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by Despite
5300 days ago
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Official fighter pay is reported to state commissions and can be found on many sites after the event. What is not disclosed, and is probably the lion's share of most fighter's income, is sponsorships. I don't know who gets a cut of the PPV -- I suspect GSP and Silva and not many others. For the rest, their disclosed pay is in usually in the low 6-figures. In the past there were a ton of stories about tactics used by Dana and the Fertitta's to keep overall fighter pay down. E.g. they wouldn't bring in fighters who were making big money at other promotions (such as Fedor and Overeem), for fear of setting precedents. They do seem more open to that now, though, as Overeem is in the UFC and Fedor might be soon. Edit: Some examples from the last event (copied from Wikipedia): Henderson - 250,000 Rua - 165,000 Wanderlei Silva - 200,000 Cung Le - 350,000 (total WTF) Faber - 64,000 (including win bonus, plus Faber is a huge draw, another WTF) Bowles - 19,000 |
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