Forbes.com ran an article last week on Georges St. Pierre and how he makes $12 million per year. The article gives a rundown of all of GSPs revenue streams including salary, PPV and sponsorships. According to Forbes, GSP made “roughly $9 million combined from his past two fights” and another $3 million from “endorsements, memorabilia […]
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UFC 167: Payout Perspective
Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective. In this edition, we take a look at the big 20th Anniversary Show of UFC 167 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. Bruised and battered but GSP wins split decision If you disagree with the decision review the 1st round because it appears that is the […]
Virtustream CEO explains why they sponsor UFC fighters
Virtustream, a company which offers enterprise cloud computing services, is not the type of company you first think of when discussing UFC sponsors. UFC’s fan demographic is largely composed of the adult males between the ages of 18-34. Is there some correlation between the demographic and enterprise cloud computing services? Not necessarily. So why would Chairman/CEO […]
Bellator 106: Payout Perspective
Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective. This time we take a look at Saturday night’s Bellator 106 from Long Beach, California with a main event featuring Eddie Alvarez and Michael Chandler. Alvarez wins title on return For all the “true” MMA fans this was always the main event and not Tito-Rampage. Of course, if […]
Jon Jones to be on the cover of EA Sports UFC
MMA Junkie reports that Jon Jones will be on the cover of the UFC’s latest video game, “EA Sports UFC.” A second UFC fighter will be featured and chosen based upon a MetroPCS-sponsored vote on the UFC web site. Chris Weidman, Georges St. Pierre, Jose Aldo and Ronda Rousey are among the 16 fighters in […]