mma vs boxing proof that mma doesnt pay as good(reply to mma and not boxing)

Here is the proof that Mma does NOT pay as good as boxing heres a few examples UFC Fight Night 17 Payouts Joe Lauzon — $20,000 ($10,000 to show, $10,000 to win) Jeremy Stephens — $10,000 Lauzon defeated Stephens via submission (arm bar) in round two Cain Velasquez — $30,000 ($15,000 to show, $15,000 to win) Denis Stojnic — $5,000 Velasquez defeated Stojnic via technical knockout (strikes) in round two Josh Neer — $18,000 ($9,000 to show, $9,000 to win) Mac Danzig — $15,000 Neer defeated Danzig via submission (triangle choke) in round two Anthony Johnson — $26,000 ($13,000 to show, $13,000 to win) Luigi Fioravanti — $13,000 Johnson defeated Fioravanti via technical knockout (strikes) in round one Kurt Pellegrino — $32,000 ($16,000 to show, $16,000 to win) Rob Emerson — $10,000 Pellegrino defeated Emerson via submission (rear naked choke) in round two Dan Miller — $18,000 ($9,000 to show, $9,000 to win) Jake Rosholt — $13,000 Miller defeated Rosholt via submission (guillotine choke) in round one Matt Veach $6,000 ($3,000 to show, $3,000 to win) Matt Grice — $7,000 Veach defeated Grice via technical knockout (strikes) in round one Gleison Tibau — $26,000 ($13,000 to show, $13,000 to win) Rich Clementi — $23,000 Tibau defeated Clementi via submission (guillotine choke) in round one Nick Catone — $6,000 ($3,000 to show, $3,000 to win) Derek Downey — $3,000 Catone defeated Downey via submission (keylock) in round two Matt Riddle — $16,000 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 to win) Steve Bruno — $7,000 Riddle defeated Steve Bruno via unanimous decision UFC 94 Payouts – Georges St. Pierre $400,000 (includes $200,000 win bonus) def. B.J. Penn $125,000 (win bonus would have been $125,000) – Lyoto Machida $120,000 (includes $60,000 win bonus) def. Thiago Silva $29,000 (win bonus would have been $29,000) – Jon Jones $14,000 (includes $7,000 win bonus) def. Stephan Bonnar $22,000 (win bonus would have been $22,000) – Karo Parisyan $80,000 (includes $40,000 win bonus) def. Dong Hyun Kim $26,000 (win bonus would have been $26,000) – Clay Guida $40,000 (includes $20,000 win bonus) def. Nate Diaz $20,000 (win bonus would have been $20,000) – Jon Fitch $68,000 (includes $34,000 win bonus) def. Akihiro Gono $28,000 (win bonus would have been $28,000) – Thiago Tavares $26,000 (includes $13,000 win bonus) def. Manny Gamburyan $14,000 (win bonus would have been $14,000) – John Howard $6,000 (includes $3,000 win bonus) def. Chris Wilson $15,000 (win bonus would have been $15,000) – Dan Cramer $16,000 (includes $8,000 win bonus) def. Matt Arroyo $8,000 (win bonus would have been $8,000) Total Disclosed Payroll: $1,057,000 This is just sad, now we all know how big ufc 94 was. To have a total payroll of a little over a million for all the fighters is just crazy. If a boxing card would have sold as much ppv buy we all knwo the fighters would be getting more than that.

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Here is a video that that tells both sides of the story. The fighters also get a performace bonus on top of their contract. http://www.cbc.ca/sunday/2009/01/011109_5.html

17y ago

duss

Yeah watching Fedor vs Couture was awesome. so what u think there the only great mma fighters out there to watch. how about floyd vs many different people and maybe calzahge, oh and why not people who wont fight williams, you named one fight that didnt happen due too the fact that fedor didnt want to accept the amount of money ufc offered him so he signed for more money rather than a bigger fight, oh and by the way im pretty sure brock lesner just beat couture so that wouldnt put couture on the top anymore, not to take anything away from him. bro i love both mma and boxing they have there good points to them but majority of the time mma has a better overall fight card, which is what fans want to see, why do you think people got over the whole thing of fedor fighting couture. But here in boxing forums you always see threads of people ducking someone else do you not. Do yourself a favor and go to mma threads you wont see many post of fighters ducking each other, maybee because theres is that many chances too, think about bro stop being biased and get real.

17y ago

mrpain81

bottom line f'd up boxing system allow boxers to pick and chose rather thatn fight the best challenges out there Yeah watching Fedor vs Couture was awesome.

17y ago

Actus_Reus_21

Not true bud, the six figure contract is your guaranteed purses for the next 3 years. And please show me where the fighters make an annual salary on top of purses, I've never heard that before so some sources would be nice. yea some of these guys on here as so mma biased that they will go as far as to lie to make the ufc sound cleaner than it is. I wonder if the money some of the fighters are making is enough after they pay there trainer and roids? Worst excuse used by MMA fans, when they are getting huge PPV buys and the gates are also big why would it matter how old the sport is? The truth is MMA fighters for the most part will take what they can get, they don't mind getting raped by the UFC because they are able to get some sort of celebrity with fighting on TV. I don't think all the MMA orgs are ripping fighters off though, Affliction is paying very well. I co sign!

17y ago

duss

bottom line f'd up boxing system allow boxers to pick and chose rather thatn fight the best challenges out there

17y ago

mrpain81

Fans just want to see good fights. Who cares how they fight. they want to see blood and guts and as well as skill. Fans are sick of hearing about how corrupt the match making is in boxing. So they go to the next best thing that delivers...MMA. Slowly boxings rep gets worst and slowly more fans go away Yeah but we keep getting new people to sign up to this website so all is not bad.

