MMA vs. boxing "purses"

[ThePunchingBag]

It's sickening how much Dana White takes from a fighters cut. Just fckin disgusting. Championship fights only go up to 500k. You take the taxes out of that as well as Dana White's gluttonous cut and the Heavyweight champ ends up with like 250-300k on a good day. I respect MMA, but Dana White is scum...

[thealfa]

too bad some boxers fight for pride, eh?

This is not an MMA vs. Boxing bashing. I do not like MMA. Everyone who fights has pride. I brought this awareness up so people could see the scandal. And I don't like it.

[mrpain81]

Biggest one fight purse for each sport in 2008

MMA

Tim Sylvia - $800,000
Andre Arlovski -$749,690
Chuck Liddel l - $500,000
Kimbo Slice - $500,000
Brock Lesnar - $450,000
Forrest Griffin - $310,000
BJ Penn - $250,000
Randy Couture - $250,000
Anderson Silva - $200,000

Boxing

Oscar Delahoya - $24,000,000
Felix Trinidad - $14,000,000
Wladimir Klitschko - $12,000,000
Manny Pacquiao - $11,000,000
Joe Calzaghe - $10,000,000
Roy Jones - $10,000,000
Bernard Hopkins - $8,000,000
Miguel Cotto - $7,000,000
Kelly Pavlik - $3,000,000

[~AK49~]

most new mma fighters fighting in the ufc had 10-20 fights previous to ufc, mostly in their local area... they dont make much money with those, about the same as amateur boxers... when they get to the ufc(big show) they start making money

an elite ufc fighter could make 100-500 thou, while an elite boxer could make 2-10 mil