IF YOU CARE.... Some Recent Fight Purses...

[heat27]

anderson silva (the greatest UFC MMA talent ever) is paid less than what floyd gets to wipe his ass

thats dana white for you

every UFC fighter has been screwed over

brock lesnar really must have steroids for brains

WWE were paying him 10 million a year at least
he was a huge draw and they made him look awesome week in week out

john cena probably gets more in a month than 99% of UFC fighters get in a year

brock left cause of the lifestyle of the wwe
wrestlers work most of the year and barely get any time off

[STFU!!]

FOR COMPARISON:

Anderson Silva: $200,000 (includes no win bonus) def. Vitor Belfort: $275,000
Forrest Griffin: $275,000 ($150,000 win bonus) def. Rich Franklin: $75,000
Jon Jones: $140,000 ($70,000 win bonus) def. Ryan Bader: $20,000
Jake Ellenberger: $32,000 ($16,000 win bonus) def. Carlos Eduardo Rocha: $8,000
Miguel Torres: $56,000 ($28,000 win bonus) def. Antonio Banuelos: $9,000
Donald Cerrone: $36,000 ($18,000 win bonus) def. Paul Kelly: $19,000
Chad Mendes: $19,000 ($9,500 win bonus) def. Michihiro Omigawa: $8,000
Demetrious Johnson: $10,000 ($5,000 win bonus) def. Norifumi Yamamoto: $15,000
Paul Taylor: $36,000 ($18,000 win bonus) def. Gabe Ruediger: $8,000
Kyle Kingsbury: $20,000 ($10,000 win bonus) def. Ricardo Romero: $10,000
Mike Pierce: $28,000 ($14,000 win bonus) def. Kenny Robertson: $6,000

how the **** did vitor get paid more than silva

[Someone88]

Anderson doesn't just get $200,000, he gets a percentage of the pay per view as well. Also Lesnar gets over a million per fight. Some of the very elite MMA fighters get over a million per fight.

[Paclan]

Miguel Cotto ($1,000,000) TKO-12 Ricardo Mayorga ($50,000)

wtf ... lol

[Oxn]

brock left cause of the lifestyle of the wwe
wrestlers work most of the year and barely get any time off

I dont understand how Cotto makes 1 million dollar against Mayorga, with if i remmeber correctly 250k buys PPV.

But against Margarito this december, he will make an estimate of 5 mil, with Margarito also making around 4 mil or so. While this PPV will probably estimate at around 400k buys.

The numbers just doesnt add up.

And why is Brandon Rios getting so little aginst Acosta?

[oc9979]

El Gato once told me that he got offer about 10k to fight someone but he had to pay trainer, taxes, and some other stuff, he was going to take home abou 3k.

*The amounts might be a little off but not by much*

[Sam Donald]

is it about the money? really..? thats why pacquiao is number one

hes got money, he dont need billions.. he loves doing what he does

thats why everyone on here is failing in life because there doing something they dont wanna do

[CubanGuyNYC]

I remember hearing Mayorga only got paid 50k because he owed Don King some money.

Hope those ESPN guys have day jobs. 1k for probably one month's training camp aint much.

Interesting figures and why fighters should get educated about how every penny they earn gets distributed. They also have to contend with taxes. At that rate, they ought to have a great investment and retirement plan.

When everything is taken into consideration, these poor guys (I mean that literally and figuratively) don't make squat off of boxing. They've gotta give a cut of that purse to their trainer, manager (if they have one), cut-man, the tax man, etc. If fans understood this better, many wouldn't complain so much about the moves fighters make to get better paydays. Unless a man has major talent, he's gotta be crazy in love with the sport, or just plain crazy to be a boxer.

[CubanGuyNYC]

brock left cause of the lifestyle of the wwe
wrestlers work most of the year and barely get any time off

If the posted figures are anywhere near correct, Lesnar could do professional wrestling for a couple of years and get paid more than he ever would in a whole career in UFC. Maybe Brock's plan is to move over to wrestling once his UFC days are over. Who knows?

[CubanGuyNYC]

is it about the money? really..? thats why pacquiao is number one

hes got money, he dont need billions.. he loves doing what he does

thats why everyone on here is failing in life because there doing something they dont wanna do

The vast majority of people on the planet are stuck in a livelihood they don't like, or even hate, because they can't survive doing what they love. If you're one of the lucky few that makes a decent living doing what you love, good for you. The reality is very different for nearly everyone else.

Manny started his career for the same reasons everyone else did, maybe more so. How many Pacquiaos or Mayweathers are there? Now that Manny has more money than he could ever spend, he sticks around for other reasons: legacy, fame, social import, etc. 99% of the fighters on earth will have to give up the sport they love because they can't support themselves, much less a family, on it. So, in the end...yes, it is about the money.