Fighter Salaries: Minimum Fighter Payouts

The first problem to be addressed is that of the minimum payouts for UFC fighters. I believe the lowest payout figures to be released this year were a few $3000 show/win contracts like the one given to Goran Reljic at UFC 84. Many have been quick to criticize the UFC for these payouts as they question a fighter's ability to make ends meet on such low income.

Following yesterday's introduction, the interests of both parties are fairly obvious. A major interest of the fighters is to be able to provide for themselves and their families. And from a business perspective, it's probably within the UFC's interest to provide top-notch fights while also not having to pay anything more than it has to.



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This article is a MUST READ imo. Very insightful piece.

Make the fighters more money and get rid of the scrub leagues, I like it.

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Posted by Vote4Fedro

Make the fighters more money and get rid of the scrub leagues, I like it.

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ditto

no.

this is nt communist russia . if the fighters think its too little money then dont fight. plus getting rid of smaller org's is just a monopoly

horrible commentary. has anyone ever seen this guy on inside mma? he makes josh gross look like a stud

Good read. I think the ufc would also do good to start/take over some smaller regional promotions and run them like a farm system.

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Posted by goatse

no.

this is nt communist russia . if the fighters think its too little money then dont fight. plus getting rid of smaller org's is just a monopoly

horrible commentary. has anyone ever seen this guy on inside mma? he makes josh gross look like a stud

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Well I don't know about the communist thing, but I do believe there needs to be some farm leagues or amateur leagues to weed out the posers. I mean the cream rises to the top, but how are you going to know by picking someone out of a crowd. Who wants to watch one guy chase another around the cage for $40 bucks. My bad I already did that (you know the match I'm talking about). Once you make the show that minimum win/show has got to go up. You gonna fight 10-15 time a year to make 30 to 45k on TV(PPV or not), sounds weak to me.

Fighters need to unite and start a union (The American way) that way rookie fighters get paid alot more then veterans before they fight soley off hype YAY MMA

sorry im still pissed at the NFL grrrrrrrr Mike Williams grrrrrrr