17y ago

pistol_whip

Not true bud, the six figure contract is your guaranteed purses for the next 3 years. And please show me where the fighters make an annual salary on top of purses, I've never heard that before so some sources would be nice. Meh I was just discussing this with a fellow co worker but even if it's not tru the pay scale is only diffrent when you compare top level UFC Fighters and top level boxers. The pay scale for Journeymen is the same in both sports and 90% of all Mixed Martial Artists and Boxers are journeyman.

17y ago

Spacey1991

I seriously don't see the point in comparing the two, they are two different sports... and there is room for both sports.

17y ago

joe90210

those are only the official payouts reported to the athletic commission, the big mma fighters get private locker room bonuses as well as PPV cuts. For example lesnar and couture both made 3+ million for their fights. They still don't come close to the biggest boxing names of course

17y ago

duss

From a fans perspective, what the hell should you care who gets paid more? If these mma artist wanna get in the cage, and put on an entertaining scrap for peanuts, who am i to complain? I'd prefer watch to mma artist put it all on the line and give an entertaining scrap for $50k each, rather than watch Floyd/Oscar put on a sparring session for $20-30mil a peice. This guys is probably the smartest on here, havent you noticed its the reason why mma has been taking over boxing little by little they actually put on good fights not just one good fight or on supposed good fight there fight cards usually have more than one exciting fights, and seriously how much they make is still more than most jobs and its what they love doing, the bottom line is this whole thread makes boxers look bad because far too often we here them dispute about who they'll fight and for how much i understand you gotta get paid but when your talking about fighters who try to negotiate purses that are in the millions because they feel they deserve more it makes them look ridicuolous, im not saying they shouldnt get paid as much as they do know all im saying is negotiating who gets a 10 percent difference in a multi million dollar fight makes these fighters look ungrateful and greedy and it gives them the oppurtunity to dodge people thats why in mma not alot of people dodge each other majority of them are willing to take on all challengers im a boxing fan and yes we have seen a past couple of years boom for some fights, but come on lets stop the dodging i think they should get ride of all the santioning bodies like wbc,wbo,ibf,wba this is the reason why most fighters choose not too fight the best fighters because in reality they only have to face there mandatory challengers to there belt , so they stay there and make there money until they have a big enough name or enough money offered to them to take a risk at fighting a bigger name. im not gonna name any names because i dont wanna hurt any of the fans feelings and there are alot of boxers that are guilty of this and there are also alot who are victims of this because they constantly ask for hard fights and never get them because the other fighter doesnt see the worth risking there record or belt or status for the little money value( oh and that little money value to them are in the millions) so yes as a boxing fan i have too be honest the way the whole boxing system is setup allows these boxers to do what they want and thats why i think in general mma figthers have more balls than boxers do but i still love watching boxing, and so far this year is good i hope it stays that way

17y ago

mrpain81

They also receive an annual salary on top of whatever money they make on a per fight basis. Doesn't sound to shabby to me either especially if you are an ultimate fighter winner you get a 6 figure salary on top of whatever purses you might get. Not true bud, the six figure contract is your guaranteed purses for the next 3 years. And please show me where the fighters make an annual salary on top of purses, I've never heard that before so some sources would be nice.

17y ago

pistol_whip

Worst excuse used by MMA fans, when they are getting huge PPV buys and the gates are also big why would it matter how old the sport is? The truth is MMA fighters for the most part will take what they can get, they don't mind getting raped by the UFC because they are able to get some sort of celebrity with fighting on TV. I don't think all the MMA orgs are ripping fighters off though, Affliction is paying very well. They also receive an annual salary on top of whatever money they make on a per fight basis. Doesn't sound to shabby to me either especially if you are an ultimate fighter winner you get a 6 figure salary on top of whatever purses you might get.

17y ago

deevel79

17y ago

Jeups

anyone care to take a guess on what Fedor is on a year? Take into account his earnings as a hitman, caz that man has killed people, fact! scary cunt. :ugh:

17y ago

Reggie_Miller

hopefully as the sport grows the fighters would get paid more but right now alot of them are being taken advantage of but that's what promoters do best exploit fighters That's exactly what i said in my last post, the sport is only what 15 years young? That's exactly how boxing it was when it first started.

17y ago

mrpain81

the sport of MMA has only been around since 1992. Boxing when it first started was only paying 500-1000 and that was 100 years ago. MMA's salary will increase in the future. Worst excuse used by MMA fans, when they are getting huge PPV buys and the gates are also big why would it matter how old the sport is? The truth is MMA fighters for the most part will take what they can get, they don't mind getting raped by the UFC because they are able to get some sort of celebrity with fighting on TV. I don't think all the MMA orgs are ripping fighters off though, Affliction is paying very well.

17y ago

Reggie_Miller

not getting paid is what makes mma fighters more likable... it makes them like the average joe rogan The less you get paid the more hungrier you'll get. Take Aaron Pryor for example.

17y ago

Pullcounter7451

not getting paid is what makes mma fighters more likable... it makes them like the average joe rogan

17y ago

KakutogiGumi

you would think a Superstar like rampage would get paid alot more than this:davil2: you forgot Fight of the night bonus and sponsorships. Also, UtT money.

17y ago

pistol_whip

you would think a Superstar like rampage would get paid alot more than this:davil2: Why? 325,000$ is more then some families would make in 20 years.

17y ago