Why are UFC fighters not as greedy as fighters in boxing?

[rickJen]

UFC fighters get less then 18% of the Revenue. Top Rank fighters get 65% of the Revenue. The question should be why do UFC fighters like to get robbed.

Only the top fighters get that kind of percentage in boxing.
The ones at the bottom get less than 10% of what the headliner gets.

[maguirre]

It's hard to make fights in boxing because fighters are too greedy
even during these pandemic times.
Dana White already had his fifth, we have yet to see one in boxing.

Undercards in UFC are just as good as the main card, most times better.

So you can see the problem in boxing. Fans only buy the main card, which is composed of established fighters. In UFC you can be in the undercards in any of your next fights even if you have an established name.

[rickJen]

Undercards in UFC are just as good as the main card, most times better.

So you can see the problem in boxing. Fans only buy the main card, which is composed of established fighters. In UFC you can be in the undercards in any of your next fights even if you have an established name.

I think it's about time promoters in boxing stop investing too much
money on the main event and split the money instead in 2-4 big fights
in the same event.
Everyone is "risking their lives" doe.
Therefore, the money should be spread out fairly.

[mcdonalds]

I think it's about time promoters in boxing stop investing too much
money on the main event and split the money instead in 2-4 big fights
in the same event.
Everyone is "risking their lives" doe.
Therefore, the money should be spread out fairly.

That doesn't make any sense. The main event fighters typically are the fighters who people are paying to see, not the lesser unknown guys on the undercard.

Why do you guys want a communist regime? How is that fair to the guys who are really bringing in the revenue?

[maguirre]

Only the top fighters get that kind of percentage in boxing.
The ones at the bottom get less than 10% of what the headliner gets.

That's true. Only the ones on top get huge money. The rest gets peanuts.

[rickJen]

That doesn't make any sense. The main event fighters typically are the fighters who people are paying to see, not the lesser unknown guys on the undercard.

Why do you guys want a communist regime? How is that fair to the guys who are really bringing in the revenue?

With a fan like this, boxing is fkd.

[satiev1]

On a side note:

Dana White: "All the money goes to the main event, which means all the attention goes to the main event. It's the only thing they care about in boxing is the main event. We actually build the whole card, and the money is spread throughout the whole card..."

They don't have a choice. UFC is a league. Boxing isn't.

[maguirre]

UFC has a higher entertainment value than boxing

UFC makes people give a **** about the undercards

In boxing even the co-main of a big fight is crap

I agree. The prelims in UFC, which are free, are just as entertaining.

[The tucker]

There not greedy because they legally can’t be.

[Ritz Kola]

Dana is talking BS and this thread is just more subtle racism against Boxing for not being pale enough.
1. UFC is a brand for one. So compare it to either PBC, Top Rank, Or Golden Boy. But do not compare it to all of Boxing unless we're doing an MMA vs Boxing comparison.
2. Fighters in UFC are being robbed and have been complaining about it for over a decade. And Dana has been shutting them down for over a decade. So thats the thread right there. By Dana's own logic his own fighters are greedy.
3. Difference is Promoters in Boxing actually work together. Which gives fighters leverage in negotiations. Promoters in MMA do NOT work together- which led to the UFC having a dictatorship over America's MMA scene. Boxer's can leverage better offers from various promoters against bad deals. MMA guy's have to take what they can get and just cry about it in tweets because they're in a desperate position..because all there is here is the UFC.
4. UFC fans pay for an entire card. The card can literally have the main event switched around with the undercard and inside out. UFC fans will buy. Dana knows this and it gives him power in how he handles his business. Because once again, the UFC has a monopoly over America's MMA scene. So regardless, fans will buy the ppv if they want to see some mma action.
5. Boxing fans pay for the main event BECAUSE the Main Event is always the biggest name(s) on the card. The rest of the card has always been the appetizer in Boxing. Thats throughout Boxing history. That means FIGHTER'S have the power in this situation. They'll take their business elsewhere and have the freedom to given no single dictator has monopolized America's Boxing scene. Bob Arum does NOT have the power in American Boxing that Dana White has in American MMA. Arum is always at the mercy of his fighters. White's fighters are always at the mercy of him. Big difference.
6. The moment the mma starts doing cross promotional events, which would help grow the sport because its been stagnant for years and will remain stagnant until they do so, there'll be the same exact issues people complain about in boxing: regarding politics and overpowered fighters with too much leverage. Until then...

7. When Arum talks boxing and fighters, it always sounds like he's begging and asking for a way to make things work. (We know he's trying to maintain control but what businessman isn't)
When Dana talks mma and fighters, it always sounds like he's telling them what to do.
There's a reason for this...