[Request] Fighter's revenue

[Bullheaded]

Would it be possible to have one of your reporters informing us about the actual revenue of the fighters? I've been reading the UFC 100 payouts article, and I was wondering how much money do the fighters get out of the PPVs. It's been rumored that Frank mir had spent 60k dollars in preparation for his fight, and I was wondering if this was true, did it mean he really gambled on a win, or he knew that the PPVs would largely repay him anyway. Besides that I would have been interested to read on how much the sponsors are actually paying the fighters too. to have a global view of the actual revenue of the fighters. An interesting question after UFC's demand to get money out of this too.

I would have investigated on my own if I could, but I really have no idea where I could find infos on that, and anyway, I'm sure some other ppl are interested in it too.

Thanks a lot for your articles anyway, it's really a pleasure to read.
Cheers,
Arthur

[HellSent]

frank mir spending 60,000 dollars for a fight? what the fuck would he spend 60,000 for? that sounds rather ridiculous

nobody really knows how much money fighters make because a lot of things are not disclosed, but sponsors can give fighters tons of money... anywhere from a a few 100 dollars for fighters just getting started to several 1000 dollars for guys who are well known, but to be honest i have no clue what a fighter like gsp or fedor would get for sponsorships, but i have heard many times that a lot of fighters get sponsorship that is about equal to the money that the promotion is paying them so they in fact can get double of what you hear

fighters can get a lot of money from doing seminars and things of that nature and they can get money if they own a gym where other fighters train at

i would assume even if it says frank mir made 45,000 he might of made around 90,000 or so maybe more? i would not be shocked if he did because zuffa does not disclose all the amounts of money that they give guys

MAIN EVENT FIGHTERS

-Brock Lesnar $400,000 (no win bonus) def. Frank Mir $45,000 (win bonus would have been $45,000)

-Georges St. Pierre $400,000 (includes $200,000 win bonus) def. Thiago Alves $60,000 (win bonus would have been $60,000)


MAIN CARD FIGHTERS

-Dan Henderson $250,000 (includes $150,000 win bonus) def. Michael Bisping $150,000 (win bonus would have been $100,000)
*Henderson also received a $100,000 bonus for Knockout of the Night

-Jon Fitch $90,000 (includes $45,000 win bonus) def. Paulo Thiago $8,000 (win bonus would have been $8,000)

-Yoshihiro Akiyama $60,000 (includes $20,000 win bonus) def. Alan Belcher $19,000 (win bonus would have been $19,000)
*Both fighters also received a $100,000 bonus for Fight of the Night


PRELIMINARY CARD FIGHTERS

-Mark Coleman $100,000 ($50,000 win bonus) def. Stephan Bonnar $25,000 (win bonus would have been $25,000)

-Jim Miller $22,000 (includes $11,000 win bonus) def. Mac Danzig $20,000 (win bonus would have been $20,000)

-Jon Jones $18,000 (includes $9,000 win bonus) def. Jake O'Brien $13,000 (win bonus would have been $13,000)

-Dong Hyun Kim $58,000 (includes $29,000 win bonus) def. T.J. Grant $5,000 (win bonus would have been $5,000)

-Tom Lawlor $16,000 (includes $8,000 win bonus) def. C.B. Dollaway $14,000 (win bonus would have been $14,000)
*Lawlor also received a $100,000 bonus for Submission of the Night

-Shannon Gugerty $10,000 (includes $5,000 win bonus) def. Matt Grice $7,000 (win bonus would have been $7,000)


UFC 100 DISCLOSED FIGHTER PAYROLL: $1,790,000


UFC 100 AWARDS & BONUSES
(Each fighter was awarded $100,000)

Fight of the Night (first time that three bonuses were awarded):
-Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Alan Belcher

Knockout of the Night:
-Dan Henderson

Submission of the Night:
-Tom Lawlor

source: MMAWEEKLY - Mixed Martial Arts & UFC News, Photos, Rankings & more

[ooberskank]

Ste! i don't think so mate. More Kcal metabolism into a furnace.

[Sun Devil]

Originally Posted by ooberskank

Ste! i don't think so mate. More Kcal metabolism into a furnace.

you again with these +1 comments? report.

[jfree2065]

Originally Posted by HellSent

frank mir spending 60,000 dollars for a fight? what the fuck would he spend 60,000 for? that sounds rather ridiculous

doesnt he have to pay his trainers?

[somekid]

I have always wondered how much they make including sponsors and PPV bonus but I don't think sponsors are required to say how much they pay fighters so they are probably the only ones that know.