Some questions about Boxing vs MMA.........

[Kevin Jesus]

UFC 68(2008) Main Event

Randy Couture def. Tim Sylvia via unanimous decision


* Randy Couture: $250,000

* Tim Sylvia: $100,000

http://mmajunkie.com/news/2035/official-ufc-68-salaries-paydays-for-randy-couture-tim-sylvia-rich-franklin-matt-hughes-and-more.mma

[shadeyfizzle]

Name countries please...

Hatton was selling out Wembley stadium long before he became world champion for 1.

Japan consistently fills up kouraken hall for insignificant regional bouts and sells out the tokyodome for title fights.

Penalosa vs Sor Vorapin filled the araneta coliseum (site of thrilla in manila) with 12,000 people last summer.


Meanwhile in the US the only truly succesful boxing cards involve championship fights. And even then there are still examples of flops.

Juan Manuel Marquez vs Rocky Juarez was moved from the Thomas and Mack Center to the UNLV stadium due to lack of ticket sales. Managing to sell only 3,000 tickets for a PPV 130lb world championship fight.

[KnockoutTheFat]

Meanwhile in the US the only truly succesful boxing cards involve championship fights. And even then there are still examples of flops.

Juan Manuel Marquez vs Rocky Juarez was moved from the Thomas and Mack Center to the UNLV stadium due to lack of ticket sales. Managing to sell only 3,000 tickets for a PPV 130lb world championship fight.

Err... that fight was in Arizona and it wasn't PPV it was on Showtime on the night of Calzaghe-Kessler

[shadeyfizzle]

I guess I was wrong and partially right.

"Arlovski made a signigicant amount. The actual number was 1.5 million though, which is the largest one I have seen. The average is pretty hard to say though. Some of the undercard fighters only make about $5,000, while main event guys generally take home $250,000 or more for some."

You're really comparing apples and oranges though. UFC particularly. UFC fighters are under contract with the UFC which is why they make less than boxers. But on the flip side, The UFC covers alot of expenses for fighters that boxing would not for its fighters.

Another thing to consider is hazard pay. MMA has been medically proven to be exponentially less hazardous to a fighter's health than boxing. Hence why MMA has never suffered any in-ring deaths despite it's now 20+yr history.

[shadeyfizzle]

Err... that fight was in Arizona and it wasn't PPV it was on Showtime on the night of Calzaghe-Kessler

Excuse me. You're right about it being in Arizona. But it was moved there from its originally planned venue of the Thomas and Mack center in vegas. And it was originally planned to be a PPV but was pulled down to showtime because of the complete lack of interest.

[KING 2K10]

You're really comparing apples and oranges though. UFC particularly. UFC fighters are under contract with the UFC which is why they make less than boxers. But on the flip side, The UFC covers alot of expenses for fighters that boxing would not for its fighters.

Another thing to consider is hazard pay. MMA has been medically proven to be exponentially less hazardous to a fighter's health than boxing. Hence why MMA has never suffered any in-ring deaths despite it's now 20+yr history.

That's because they spend most of the time on the floor rolling around with each other.

[Kevin Jesus]

You're really comparing apples and oranges though. UFC particularly. UFC fighters are under contract with the UFC which is why they make less than boxers. But on the flip side, The UFC covers alot of expenses for fighters that boxing would not for its fighters.

Another thing to consider is hazard pay. MMA has been medically proven to be exponentially less hazardous to a fighter's health than boxing. Hence why MMA has never suffered any in-ring deaths despite it's now 20+yr history.

"Right now the UFC fighters are not making as much money as they should. In April of 2005 the UFC had two of their most popular fighters Randy Couture and Chuck Liddell face each other. According to some reports the PPV had 280,000 buys at $34.95 each. That makes the show worth $9.8
million dollars. Chuck Liddell was only paid $140,000 and Randy Couture was paid $150,000. That means the main event fighters, the main reason people tuned in, got about three percent of the money."


That was 2005 but it's the same old stuff till this day, UFC fighters are the highest paid MMA fighters if you didn't know.

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/264376/ufc_fighters_are_underpaid.html?cat=35

[F l i c k e r]

1. I know in 07 and 08 boxing was #1 for most PPV buys but has MMA ever been #1 on the list????

Boxing by far as more PPV buys. MMA is close though. Then again MMA has only been around for what 15yrs? Since 1989, i believe. So, I think MMA can catch a break in this category. Boxing has been around forever. We can give MMA a break right?

2.A top class boxer will make about 5-15 million in a fight, if not more....How much does a top MMA fighter make???

MMA fighters get ripped off, specially in the UFC. The highest paid MMA fighter ever was Tim Sylvia and he got 900k for his fight with Fedor. Chuck Liddell makes 500k(gauranteed win or lose) a fight not 200k.

3. Which one does better on crowd attendance?? Boxing or mma??

They are about equal in attendance. MMA fans fill the seats quicker though. Boxing fans dont typically sit down until the main event.

4. Boxing is a popular sport worldwide..What about MMA?? Here in america it is huge right now but what about other countries?????[/QUOTE]

MMA is popular world wide as well. Not to the extent as Boxing. Outside of the US, MMA is popular in the UK, Asia(Japan/China), and Brazil.

[street bully]

These UFC fighters are geting extorted.

[F l i c k e r]

These UFC fighters are geting extorted.

Why do you think Arlovski, Tim Sylvia, and Tito Ortiz left? They were all HW champions and got paid chump change. Why do you think Couture wanted to leave? He was getting paid less for a win than Chuck Liddell for a loss. Fedor wont even go to UFC because he will get ripped off.

Thing is, you wont get popular if you dont go to the UFC. If you go anywhere else, you wont make a name for yourself. Monopolized the MMA game.