Dana White answers critics: Are UFC fighters underpaid?
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- čas přidán 21. 06. 2016
- Dana White on the dynamics of UFC fighter earnings and claims they are on par with other major sports contracts.
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"The opportunities are like being in the NBA, NFL, or MLB..." - apart from the money.
The median UFC salary is 70K a year. For all other major sports leagues the median is around 1-3 million.
The fighters are getting scammed lol.
I think a better comparison would be to compare UFC with boxing promotions. It's a totally different model. NFL, NBA, MLB, have the advantage of many games in a season which = season ticket holders, and regular attendees to games. UFC fighters typically fight 3 times a year and get paid per fight.
buddy few years ago b4 mcgregor the dallas cowboys alone were worth more than the whole ufc. if anything these athletes mlb/nfl/nba guys making 100 mil, 5 year contracts are overpaid.
Considering UFC fighters do what 3 fights a year maximum compare that to F1, Nascar or Football there are doing minimum 20 or more events a year. Thats why UFC fighters dont make as much as other sport you cant pay someone to just train for 8 months and fight once or twice a year you would make 0 cash
they are not getting scammed you fucking idiot, you want to UFC to go bankrupt or something??? do you want fighters to get paid for doing almost nothing??
there are tons of guys of whom nobody knows their name on the UFC payroll, you want them to get paid way more???
they fight 3 to 4 times a year while guys in the nfl play all the fucking time, what do you expect?
WWE says that the average wrestler on the main roster makes$500,000 per year, while top performers make well into the seven figures. While dana white is full shit and UFC fighters are not being paid proper
WWE wrestlers aren't performing 2 times a year, completely different business model, you have to be a dimwit to compare it to ufc where fighters fight twice year, having said this fighters in ufc should get a larger portion of the pie.
"we don't know what the ppv is gonna do"...lol. They know within 50K buys before the event takes place based on trend analysis.
He bullshitted through literally the entire interview 🤣
When someone ever tells you, "don't worry about it they make a lot of money " and then don't tell you how much they make, you know their not telling the whole story. The UFC bullies their fighters from releasing any information on salaries because they don't want that information out because fighters don't make shit.
dana white never says what the fighters make unless they say he can. would be a breach of contract. there is always Bellator or One Championship
Did Dana really just compare fighter pay to the NFL, MLB and NBA? I didn't know there were so many UFC fighters making over 20 million a year.
exact thing I was thinking... gsp's net worth was like 25 mil and that was a long ass career all combined not a single baseball season just to be a designated hitter to swing a bat in the sun
Don, what about their training camps? which are usually 3 months long...
You have no idea how the pay system works for the UFC so don't pretend like you do, the big name UFC stars do make a shit ton of cash. Conor and Jones would make more then an average NFL player for sure with PPV bonus and such, also they don't get paid per year dumbass they are paid by fight
+Lucas Stevens lol ur misunderstanding what net worth is, It's not what's in a guys bank account, say I make 50 million a year and have worked for 5 years, but I have only bought an item worth 15 million, my net worth would then be "15 million"
ItWillBeOverWithinTheFirst Exchange how are we supposed to trust you when you don't even know the difference between "than" and "then" no they aren't making more than nfl players, most of jones money he was making was because of the nike symbol on his ass, he cant have that anymore due to reebok deal
3:35 - 'TRUST ME when I tell you.....' - We don't.
I truthful person never says “trust me when I tell you”
Dana should just say "no comment" to the questions about fighter pay. I'd be able to respect that more than the ridiculous lies he throws out there instead.
if you dont care what are you doing here? fighter pay is directly related to quality of fights and you lose out too as a fan if they are working 8 hours a day in a factory and training for 4.
well put +1
you idiot.
+Todd clips Lol, I know I shouldn't feed the troll, especially one as thick as you... but please, do explain why exactly what I said makes me an idiot. I'm eager to hear what reason your little pea brain comes up with.
