Mixed Martial Arts:Payouts
The competitors of the sport are not making the big bucks as
most assume when they’re working for the UFC, the biggest promotion in the world!
Many of its fighters in the past and present have spoken against their
laughable pay structure. Coming from a billion dollar corporation, it is safe
to say nobody should be earning under $25,000 per fight taking the consideration
as to how expensive it pays to be a fighter.
A former fighter Nate Quarry explains some downsides of his
experience with the promotion stating “a fighter gets to use the gym at the
hotel he’s fighting for free. The cornermen and everyone with him have to pay.
So I’m helping Leben make weight the day of weigh is and have to pay to go sit
in the sauna with him. The UFC couldn’t say, the fighters get 3 people to go
into the gym with him the week of the fight. That’s just nickel and dime stuff.”
Quarry continues on to state that for his UFC 56 ppv world
title fight with Rich Franklin, he was paid $10,000. “Not a penny more. No
bonus. No cut of the PPV. That is awful considering
it was the main event of the show! It generated nearly $2,000,000 in attendance
alone, plus sponsorship they made thanks to the fighters and finally the
numbers of buys of 200,000, at $34.95 minus the cable provider’s cut that is still
several million. Such a disgusting showing of disrespect of the fighters. I
will never ever purchase a PPV from this company because of filthy displays
such as this.
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