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[JimmyMoore]

Tell me if I'm wrong, but is it not completely ridiculous how little the fighters were paid in the UFC 62 card? Even Chuck Liddell (who is apparently UFC's top earner?) only got $250,000 in an event where the live gate take ALONE was $3,040,880. 11 out of the 18 fighters earned UNDER $8,000?!Compared to the top grossing boxers, that is just an injustice. Dana White is just asking for politics to come into the UFC and ruin it just like it did boxing.

[Hypergit]

Originally Posted by JimmyMoore

Tell me if I'm wrong, but is it not completely ridiculous how little the fighters were paid in the UFC 62 card? Even Chuck Liddell (who is apparently UFC's top earner?) only got $250,000 in an event that where the live gate take ALONE was $3,040,880. 11 out of the 18 fighters earned UNDER $8,000?!Compared to the top grossing boxers, that is just an injustice. Dana White just asking for politics to come into the UFC and ruin it just like it did boxing.

Whilst I agree with your post's premise, I think 250,000 for Chuck is generous enough especially with the sponsorship deals he has too. It is the lesser fighters that get screwed imo.

git.

[Punk Ass]

I didn't know that. I agree MMA fighters are grossly underpaid. Where did you get your info from?

[Boo]

Originally Posted by Hypergit

Whilst I agree with your post's premise, I think 250,000 for Chuck is generous enough especially with the sponsorship deals he has too. It is the lesser fighters that get screwed imo.

git.

ditto

Whilst...no wonder I like this board.

[JimmyMoore]

Originally Posted by harlemhustla145

I didn't know that. I agree MMA fighters are grossly underpaid. Where did you get your info from?

I got the numbers from the UFC news section of this website.

[CHUCKtheCHAMP]

Originally Posted by JimmyMoore

Tell me if I'm wrong, but is it not completely ridiculous how little the fighters were paid in the UFC 62 card? Even Chuck Liddell (who is apparently UFC's top earner?) only got $250,000 in an event that where the live gate take ALONE was $3,040,880. 11 out of the 18 fighters earned UNDER $8,000?!Compared to the top grossing boxers, that is just an injustice. Dana White just asking for politics to come into the UFC and ruin it just like it did boxing.

well not only did chuck get the 250,000 which aint bad he gets endorsments sponserships and a ppv cut if im not mistakin

[nig_hughes]

Originally Posted by harlemhustla145

I didn't know that. I agree MMA fighters are grossly underpaid. Where did you get your info from?

The numbers are on here

http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/...=2570&zoneid=2

I agree with hypergit who says that the lesser guys are the ones who got screwed. Imagine being Cory Walmsley who probably trained for weeks and got a measley $2000

[Kewl144]

Originally Posted by nig_hughes

I agree with hypergit who says that the lesser guys are the ones who got screwed. Imagine being Cory Walmsley who probably trained for weeks and got a measley $2000

$2000 for a measley 2 min and 32 seconds before losing is more than enough for him.

[JimmyMoore]

Originally Posted by CHUCKtheCHAMP

well not only did chuck get the 250,000 which aint bad he gets endorsments sponserships and a ppv cut if im not mistakin

Ok, but Liddell is the TOP earner. Mediocre boxers get a million a fight. And, while 250,000 isn't a small amount of money, looking at JUST to the money from the gate that isnt enough. $2,635,180 of $3,040,880 DOESNT go to the fighters!? Corporate Bullshit.

[JimmyMoore]

W

Originally Posted by Kewl144

$2000 for a measley 2 min and 32 seconds before losing is more than enough for him.

The amount of time spent in the ring isnt the important thing. nig_hughes is right, he had to have trained for weeks if not months. No full time job is going to let you off for weeks at a time. Fighting is Walmsley's job. $2,000 from your major source of income is unacceptable.