Fighters need to unionize , get some balls and stick it to Dana
At some point in the future Dana is gonna start to Charge them to compete Instead of paying them Because they love to fight They'll do anything to Fight
Definitely don't trust you. Fighters definitely don't make what players in the NFL and NBA are making. Thats crazy talk.
thats cuz it don thave the same money in ufc that NFL and NBA has
that's literally the dumbest shit I have ever heard
He's talking about the popular fighters like ronda and conor bc they do but the guy who's 5-0 making his ufc debut on the prelims is making 10 and 10
and how much is the guy making his ufc debut bringing in? Ronda makes money because she brings in money, conor makes money because he brings in money, most of the ufc fighters aren't even draws people don't pay to see them they are just there to fill the cards so why should a guy whos on a card to fill it and NO ONE is saying im gonna buy that ppv cause of him, why should that person be making 500k for a fight? Like Dana said, its a business
+iRuckiz triggered
Dana is def full of shit. He knows those guys get $20k or so to fight and he makes $20million
***** shhhhh grown people are talking.
And don't forget 350 mill he just made when they sold the UFC
The point being made Dana and co. are paying fighters pennies, and making huge profits off their backs. The only fighters in the UFC to make money are McGregor and Ronda. So your statement is complete and utter rubbish. You don't have a clue what your talking about.
RBxDigital The guy sounds like an 18 year old. Thick as shit. Or one of those idiotic 'Just Bleed' morons.
300 million in 36 minutes.........bow down and lick my toe you broke ass UFC cry baby bums! HAHAHAHAHAH!!! #TBE #THEBESTEVER #49-0 #TMT
"We run this thing like a business". That literally summed up and confirmed it right there, boys. He refused to even give examples on what the numbers for these "bonuses" even were
This coming from somebody who just made 320 million...
This coming from somebody who just made 320 million...and who never threw a punch and sustained zero damage
+*K131399* he is the president. he saved the brand and rebuilt it from the ground up. he is the employer not the employee and deserves every penny he has made for operating the billion dollar company. He is an asshole but had earned his keep.
He didn't save the brand. Spike TV saved the brand. Do some research.
I did my research dick head. Who went out to get the contracts to rebuild the UFC ? Who had to go after all the extended rights to the name that were sold off to rebuild the brand ? I can see who did not do their research.
Fuck are you on about, dumbass? The UFC brand was already massive in the days of Frye, Severn, Shamrock and Gracie. They needed to work on getting back on PPV, putting in rules to make the sport safer, getting legalized across the various states, and trying to bring more eyes to the product. The brand itself was well known. Many other minds on the payscale were working to get the brand recognized. Many of the groundbreaking ideas and decisions of trying to get more eyes on the brand were not Dana White's. The ideas belonged to the people outside of Dana White, the people like Viacom's president and Spike's Founder who owned the network that helped like hell to get the UFC popular. Spike did marathons, live fight nights, and were the masterminds behind the reality series that pushed the UFC to the mainstream. Dana White didn't have a fucking clue what reality tv was. He was a dumb motherfucker when it came to business and social media.
The UFC would have died with Dana White alone. He didn't possess the business acumen to get the UFC to where it is today.
i'll believe that fighters are not underpaid until Dana brings out statistics, record, bills or whatever evidences from the pay that they provide.
Why doesn't he tell us the salary then?
They're treated as contractors so its all varied!! The little guys are broke!! A handful make it big and get rich... A lot like real life, some sports are stupidly over paid but considering what the fighters put on the line they should be far better paid on average!
+Rayman ray true.. I'm just saying why doesn't he tell us, cause he's always fucking saying, " IF, I told you, you'd be blown away" but never tells us.. Wtf lol
+Rayman ray I take your point but let's say their job is sales not fighting. you will always pay your biggest earners the best money. why should the expect to get signed, put on a few Shitty boring performances that no fans give a fuck about and expect to get paid a fortune? if you're not an exciting and skilled fighter, go do something else. the low pay (I think 6k for a fight is about as low as it goes these days) is just the first fight in a career worth a fortune if you're good enough imo.
