad ass but reminded me of the first couple UFC’s. Complete brawler but just not experienced at all. Dana White is a complete CHUMP!!! Gives this fucker $250,000 who has no background in mma only wrestling. Who gives a fuck about the name Brock Lesnar. Pay the fighters who show what true mma is about what they should be paid. You got a legend and new UFC Heavyweight Champion Big Nog making less money..getting only $100,000 if he had lost. WHAT A FUCKIN JOKE DANA IS. SHIT REALLY PISSES ME OFF!![/quote]
GUYS!!! STOP with the “this guy gets paid too much” stuff. He has a NEW contract. Mir has an OLD contract. TRUST me, the way Mir is fighting - he’ll be getting a GREAT new contract on his next signing. Lesner put BUTTS in the SEATS. You guys really need to get a grip. I realyl wish they didn’t post the salaries like Dana talks about because you guys just go nuts - just worry about watching the GREAT fights we had last weekend and easlier this month. Come on - GREAT events coming up as well. Shut up and watch! :)[/quote]

Man people got to stop complaining about fighters payouts..
Dana, and several fighters have already admitted that after fights, Dana hands out checks like he has money to burn…
Dana judges whether the fighters put on a good show and rewards them for it with bonus checks…

This list that Mania put up is the gaurenteed money fighters recieve for there contract…Dana cant put bonus money in a contract….

If the fighter, fights boring. Then they only recieve money from the contract.. If the fighters fight exciting Dana hooks them up…(and im not talking about the Knockout, Submission, or fight of the night).

People shouldn’t hate on Dana so much. If the fighters really couldn’t get by with the money they make, they wouldn’t fight…

…And I dont want to hear that “Randy cares” shit!
cause if anyone TRUELY knows what Randy wants, Tell Me!!
Because Randy himself doesn’t even know what he wants.

]]> By: ToeLock http://mmamania.com/2008/02/04/ufc-81-fighter-paydays-and-salaries-for-breaking-point/#comment-296061 ToeLock Tue, 05 Feb 2008 14:29:59 +0000 http://mmamania.com/2008/02/04/ufc-81-fighter-paydays-and-salaries-for-breaking-point/#comment-296061 [quote comment="296024"]1/4 mill huh, I guess everyone is pissed that the WWE star is getting WWE pay in the Octagon. good for Lesnar, close to the same pay for no where near the same hours. = Cha-Ching. Anyway, in all seriousness, he is worth every penny, just look at this blog over the past two weeks. He is the most famous MMA fighter there is.[/quote] LOL... true that! Though I'd say its more a case of over-exposure... He will def be worth the money if he gets his ground game down! I think Brock could go far in HW with a few more fights.. Cro-Cop Vs Brock [quote comment=”296024″]1/4 mill huh, I guess everyone is pissed that the WWE star is getting WWE pay in the Octagon. good for Lesnar, close to the same pay for no where near the same hours. = Cha-Ching.

Anyway, in all seriousness, he is worth every penny, just look at this blog over the past two weeks.
He is the most famous MMA fighter there is.[/quote]
LOL… true that! Though I’d say its more a case of over-exposure…

He will def be worth the money if he gets his ground game down! I think Brock could go far in HW with a few more fights..

Cro-Cop Vs Brock

]]> By: mayberry http://mmamania.com/2008/02/04/ufc-81-fighter-paydays-and-salaries-for-breaking-point/#comment-296024 mayberry Tue, 05 Feb 2008 14:02:28 +0000 http://mmamania.com/2008/02/04/ufc-81-fighter-paydays-and-salaries-for-breaking-point/#comment-296024 1/4 mill huh, I guess everyone is pissed that the WWE star is getting WWE pay in the Octagon. good for Lesnar, close to the same pay for no where near the same hours. = Cha-Ching. Anyway, in all seriousness, he is worth every penny, just look at this blog over the past two weeks. He is the most famous MMA fighter there is. 1/4 mill huh, I guess everyone is pissed that the WWE star is getting WWE pay in the Octagon. good for Lesnar, close to the same pay for no where near the same hours. = Cha-Ching.

Anyway, in all seriousness, he is worth every penny, just look at this blog over the past two weeks.
He is the most famous MMA fighter there is.

]]> By: john http://mmamania.com/2008/02/04/ufc-81-fighter-paydays-and-salaries-for-breaking-point/#comment-296014 john Tue, 05 Feb 2008 13:53:43 +0000 http://mmamania.com/2008/02/04/ufc-81-fighter-paydays-and-salaries-for-breaking-point/#comment-296014 [quote comment="295962"]Brock's compared to Mir's pay is ridiculous.[/quote] I hear Mir got a $60,000 locker room bonus...so he didnt do to bad at all! [quote comment=”295962″]Brock’s compared to Mir’s pay is ridiculous.[/quote]

I hear Mir got a $60,000 locker room bonus…so he didnt do to bad at all!

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