Comments on: UFC 91 fighter paydays and salaries for ‘Couture vs Lesnar’ tops $1.1 million

By: poogeh

poogeh — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 05:25:24 +0000

44.95 x 1M ppv buys, is 44950000 on ppv, plus 5M on gate receipts which directly goes to the promoter. so 50% to the ppv distributor but i don’t think its that high coz they ain’t hbo. Minus 1.1M on salaries. UFC assuming the percentage is right, gets as much as 20M+ on revenue.

FIGHTERS are totally underpaid.

By: Report: UFC 91 PPV buys top 1 million — biggest haul ever for promotion at UFC blog for UFC news, results, videos, rumors, fights, pics and tickets — MMAmania.com

Thu, 11 Dec 2008 18:42:06 +0000

[...] according to The Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) . The promotion dished out $1,118,000 in UFC 91 fighter salaries for the pay-per-view (PPV) event, as well as $240,000 in additional bonus money for four [...]

By: UFC 91 PPV buys for ‘Couture vs Lesnar’ appear ‘big’ at UFC blog for UFC news, results, videos, rumors, fights, pics and tickets — MMAmania.com

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 23:04:24 +0000

By: UFC 91 final gate and ticket sale numbers at UFC blog for UFC news, results, videos, rumors, fights, pics and tickets — MMAmania.com

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 16:07:40 +0000

[...] promotion dished out $1,118,000 in UFC 91 fighter salaries for the pay-per-view (PPV) event, as well as $240,000 in additional bonus money for four [...]

By: kevin

kevin — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 23:16:30 +0000

30-40 million on the ppv?? where is that # from? the cable company takes 50-60% of ppv buys, some fighters get percentage. If UFC makes 25% off ppv buys, they made (assuming 500k buys) 5.5 million on ppv’s. the 1.1 pay out doesn’t include camera men, directors, editors, producers, security, announcers, etc. get the idea. you guys kill me more and more every day!

By: thc sargon

thc sargon — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:40:49 +0000

are you kidding gsp allready beat him once, penn is never in cardio condition when he fights at 170, he doesn’t have the size or strength or speed to match up with gsp

By: noneed4name

noneed4name — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:58:31 +0000

Can someone answer this for me?

How is it the UFC can make over $4 million at the gate alone and only be paying fighters $1.181 million? I can maybe see the logic in that if there was no PPV income, but doesn’t the UFC also stand to make $30-$40 million plus on PPV as well?

I know that some of the fighters gets a cut of the PPV, but WTF! I don’t want to see guys fighting that have to worry about finances. If you are good enough to be in the UFC, one fight should set you up so you can train all year long without having to worry about money…it would make the quality of the fighters better and be better for the fans.

I am not advocating overpaying anyone, but if I were going to train for 3 months and was elite enough to fight in a major UFC card, I would be making at least 6 figures/fight. There is enough to pay all fighters at least 6 figures/fight.

Am I way off base? Why is the UFC conceivably keepibng 95%+ of fight revenues and only paying out 5% or less to fighters? Someone enlighten me if so.

By: kevin

kevin — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:19:17 +0000

I know, but this news is over a month old, and usually you’re right on about news! How did you miss this one so bad? just surprised!

By: allamerican

allamerican — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:29:23 +0000

i can just picture you now you little f*ckin rat. you probably live in a tunnel like that piece o sh*t bin laden. and your wife probably has more hair than f*ckin gabriel gonzaga!

By: allamerican

allamerican — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:26:32 +0000

ANYONE WHO READS THIS POST, CHECK OUT WHAT SOME P.O.S. WROTE ABOUT AMERICANS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LIST. AND PLEASE, LET HIM KNOW HOW UN-WELCOME HE IS HERE! (I KNOW I DID)