+badsmel Na bro I agree w you I think lol.. I just wanna know how much the stars get paid, like the main names.. Do they get paid like football or baseball players? That's what I wanna kmow
+Jake NHale now I think Dana is bullshitting on that to be fair. nothing like NBA/NFL levels for sure.
In all major sports regardless of how successful an athlete is they all have plenty to live off. If you play for a small club in the English Premier League the worst wage you could possibly be on is 10k a week. Athletes can save that money to support themselves for the rest of their lives. Mid to lower ranked UFC fighters can barely make ends meet if they fight 4 times a year with the costs of a good fight camp.
Yeah but you cant exactly fight 100x a year. But you DO need to train year long and pay the costs of that training. So 20k does not go a long way. 10k a week goes a very long way.
Yes. That’s a business tactic. Make you feel like your job is glorious and you love it. That way you do it for the love and forget about the $.
Boxing isn't dying anymore, just look at what's happening in the UK, boxing is one of the biggest sports there now.
No, it really isn't. It's a niche sport now. Don't believe the hype!
Was just going to post the same thing, especially in the heavyweight division, it's going nuts over there at the moment, but it's massive right across Europe as well.
it is in the USA tho
Noodlehorn Bro U.K. is filled with loyal hardcore fans to their native fighters, watch a some of the cards there and you will see how frenzy they are even for a lower tier contender.
man hes so full of shit... thats why you just had to publicly come out and make a statement about joanne calderwood after she finished someone your champ couldnt finish and she had to go work a part time job to afford training camp... you sign fighters to win incentive contracts, took away garanteed sponsor money so now if they dont win their fight theyre shit outta luck cuz reebok is only payin 5k if that
That's just the thing, sponsorship wasn't guaranteed before Reebok, a lot of guys got screwed over
+Jared Leone It is a fraction of what it used to be now. Said another way, there is no upside.
yes, lets get on that Brenda Schaub hypetrain shall we?
Confused as to how fans can defend the Reebok deal when so far not a single fighter has called it a positive, save maybe the ones like CM who are under lock and key. The large majority of people affected by this change say it is horrible and has ruined their income.
+Dellbert people defend just to disagree.
Do you guys really think Dana will go on air and say `Yeah the fighters are underpaid` ? Ya`ll are delusional lol
Agreed but does he have to lie this badly?
No we don't think that but we all no the facts so him lying straight to everyone's face when he has been called out on shit like this for months now is starting to just look ridiculous... To have these athletes who risk their lives have an average income salary of 34,000 for the UFC is pretty week and the public and fighters are starting to not trust this man more and more as the company expands.... That interview of what makes Dana white mad is literally himself to a T after watching this video
Yes, they are. Generally speaking. It’s simple fix though. Pay the fighters based on rank in a division, the higher the rank the higher the pay; keep win and performance bonuses and offer every fighter on the main card a share of the PPV for said events. Top 15 fighters in a division shouldn’t have to work day jobs. They should also get a pension after 10-12 fights for the promotion that increases after every fight. A fighter can go through a 5 year career become a top 5 fighter and after management, gym memberships, training camps, medical bills and taxes bring home what a McDonald’s manager makes.
Boxing isn't dying, Anthony Joshua has done so much for the sport and its picking up massively
+AJ ERRLY Anthony Joshua last 2 fights sold out in under 35 minutes (Joshua vs Martin sold out in 90 seconds Joshua vs Breazeale sold out in 30 minutes) that's over 10 thousand tickets each fight...Joshua isn't big in America because he hasn't fought in America yet therefore the American fans don't get to see him as much but he definitely connects with the fans he has over 1 million followers on IG you don't get that many followers buy just fighting he obviously has some type of character...Adrien Broner Danny Garcia Andre Ward Deontay Wilder & Keith Thurman are way bigger names in the US but none of them can draw a crowd like AJ or get nearly as much support as him but then again American fans don't support their own fighters the way the UK fans do
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Andy Ruiz trilogy?
