UFC Salaries Are HORRIBLE

[BIGPOPPAPUMP]

Jesus Christ, the company made more money last year than boxing and pro wrestling and look what some of these poor shmucks are making. Some of these guys fight every couple of months. How in the hell do they live on some of these salaries. My dad makes more money that some of these guys. A damn crying shame.


Title Match & Main Event Fighters

-Chuck Liddell: $500,000 (18th fight in UFC; lost to Quinton Jackson)

-Quinton Jackson: $225,000 (2nd fight in UFC after 17 fights in Pride; defeated Chuck Liddell)


Main Card Fighters

-Karo Parisyan: $32,000 (9th fight in UFC; defeated Josh Burkman)

-Ivan Salaverry: $17,500 (6th fight in UFC; lost to Terry Martin)

-Terry Martin: $12,000 (4th fight in UFC; defeated Ivan Salaverry)

-Kalib Starnes: $10,000 (3rd fight in UFC; defeated Chris Leben)

-Chris Leben: $10,000 (9th fight in UFC; lost to Kalib Starnes)

-Houston Alexander: $8,000 (1st fight in UFC; defeated Keith Jardine)

-Josh Burkman: $7,000 (6th fight in UFC; lost to Karo Parisyan)

-Keith Jardine: $7,000 (6th fight in UFC; lost to Houston Alexander)


Preliminary Match Fighters

-Din Thomas: $28,000 (7th fight in UFC; defeated Jeremy Stephens)

-Wilson Gouveia: $16,000 (4th fight in UFC; defeated Carmelo Marrero)

-Thiago Silva: $16,000 (1st fight in UFC; defeated James Irvin)

-Alan Belcher: $14,000 (4th fight in UFC; defeated Sean Salmon)

-James Irvin: $7,000 (5th fight in UFC; lost to Thiago Silva)

-Carmelo Marrero: $5,000 (3rd fight in UFC; lost to Wilson Gouveia)

-Sean Salmon: $3,000 (2nd fight in UFC; lost to Alan Belcher)

-Jeremy Stephens: $3,000 (1st fight in UFC; lost to Din Thomas)

Disclosed Fighter Payroll: $920,500

[MOREBASS]

Yeah, those are bad. Especially considering how much they made from gate sales alone. I'm guessing 7 or 8 million, not including PPV.


Even Chuck only getting 500,000 for what's probably one of the biggest, if not the biggest fight in MMA...seems a little low.

[Harms]

Yeah, those are bad. Especially considering how much they made from gate sales alone. I'm guessing 7 or 8 million, not including PPV.


Even Chuck only getting 500,000 for what's probably one of the biggest, if not the biggest fight in MMA...seems a little low.

The gate was around $4 million. Dana said there were over 1 million PPV buys. Chuck and Rampage most likely get a percentage off the buy rate.

[Kakutogi-Gumi]

Jesus Christ, the company made more money last year than boxing and pro wrestling and look what some of these poor shmucks are making. Some of these guys fight every couple of months. How in the hell do they live on some of these salaries. My dad makes more money that some of these guys. A damn crying shame.


Title Match & Main Event Fighters

-Chuck Liddell: $500,000 (18th fight in UFC; lost to Quinton Jackson)

-Quinton Jackson: $225,000 (2nd fight in UFC after 17 fights in Pride; defeated Chuck Liddell)


Main Card Fighters

-Karo Parisyan: $32,000 (9th fight in UFC; defeated Josh Burkman)

-Ivan Salaverry: $17,500 (6th fight in UFC; lost to Terry Martin)

-Terry Martin: $12,000 (4th fight in UFC; defeated Ivan Salaverry)

-Kalib Starnes: $10,000 (3rd fight in UFC; defeated Chris Leben)

-Chris Leben: $10,000 (9th fight in UFC; lost to Kalib Starnes)

-Houston Alexander: $8,000 (1st fight in UFC; defeated Keith Jardine)

-Josh Burkman: $7,000 (6th fight in UFC; lost to Karo Parisyan)

-Keith Jardine: $7,000 (6th fight in UFC; lost to Houston Alexander)


Preliminary Match Fighters

-Din Thomas: $28,000 (7th fight in UFC; defeated Jeremy Stephens)

-Wilson Gouveia: $16,000 (4th fight in UFC; defeated Carmelo Marrero)

-Thiago Silva: $16,000 (1st fight in UFC; defeated James Irvin)

-Alan Belcher: $14,000 (4th fight in UFC; defeated Sean Salmon)

-James Irvin: $7,000 (5th fight in UFC; lost to Thiago Silva)

-Carmelo Marrero: $5,000 (3rd fight in UFC; lost to Wilson Gouveia)

-Sean Salmon: $3,000 (2nd fight in UFC; lost to Alan Belcher)

-Jeremy Stephens: $3,000 (1st fight in UFC; lost to Din Thomas)

Disclosed Fighter Payroll: $920,500

Yeah. This doesn't cover PPV shares and fight bonuses. It is rediculous though. An average training plan costs at least 10K to set up. A lot of those prelim. people got screwed by the returns. That's why the have and thank all the sponsers.

[Gareth Ivanovic]

I know some of those salaries suck. I mean some of those guys just have to be fighting for the love of it. Which makes for good fights because if they win they could get paid more, but for a company on the rise you think the salaries would be even higher. Liddell you would think would have been making at leat 1 million. We'll see for how much longer the fighters will take the lower salaries and not complain. Because you know at some point there will be controvery over it and we will see how the UFC handles it. Like with a lot of situations in life money can make things bad.

[BIGPOPPAPUMP]

Yeah. This doesn't cover PPV shares and fight bonuses. It is rediculous though. An average training plan costs at least 10K to set up. A lot of those prelim. people got screwed by the returns. That's why the have and thank all the sponsers.

I heard the amounts submitted to the Athletic Commission had Liddel and Jackson listed as being paid flat salaries.

[wiso2008]

UFC and MMA should upgrade there fighter's salary's

[Kakutogi-Gumi]

I heard the amounts submitted to the Athletic Commission had Liddel and Jackson listed as being paid flat salaries.

Yeah, they have to give out a flat fee. They also have been known for giving PPV shares as insentive to sign big headline matches. Zuffa also gives 5K bonuses to best KO, Best Submission and Best all around fight. And then you can't rule out sponsorship money as well.

Still, even with the bonuses, the pay still sucks.

[platinummatt!]

IS that per fight or a year

[trips420]

Damn there ripping there fighters off bad.A million buys at what 40 bucks a pop plus a 4 million gate.There only paying the fighters a mill total to make the card.They make around 40 mill and only pay there fighters 1 mill and they rag on boxing for being greedy.