MMA Junkie reports the preliminary numbers released on gate, attendance and salaries of the main eventers. Notably, attendance numbers are strong and so is Anderson Silva’s reported purse. Dana White reported that UFC 162 at the MGM Grand Garden has sold 12,400 tickets for a gate of $4.26 million. These numbers already eclipsed UFC 160 […]
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White responds to criticism on fighter pay
MMA Junkie reports that Dana White’s solution to the complaints about UFC fighter pay is to eliminate fight bonuses. The Fight of the Night, Submission of the Night and KO of the Night would be done away with in order to compensate the lower tiered fighters. Via MMA Junkie: “You don’t like the structure? All […]
Burkman, Fitch top WSOF 3 salaries
MMA Junkie reports the disclosed payouts by the Nevada State Athletic Commision from Friday’s World Series of Fighting event. Josh Burkman and Jon Fitch topped the $200,000 payroll for the event. The salary list is as follows: Josh Burkman: $32,000 (includes $16,000 win bonus) def. Jon Fitch: $30,000 Steve Carl: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus) […]
Cain, JDS and Hunt top UFC 160 payroll
MMA Junkie reports the salaries for UFC 160 held this past Saturday in Las Vegas. Not surprising, Cain Velasquez and Junior dos Santos topped the list with Mark Hunt getting a huge bump in pay. The total payroll as disclosed by the Nevada State Athletic Commission totaled $1,533,000. Via MMA Junkie: Champ Cain Velasquez: $400,000 […]
UFC 160: Payout Perpective
Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective. This time we take a look at UFC 160 at The MGM Grand where Cain Velasquez made quick work of Bigfoot Silva. Same time this year 364 days before Saturday Bigfoot Silva wore the crimson mask and bloodied the Octagon canvas at the hands of Cain. This time, […]