March 13, 2006
Would You Train in MMA Full Time and Fight For this Kind of Pay?
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Check out the salaries of the fighters from UFC 58:
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Tom Murphy - $5,000 to show $5,000 to win. Total $10,000
Icho Laurenas - $3,000
Josh Lambert - $2,000 to show $2,000 to win. Total $4,000
Rob McDonald - $5,000
Sam Stout - $2,000 to show $2,000 to win. Total $4,000
Spencer Fisher - $8,000
Mark Hominick - $2,000 to show $2,000 to win. Total $4,000
Yves Edwards - $8,000
Nathan Marquart - $15,000 to show $15,000 to win. Total $30,000
Joe Doerkson - $5,000
George St Pierre - $24,000 to show $24,000 to win. $48,000
B.J. Penn - $25,000
Mike Swick - $5,000 to show $5,000 to win. $10,000
Seve Vigneault - $2,000
Rich Franklin - $16,000 to show $16,000 to win. $34,000
David Loiseau - $9,000
TOTAL PURSE $209,000The UFC 57 card was three times the amount as this past UFC 58 card as UFC 57 paid out $666,000 for the total purse. Liddell and Couture combined for $500,000.
Damn, most of these guys get paid peanuts for what they do!
And keep in mind that 99.9999% of the work is done outside of the Octagon, and from what I understand, they don't get paid for putting in the hours of blood, sweat and tears for the preparations of a fight. But it goes to show that these fighters really love what they do if they're fighting for this kind of money.
Check out what Dr. J and FightOpinion had to say about this.
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It is pretty sad the state of affairs within the UFC right now. Sure, Zuffa has some overhead involved in producing shows and marketing their brand, but they also need to take care of their own. Without the popularity of these fighters, the UFC is nothing.