Nick Thompson - $6,000 Keith Wisniewski - $2,000 Thiago Alves - $4,000 Ansar Chalangov - $2,000 Sam Hogar - $10,000 Jeff Newton - $2,000 Jeremy Horn - $50,000 Trevor Prangley - $6,000 George St. Pierre - $35,000 Sean Sherk - $10,000 Matt Hughes - $110,000* Joe Riggs - $12,000* Gabriel Gonzaga - $6,000 Kevin Jordan - $3,000 Rich Franklin - $26,000 Nathan Quarry - $10,000 * Since Joe Riggs didn't make weight, he had to give up 10% of his paycheck. 5% went to NSAC and 5% went to Hughes, so Riggs actually made $10,800 and Hughes made $110,600.
[!--quoteo(post=827193:date=Nov 26 2005, 07:18 AM:name=FourHooks)--][div class='quotetop']QUOTE(FourHooks @ Nov 26 2005, 07:18 AM) [post=74016]Quoted post[/post][/div][div class='quotemain'][!--quotec--] Nick Thompson - $6,000 Keith Wisniewski - $2,000 Thiago Alves - $4,000 Ansar Chalangov - $2,000 Sam Hogar - $10,000 Jeff Newton - $2,000 Jeremy Horn - $50,000 Trevor Prangley - $6,000 George St. Pierre - $35,000 Sean Sherk - $10,000 Matt Hughes - $110,000* Joe Riggs - $12,000* Gabriel Gonzaga - $6,000 Kevin Jordan - $3,000 Rich Franklin - $26,000 Nathan Quarry - $10,000 * Since Joe Riggs didn't make weight, he had to give up 10% of his paycheck. 5% went to NSAC and 5% went to Hughes, so Riggs actually made $10,800 and Hughes made $110,600. [/quote] I'm assuming the longer you fight for UFC the more you get payed because thats what it looks like to me.
I'm surprised Franklin got paid so little, and Horn so much in relative terms. The UFC is still paying out shit money, i'd be interested to see how much the overall turnover was.
well this right here is the exact reason i decided to stop fighting.. matt hughes has been fighting forever and has been a UFC golden child and work horse and he gets payed penuts, shit like this is rediculous
[!--quoteo(post=827765:date=Nov 26 2005, 11:46 PM:name=mike_dave)--][div class='quotetop']QUOTE(mike_dave @ Nov 26 2005, 11:46 PM) [post=74587]Quoted post[/post][/div][div class='quotemain'][!--quotec--] well this right here is the exact reason i decided to stop fighting.. matt hughes has been fighting forever and has been a UFC golden child and work horse and he gets payed penuts, shit like this is rediculous [/quote] are they taking advantage Mike?
[!--quoteo(post=827789:date=Nov 27 2005, 02:57 AM:name=FourHooks)--][div class='quotetop']QUOTE(FourHooks @ Nov 27 2005, 02:57 AM) [post=74611]Quoted post[/post][/div][div class='quotemain'][!--quotec--] are they taking advantage Mike? [/quote] No, that's all they can afford to pay. This ain't no billion dollar industry. Just some small time North American travelling circus with only 3-4 good fighters at the most. [!--quoteo(post=827765:date=Nov 27 2005, 12:46 AM:name=mike_dave)--][div class='quotetop']QUOTE(mike_dave @ Nov 27 2005, 12:46 AM) [post=74587]Quoted post[/post][/div][div class='quotemain'][!--quotec--] well this right here is the exact reason i decided to stop fighting.. matt hughes has been fighting forever and has been a UFC golden child and work horse and he gets payed penuts, shit like this is rediculous [/quote] Matt Hughes has to pay taxes on that, not to mention paying his trainers and training camp. How much does he take home?
