View Full Version : UFC fighter salaries


Curly Howard
10-18-2003, 11:38 AM
http://www.mmaweekly.com/this_week/weekly_columns/index.html#salaries

Good read.

UFC 44- Fighter Salaries
-Randy Couture: $175,000 ($105,000 for fighting; $70,000 win bonus)
-Tito Ortiz: $125,000 ($125,000 for fighting; win bonus would have been $50,000)
-Tim Sylvia: $60,000 ($30,000 for fighting; $30,000 win bonus)
-Andrei Arlovski: $18,000 ($6,000 for fighting; $12,000 win bonus)
-Caol Uno: $17,500 ($17,500 for fighting; win bonus would have been $17,500)
-Gan McGee: $13,000 ($13,000 for fighting; win bonus would have been $13,000)
-Vladimir Matyushenko: $10,000 ($10,000 for fighting; win bonus would have been $10,000)
-Rich Franklin: $10,000 ($5,000 for fighting; $5,000 win bonus)
-Hermes Franca: $8,000 ($4,000 for fighting; $4,000 win bonus)
-Jorge Rivera: $6,000 ($3,000 for fighting; $3,000 win bonus)
-David Loiseau: $4,000 ($4,000 for fighting; win bonus would have been $4,000)
-Karo Parisyan: $4,000 ($2,000 for fighting; $2,000 win bonus)
-Nick Diaz: $4,000 ($2,000 for fighting; $2,000 win bonus)
-Josh Thomson: $4,000 ($2,000 for fighting; $2,000 win bonus)
-Dave Strasser: $3,000 ($3,000 for fighting; win bonus would have been $3,000)
-Edwin Dewees: $2,000 ($2,000 for fighting; win bonus would have been $2,000)
-Jeremy Jackson: $2,000 ($2,000 for fighting; win bonus would have been $2,000)
-Gerald Strebendt: $2,000 ($2,000 for fighting; win bonus would have been $2,000)
-Total Fighter Payroll: $467,500

Fallout
10-18-2003, 11:47 AM
Very good read

and very interesting also

handjobs4dollars
10-18-2003, 12:26 PM
2000 is way to low.

Purity
10-18-2003, 01:57 PM
that's dick. i can't believe that they pay that ****ty.

Fallout
10-18-2003, 04:03 PM
Did you guys even read past the listing of the salaries?

lightweight
10-18-2003, 04:15 PM
Good read but their WWE comparison with percentages and so on isn't accurate.

Kempo Chris
10-18-2003, 04:48 PM
$2,000 is way too low
My friend is making more in a match in Reality fighting

DragonZero
10-18-2003, 05:02 PM
that's chump change 2,000 dollars is a joke and an insult you could get paid that going to gladiator challenge

Fallout
10-18-2003, 09:58 PM
yeah, but if you end up being a champ like Ortiz or Couture.....look what they make.

I mean, no one would like to see the UFC go under. They need to pay what they can afford

Curly Howard
10-19-2003, 02:25 AM
yeah but they're not counting in the money they make off of PPVs and merchandise. They can afford more.

Fallout
10-19-2003, 09:24 AM
Yeah, but they need to make money. I mean, they need to turn a profit.

Fury Dragon
10-19-2003, 11:38 AM
No wonder Pulver left.

Rock Dog
10-19-2003, 11:49 AM
some of those people make more in one night that the average person makes a year, still 2 grand is ****. The UFC should just have a few less fights every show. It's better for a fighter to develop himself else where nad then when ready to enter the UFC a contender. Then to high tail it to Pride.

DragonZero
10-19-2003, 11:10 PM
yah i understand they need to make money but it's not like they have stadium costs or something they could afford to pay more