DragonDad Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 http://www.mma-manifesto.com/ufc-fighter-salary-database/salary-main/2011-year-in-review-ufc-fighter-salaries.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulldog Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 Interesting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Guru Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 A lot of wasted money in my opinion. 1 Tito Ortiz* $1,495,000 - WASTED 2 Michael Bisping* $850,000 - STOP PAYING THIS BUM! 3 Jon Jones* $785,000 4 Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira* $750,000 - QUESTIONABLE 5 Vitor Belfort* $620,000 6 Lyoto Machida* $604,000 7 Frank Mir* $575,000 7 Rampage Jackson* $575,000 - WASTED 9 Mauricio Rua* $565,000 10 Donald Cerrone $494,000 11 Junior dos Santos $485,000 12 Rashad Evans* $480,000 13 Anderson Silva* $475,000 14 Wanderlei Silva $470,000 - QUESTIONABLE 15 Cung Le $420,000 - WASTED 16 Brock Lesnar $400,000 17 Forrest Griffin* $400,000 - QUESTIONABLE 18 Georges St-Pierre* $400,000 19 Alistair Overeem $385,714 20 B.J. Penn* $375,000 21 Nate Diaz* $364,000 22 Frankie Edgar* $339,000 23 Cheick Kongo* $330,000 24 Dan Henderson $320,000 25 Chris Lytle* $310,000 26 Urijah Faber* $305,000 27 Clay Guida $301,000 28 Nick Diaz $275,000 29 Johny Hendricks* $270,000 30 Diego Sanchez $260,000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TripleB Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 A lot of wasted money in my opinion. 1 Tito Ortiz* $1,495,000 - WASTED 2 Michael Bisping* $850,000 - STOP PAYING THIS BUM! 3 Jon Jones* $785,000 4 Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira* $750,000 - QUESTIONABLE 5 Vitor Belfort* $620,000 6 Lyoto Machida* $604,000 7 Frank Mir* $575,000 7 Rampage Jackson* $575,000 - WASTED 9 Mauricio Rua* $565,000 10 Donald Cerrone $494,000 11 Junior dos Santos $485,000 12 Rashad Evans* $480,000 13 Anderson Silva* $475,000 14 Wanderlei Silva $470,000 - QUESTIONABLE 15 Cung Le $420,000 - WASTED 16 Brock Lesnar $400,000 17 Forrest Griffin* $400,000 - QUESTIONABLE 18 Georges St-Pierre* $400,000 19 Alistair Overeem $385,714 20 B.J. Penn* $375,000 21 Nate Diaz* $364,000 22 Frankie Edgar* $339,000 23 Cheick Kongo* $330,000 24 Dan Henderson $320,000 25 Chris Lytle* $310,000 26 Urijah Faber* $305,000 27 Clay Guida $301,000 28 Nick Diaz $275,000 29 Johny Hendricks* $270,000 30 Diego Sanchez $260,000 I think the bigger picture here needs to be taken into effect. Tito put UFC back on the map and I"m sure when he was champ, fighter salaries were no where near what they are today. I would call this back-pay. Bisping is huge in Britain is to them what Cotoure or Liddell was to us. He brings in the UFC millions of dollars over there. Rampage is a huge star, he's in movies, he's here, he's there, and he's still very competitive in the octagon Nog is the same as Bisping, except in Brazil. Did you see the UFC in Brazil? Dude is Elvis down there! It's easy to say that Wanderlei's money is wasted, but he has earned every penny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattM Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 MSNBC and ESPN have both done pieces that have talked about saleries in MMA. Both make some points for and against how the UFC handles it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjl123 Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 I would say over 95% of these fighters still need to have a day job...You cant compare to other sports as far as amount paid there are too many variables...apples & oranges....This sport is still a tough way to make a living no matter who you are !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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