[!--quoteo(post=827929:date=Nov 27 2005, 12:42 PM:name=Hanzy)--][div class='quotetop']QUOTE(Hanzy @ Nov 27 2005, 12:42 PM) [post=74747]Quoted post[/post][/div][div class='quotemain'][!--quotec--] No, that's all they can afford to pay. This ain't no billion dollar industry. Just some small time North American travelling circus with only 3-4 good fighters at the most. Matt Hughes has to pay taxes on that, not to mention paying his trainers and training camp. How much does he take home? [/quote] there is a reason mat hughes acts like a dick,its becuase hes basically pissed off he HAS to fight so much.... its weird but it basically corrupted him and turned him into the ass he is thats why he works the guys he traine don TUF2 so hard because he feels if they arnt gonna really earn it he dosent want them around and they arnt technically taking advantage of them because of the fact its not a very big industry BUT they could be payed a bit more....every fighting can make close to 10g more then they are being payed.... and they should alteast make first event fighters earn 5g instead of the shitty 2 they are getting payed...
[!--quoteo(post=827952:date=Nov 27 2005, 02:45 PM:name=mike_dave)--][div class='quotetop']QUOTE(mike_dave @ Nov 27 2005, 02:45 PM) [post=74770]Quoted post[/post][/div][div class='quotemain'][!--quotec--] there is a reason mat hughes acts like a dick,its becuase hes basically pissed off he HAS to fight so much.... its weird but it basically corrupted him and turned him into the ass he is thats why he works the guys he traine don TUF2 so hard because he feels if they arnt gonna really earn it he dosent want them around and they arnt technically taking advantage of them because of the fact its not a very big industry BUT they could be payed a bit more....every fighting can make close to 10g more then they are being payed.... and they should alteast make first event fighters earn 5g instead of the shitty 2 they are getting payed... [/quote] Dana's probably taking a small % of their earnings. Just in case somebody gets killed in the octagon. He'll be able to afford decent lawyers.
[!--quoteo(post=827975:date=Nov 27 2005, 04:37 PM:name=Hanzy)--][div class='quotetop']QUOTE(Hanzy @ Nov 27 2005, 04:37 PM) [post=74793]Quoted post[/post][/div][div class='quotemain'][!--quotec--] Dana's probably taking a small % of their earnings. Just in case somebody gets killed in the octagon. He'll be able to afford decent lawyers. [/quote] well thats a stupid ass reason being as 1 people has died in the history of MMA
[!--quoteo(post=828223:date=Nov 27 2005, 11:33 PM:name=TraZ)--][div class='quotetop']QUOTE(TraZ @ Nov 27 2005, 11:33 PM) [post=75039]Quoted post[/post][/div][div class='quotemain'][!--quotec--] i wonder the amount pride fighters make [/quote] I'm not sure but I do know that the cash prize for the winner of the Pride Grand Prix is $250,000.
[!--quoteo(post=828254:date=Nov 28 2005, 12:27 AM:name=Hanzy)--][div class='quotetop']QUOTE(Hanzy @ Nov 28 2005, 12:27 AM) [post=75069]Quoted post[/post][/div][div class='quotemain'][!--quotec--] I'm not sure but I do know that the cash prize for the winner of the Pride Grand Prix is $250,000. [/quote] phil told me the guys dont do that much better then guys in the UFC>...but they pay lower level fighters alot better....
[!--quoteo(post=828010:date=Nov 27 2005, 04:57 PM:name=mike_dave)--][div class='quotetop']QUOTE(mike_dave @ Nov 27 2005, 04:57 PM) [post=74828]Quoted post[/post][/div][div class='quotemain'][!--quotec--] well thats a stupid ass reason being as 1 people has died in the history of MMA [/quote] who died?
