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Old 02-10-2008, 05:18 PM   #27 (permalink)
dabigchet

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Originally Posted by kellster View Post
If is about 500,000 that would be a total of $25 million PPV as well as gate money, and that doesn't include merchandising, overseas TV and DVD sales. The fighters got just over a million in announced fights money and maybe another half mill under the table. So the fighters, the ones who actually put on the show have got about 6% of the take. Someone is being exploited, and it isn't Zuffa.
1. they get less than 1/2 of the PPV money. your $25 million is really less than $10 million
2. if is KNOWN that randy's PPV take was around a million dollars for EACH of his last two fights. so, your "maybe another half mil under the table" is likely shit as well
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