Just a few short business notes on WEC 46 including attendance, gate, ratings, payouts, and some of the forward looking story lines coming out of the show. WEC 46 featured a lightweight unification bout between champion Jamie Varner and interim champion Ben Henderson, and a featherweight bout Urijah Faber and Rafael Assuncao. Attendance Reed Harris […]
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Eighteen UFC Fighters Making Million+
In a recent article with Mike Sager of Esquire Magazine, Dana White estimates that 18 fighters make more than a million dollars in the UFC: White estimates that eighteen of his ultimate fighters earn in the millions per annum. Many others make in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. New guys make fifty to seventy-five, […]
UFC 108 Payouts
UFC 108 payouts courtesy of the Nevada State Athletic Commission and MMAJunkie: Main Event: Rashad Evans: $375,000 ($175,000 win bonus) def. Thiago Silva: $55,000 Main Card: Paul Daley: $34,200* ($18,000 win bonus) def. Dustin Hazelett: $19,800* Sam Stout: $24,000 ($12,000 win bonus) def. Joe Lauzon: $12,000 Jim Miller: $30,000 ($15,000 win bonus) def. Duane “Bang” Ludwig: $12,000 Junior Dos […]
Boxers Coming Into MMA
John Morgan of MMAJunkie has the latest regarding Dana White acknowledging that boxing great James Toney is interested in fighting in the UFC: Following December’s UFC 107 event in Memphis, Tenn., in which Toney tracked down White to discuss a potential fight in the UFC, the pro boxer showed up again at Saturday night’s UFC […]
UFC 108: Payout Perspective
Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective! This week we take a look at UFC 108 which was held at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday, January 2nd. The first major card of the new calendar year featured a bout between light heavyweight contenders Rashad Evans and Thiago Silva as well as […]