[!--quoteo(post=828533:date=Nov 28 2005, 01:52 PM:name=FourHooks)--][div class='quotetop']QUOTE(FourHooks @ Nov 28 2005, 01:52 PM) [post=75304]Quoted post[/post][/div][div class='quotemain'][!--quotec--] who died? [/quote] Prime Ken Shamrock
[!--quoteo(post=828563:date=Nov 28 2005, 01:22 PM:name=Hanzy)--][div class='quotetop']QUOTE(Hanzy @ Nov 28 2005, 01:22 PM) [post=75327]Quoted post[/post][/div][div class='quotemain'][!--quotec--] Prime Ken Shamrock [/quote] [img src="style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/jester.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="jester.gif" /]
[!--quoteo(post=828567:date=Nov 28 2005, 02:27 PM:name=FourHooks)--][div class='quotetop']QUOTE(FourHooks @ Nov 28 2005, 02:27 PM) [post=75331]Quoted post[/post][/div][div class='quotemain'][!--quotec--] [img src="style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/jester.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="jester.gif" /] [/quote] You'll be next if you step in the Octagagon with me, GeekHooks! [img src="style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/sportif3.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":hit:" border="0" alt="sportif3.gif" /]
[!--quoteo(post=828571:date=Nov 28 2005, 01:31 PM:name=Hanzy)--][div class='quotetop']QUOTE(Hanzy @ Nov 28 2005, 01:31 PM) [post=75335]Quoted post[/post][/div][div class='quotemain'][!--quotec--] You'll be next if you step in the Octagagon with me, GeekHooks! [img src="style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/sportif3.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":hit:" border="0" alt="sportif3.gif" /] [/quote] Nah, they have weight classes now. Its not like when Yarbarough fought Hackney, although the outcome would be similar.(me pounding hammerfists down on your fallen body, because you're too fat to move out of the way)
[!--quoteo(post=828573:date=Nov 28 2005, 02:36 PM:name=FourHooks)--][div class='quotetop']QUOTE(FourHooks @ Nov 28 2005, 02:36 PM) [post=75337]Quoted post[/post][/div][div class='quotemain'][!--quotec--] Nah, they have weight classes now. Its not like when Yarbarough fought Hackney, although the outcome would be similar.(me pounding hammerfists down on your fallen body, because you're too fat to move out of the way) [/quote] I'll squash you like Earthquake did to Hulk Hogan on the Brother Love show! The atomic butt drop!!!!!
There will be a day when those salaries will get better but probobly nowhere too soon. Its a very tough business, especially when your getting paid peanuts like that. Most these guys work second jobs like bouncers etc...
My god, that isn't even worth fighting. That is nothing. I am shocked. I remember Mike told me it was low, but I had no idea it was that low. You got to me a nut to fight for that. Matt Hughes makes 100k for a fight. 100K is decent to me, but he has been around forever and a day. Damn. Unknown scrub boxers get more than that. ________ Hurt from paxil
[!--quoteo(post=827952:date=Nov 27 2005, 04:45 PM:name=mike_dave)--][div class='quotetop']QUOTE(mike_dave @ Nov 27 2005, 04:45 PM) [post=74770]Quoted post[/post][/div][div class='quotemain'][!--quotec--] there is a reason mat hughes acts like a dick,its becuase hes basically pissed off he HAS to fight so much.... its weird but it basically corrupted him and turned him into the ass he is thats why he works the guys he traine don TUF2 so hard because he feels if they arnt gonna really earn it he dosent want them around and they arnt technically taking advantage of them because of the fact its not a very big industry BUT they could be payed a bit more....every fighting can make close to 10g more then they are being payed.... and they should alteast make first event fighters earn 5g instead of the shitty 2 they are getting payed... [/quote] when he lost to penn, he acted like he was happy the pressure was off, this makes sense now [!--quoteo(post=828533:date=Nov 28 2005, 03:52 PM:name=FourHooks)--][div class='quotetop']QUOTE(FourHooks @ Nov 28 2005, 03:52 PM) [post=75304]Quoted post[/post][/div][div class='quotemain'][!--quotec--] who died? [/quote] typo, hes saying not 1 person has died
I'd REALLY like to know how much money these organizations are making. I'm sure insurance is outrageous, but other than that, how expensive can putting this shit on be? Esp with all of their sponsors. IMO, If they went weekly or bi-monthly on free tv, they'd have a MUCCCCH larger fanbase.
