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<blockquote data-quote="Canadian_Rugger" data-source="post: 554877" data-attributes="member: 12699"><p>Huge fan of MMA and have been watching it since the PRIDE FC days. Also wrestled in school and have practiced BJJ for awhile now so I do have an appreciation of the grappling arts. </p><p></p><p>I like boxing but the popularity is nowhere near that of MMA now. Sure you have a couple of guys like Pretty Boy Floyd and Manny plus the Klitschko brothers that fight for big money but most of the guys make peanuts in comparison. </p><p></p><p>The top tier guys in the UFC i.e. anyone in the top 10 of their weight division are all making atleast $500,000 a year. Top stars like GSP/Anderson Silva/Bones Jones/JDS etc all make millions a year. Reason being is because the UFC is a private organization they do not need to reveal bonuses and other incentives they give fighters. So a guy like GSP for instance shows up and receives $400,000 to fight Carlos Condit, this represents only a small portion of what he receives and is the only piece that has to be revealed to the athletic commission. Top fighters also get a cut of the PPV and bonuses for winning etc so you can be rest assured that a guy like GSP makes a few million every year.</p><p></p><p>The whole idea that top boxers get more money as well is not really that realistic. Fedor Emelianenko was offered an apparent $30 million to fight Brock Lesnar a couple of years ago when both were still relevant but the deal fell through so you can see that certain MMA fighters do make really big money and the smaller names in the business still make reasonable salaries.</p><p></p><p>I would say most UFC fighters make atleast a $100,000 a year (even the bottom guys) and the big names and top fighters make between $500,000 to a few million.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Canadian_Rugger, post: 554877, member: 12699"] Huge fan of MMA and have been watching it since the PRIDE FC days. Also wrestled in school and have practiced BJJ for awhile now so I do have an appreciation of the grappling arts. I like boxing but the popularity is nowhere near that of MMA now. Sure you have a couple of guys like Pretty Boy Floyd and Manny plus the Klitschko brothers that fight for big money but most of the guys make peanuts in comparison. The top tier guys in the UFC i.e. anyone in the top 10 of their weight division are all making atleast $500,000 a year. Top stars like GSP/Anderson Silva/Bones Jones/JDS etc all make millions a year. Reason being is because the UFC is a private organization they do not need to reveal bonuses and other incentives they give fighters. So a guy like GSP for instance shows up and receives $400,000 to fight Carlos Condit, this represents only a small portion of what he receives and is the only piece that has to be revealed to the athletic commission. Top fighters also get a cut of the PPV and bonuses for winning etc so you can be rest assured that a guy like GSP makes a few million every year. The whole idea that top boxers get more money as well is not really that realistic. Fedor Emelianenko was offered an apparent $30 million to fight Brock Lesnar a couple of years ago when both were still relevant but the deal fell through so you can see that certain MMA fighters do make really big money and the smaller names in the business still make reasonable salaries. I would say most UFC fighters make atleast a $100,000 a year (even the bottom guys) and the big names and top fighters make between $500,000 to a few million. [/QUOTE]
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