The first problem to be addressed is that of the minimum payouts for UFC fighters. I believe the lowest payout figures to be released this year were a few $3000 show/win contracts like the one given to Goran Reljic at UFC 84. Many have been quick to criticize the UFC for these payouts as they […]
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Fighter Salaries: Addressing The Problems
As a follow-up to Fighter Salaries: The Problems With Revenue Linking, in the coming days I will be examining potential suggestions that could help to improve the hotly contested MMA issue that is fighter pay. For the sake of convenience – and also because they are the “800 lbs. gorilla in the room” – most […]
Fighter Salaries: The Problems With Revenue Linking
There exists a critical assumption within the business world that most of our theories rely on: the concept of rationality. A rational or “greedy” individual is said to prefer more than less and it is this preference that can be seen in all walks of life. Investors are expecting greater wealth generation, creditors want higher […]
Cuban & Simon on CBS Debut and More
On the eve of MMA’s network television debut, MMAPayout.com reached to executives around the industry to find out how and where they would be watching tonight’s show and to get their impressions on a number of issues facing the sport. Billionaire businessman Mark Cuban created HDNet Fights and has since made mixed martial arts programming […]