For everyone saying Liddell was ripped off by the UFC, he made over $4 million during is UFC career (not including a 6 figure UFC office job). If Liddell wasted away over $4 million, thats his problem. That should have set him for life.
Liddell has a net worth of $14 million, so he did NOT need this fight.
UFC 47 – Apr 2/04 – W (Ortiz) – $100,000 ($50,000 to show, $50,000 win bonus)
UFC 49 – Aug 21/04 – W (V. White) – $120,000 ($60,000 to show, $60,000 win bonus)
UFC 52 – Apr 16/05 – W (Couture) – $140,000 ($70,000 to show, $70,000 win bonus)
UFC 54 – Aug 20/05 – W (Horn) – $160,000 ($80,000 to show, $80,000 win bonus)
UFC 57 – Feb 4/06 – W (Couture) – $250,000
UFC 62 – Aug 26/06 – W (Sobral) – $280,000 ($250,000 to show, $30,000 Knockout of the Night bonus*)
UFC 66 – Dec 30/06 – W (Ortiz) – $280,000 ($250,000 to show, $30,000 Fight of the Night bonus*)
UFC 71 – May 26/07 – L (Q. Jackson) – $500,000
UFC 76 – Sept 22/07 – L (Jardine) – $500,000
UFC 79 – Dec 29/07 – W (W. Silva) – $550,000 ($500,000 to show, $50,000 Fight of the Night bonus)
UFC 88 – Sept 6/08 – L (R. Evans) – $500,000
UFC 97 – Apr 18/08 – L (Rua) – $500,000 *
UFC 115 – Jun 12/10 – L (Franklin) – $500,000
Liddell vs Ortiz 3 – Nov 24/18 – L (Ortiz) – $250,000
Chuck Liddell Career Earnings: $4,630,000
now take uncle Sam's cut from $4,630,000 and you dont have much left
You're missing the point. Though 4m is quite a bit of money for the average person, he never got a piece of the pie, he only got crumbs from the overall pie.
You're missing the point. Though 4m is quite a bit of money for the average person, he never got a piece of the pie, he only got crumbs from the overall pie.
Yes he did.
Its well known & accepted by anyone who knows anything about MMA and the UFC specifically that champions & draws earn PPV points. Randy Couture's leaked contract from back in day proves it.
Tito Ortiz is on record as saying the most he made for a fight was 2.9M & trust me if you go look at Tito's show/win numbers they'll look similar to the ones posted for Chuck.
Fair play if you think MMA guys deserve a boxer like cut of the money, but thats different from believing some silly sh^t like these huge draws weren't making millions per fight in their prime.
Not sure why Dana is going off on DLH for being a cokehead, considering Dana has guzzled gallons of the stuff residually by blowing Jon Jones on the regular. Plus making every excuse possible to be able to bring him back to the Octagon. Doing blow? That's okay, come back and fight. Hit a pregnant chick with your car? That's okay, come back and fight.
Then again, Dana is a born liar, hypocrite and POS. So I expect nothing less.
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