Jones\Sheika - Lashley\Guida payouts

[TFK]

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March Badness salaries: Roy Jones Jr. and Bobby Lashley top earners

by MMAjunkie.com Staff on Mar 23, 2009 at 5:50 pm ET
Boxing headliner Roy Jones Jr. and MMA fighter Bobby Lashley were the top earners at this past weekend's "March Badness" event, which took place March 21 at the Pensacola Civic Center in Pensacola, Fla.

Jones, whose Square Ring Promotions also promoted the hybrid boxing/MMA event event, will take home two-thirds of all net profits received from the event. Lashley, meanwhile, earned $40,000 and will also get a piece of the PPV revenue.

MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) today requested and received the official paydays from the State of Florida's Department of Business and Professional Regulation.

The total disclosed payroll for the event (not counting Jones' share) was $217,000.

Jones defeated Omar Sheik via fifth-round TKO in the night's boxing headliner. The State of Florida has not yet released official gate and attendance numbers – and the PPV numbers aren't released publicly – so it's unlikely Jones' official exact payday will be known.

Jones' opponent, Sheik, earned the night's second-highest payday with $50,000.

Meanwhile, Lashley, a former WWE star and up-and-coming MMA fighter, scored a lackluster unanimous decision over Jason Guida, who was a late replacement for Ken Shamrock. Despite the performance, Lashley was the top MMA earner for the night. Guida, meanwhile, earned $15,000 in defeat.

In the night's MMA main event, former top UFC heavyweight contender Jeff Moson defeated Roy Nelson via a controversial unanimous decision. The decision was met with criticism from those in attendance. Luckily, according to the DBPR paperwork, Nelson wouldn't have received a win bonus anyway. However, the victory earned Monson $25,000, $10,000 of which came in the form of a win bonus.

The full payouts included:

OFFICIAL MMA PAYDAYS

Jeff Monson: $25,000 (win bonus was $10,000)
def. Roy Nelson: $30,000

Bobby Lashley: $40,000 (win bonus was $10,000)
def. Jason Guida: $15,000

Din Thomas: $10,000 (no win bonus)
def. Gabe Lemley: $5,500

Dennis Hallman: $6,000 (win bonus was $3,000)
def. Danny Ruiz: $2,000

James Freeman: $500 (win bonus was $250)
def. John Mowry: $300

OFFICIAL BOXING RESULTS

Roy Jones Jr.: TBD (two-thirds of net profits of event)
def. Omar Sheik: $50,000

B.J. Flores: $12,500 (no win bonus)
def. Jose Luis Herrera: $12,500

Eric Clinton: $800 (no win bonus)
def. Richmond Dalphone: $800

Kieyon Bussey: $1,200 (no win bonus)
def. Robert DaLuz: $1,800

Kelvin Price: $1,500 (no win bonus)
def. Kevin Howard: $1,500

Interesting to say the least.


TFK

[Haymaker]

sheika is earning mma money, cool.

[TKO]

50k to fight Roy Jones WTF

[royyjonesjrp4pno1]

50k to fight Roy Jones WTF

Thats a pretty expensive payout actually. Roy probably either lost money or broke even at best.

[royyjonesjrp4pno1]

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Interesting to say the least.


TFK

What would you say is interesting about it?

[adamiw]

anyone catch the Lashley fight?....how do you rate his MMA career prospects?

[Trplsec]

anyone catch the Lashley fight?....how do you rate his MMA career prospects?

I watched it. Boring lay and pray. He fought a much smaller dude and didn't inflict a lot of damage. He's not Brock Lesnar but his size and athleticism will carry him for a while.

[TFK]

anyone catch the Lashley fight?....how do you rate his MMA career prospects?

I watched the fight the next morning on Dailymotion.com just out of curiosity. Lashley won, but he was far from impressive. He obviously has a lot of strength and a solid wrestling background, but he's still clueless when it comes to MMA. His strikes were horrible, he had no submission attempts, and he came real close to getting subbed himself in an armbar.

If Guida wasn't so much smaller than Lashley, he probably would've beaten him. If we're using Brock Lesnar as a measuring stick for Lashley, he has a long, long way to go.

As for the PPV itself, I didn't order it, and I can't imagine why anybody would. On the boxing side you have a washed up 'has-been' facing a washed up 'never-was', and on the MMA side you had two average at best heavyweights, and one of them being Jeff Monson, who is ALWAYS in the most boring fight of the night. Wasn't exactly a can't miss night of fights.


TFK

[TFK]

What would you say is interesting about it?

For starters, you never see entire payouts for boxing PPV's. I've been asking for them forever, and it's nice to finally see one.

It also is an example of, once you get past the elite, boxers and MMA fighters aren't really paid all that different.


TFK

[REEDsART]

For starters, you never see entire payouts for boxing PPV's. I've been asking for them forever, and it's nice to finally see one.

It also is an example of, once you get past the elite, boxers and MMA fighters aren't really paid all that different.


TFK

This Particular Card ISN'T a Good Example to Compare MMA Cards to...It was a NON-HBO, NON-Showtime PPV...What'd it Cost, $29.95???...

REED Knows U HATE to Admit it, but Boxing Still PAYS Better on the Whole....Shit, Compare the Main Eventers Pay from This PPV w/that of the Rampage-Jardine PPV...Did Jardine Get as Much as Sheika???...

REED

[valdosta]

Low budget event in general. Nothing interesting about those numbers. When a guy like Brian Minto can head over to Germany and make hundreds of thousands of dollars, the MMA and boxing payscales are nowhere near "similiar".

[ElTerriblee]

I can´t believe Roy paid these out of shape MMA journeymen Nelson and Monson that much money. Some UFC guys must be mad now.

[TFK]

This Particular Card ISN'T a Good Example to Compare MMA Cards to...It was a NON-HBO, NON-Showtime PPV...What'd it Cost, $29.95???...

Well, this is the only boxing PPV I can find numbers on, so it's all I have to compare.

TFK

[REEDsART]

Well, this is the only boxing PPV I can find numbers on, so it's all I have to compare.

TFK

Whatever, Dude...

AGAIN, Sheika Got $50,000 for LOSING to Roy Jones on PPV...How Much did Keith Jardine Get for LOSING to Rampage on PPV???...& Bear N Mind, the UFC PPV was Probably TWICE as Expensive as the Roy Jones PPV...REED would Bet that the UFC PPV Generated SIGINIFICANTLY MORE Buys as Well...


REED

[royyjonesjrp4pno1]

For starters, you never see entire payouts for boxing PPV's. I've been asking for them forever, and it's nice to finally see one.

It also is an example of, once you get past the elite, boxers and MMA fighters aren't really paid all that different.


TFK

Nobody gives a damn about the undercard fighters and they get paid accordingly. The main event fighters who are drawing the crowds ratings/ppv buys will get paid a fair cut of the money generated. They usually get paid more then all UFC fighters for a whole card combined or in De la Hoyas case a whole year