Dana: They should fight for passion because they like it, while I get millions
I find it crazy the way that a few players on a team make as much as all the rest of the team. Maybe the ufc is similiar. For every guy going home with millons, there a card full of people making far less. Personally, I love the way the San Antonio spurs have players that turn down bigger contracts so that others on the team can make more.
When the Promoter has 400,000,000$, and a lot of guys who used to fight and built the sport fought for peanuts and are broke, then it's obvious that fighters have been grossly underpaid. Anyone who fought for 1000-1500$, should be back-paid 100k for each fight
Gary Gwinn you mean 3 mil!!!!
Boxing isn't dying, it's where the money's at.
In terms of ppv it is dying
all you have to do is go on the website where the contracts are listed whats silly is how underpaid the base contacts are they are 20 thousand a year 20 after the fight before any bonuses
If only the Fighters would go on strike
Just like playing in the NFL, or playing in the NBA or Major League Baseball..... All of which have players unions to ensure they are properly compensated by the organizations.....
When fighters have to get a part time job to pay for training camp, tickets for coaches, etc, they are underpaid.
That's so sad...
One thing is, it’s international, so there is a lot of money involved in that sport. So maybe the wisest of them should ask themselves how to marketise more athlete’s or build UFC training centers to stabilise a basic income in the organization. Sometimes building facilities have great costs but create future savings to contribute to better sallaries in a near future
The easiest way to shut people up is just to disclose the numbers. A lot of NFL , NBA, MLB contract numbers end up as public information and it will shut people and attract more people to the sports.
The problem is most fighters only fight 3-4 times a year (and that's considered a busy schedule), whereas leagues like the NHL and NBA play 82 games. The minimum payout for a fighter is $12,000, which ads up to 36,000-48,000 per year (if they do 3-4 fights). $12,000 per game in the NHL/NBA is $984,000/yr.
They fight a few times a year in small venues. Pay is what the market is. NFL and NBA play many games in huge stadiums with big time TV deals. The Ufc is paying fighters more in first 10 years than players in NBA and NFL made in their first 20 years.
The one thing out of this that makes sense is how young this sport is compared to the others. I can get behind that logic.
"Boxing is dying"
Umm, no it's not.
ocelotrevs it is
Weird. UFC is straight up considering getting in promotion of a "dying" sport.
I hate to say it mma is killin it
you are filth Zuffa, not the UFC
No name how
I think what the UFC is doing with CZcams is awesome.
You know he's lying when you take an interest this subject and when you type in "UFC fighters underpaid" and Dana pops up being on 10 diff interviews then its probably true
"we are on par with the other major sports" Is that why a minimum contract in the NBA is like 480k. And Rory Macdonald who's a top 3 WW in the world got paid 59k for his fight for the fucking title? 59k! THATS NOTHING for a guy like rory. It's fucking laughable. Hell even Lawler only made 500k on that fight from the UFC (these numbers are just ufc salary so no reebok and so on)
Khabib made 24,000 show for his last fight.
all he will ever say is if you perform well you get paid well, but the basic level pay should be higher.
Funny how he has to immediately attempt to discredit Tito. There's no other top professional sports organization that pays any of their athletes under $100,000 a year. UFC stands alone on that. He's shelling out NBA D-league salaries. I guess that's what he means when he says they're on par with other major organizations.
He's talking about all the major ones but the main one is boxing where a select few millions (and it should be more) but the average pro boxer has a second job, not UFC fighters, unless they want to.
The average UFC fighter makes 34k a year, you're telling me that means they only get a second job if they want? No they need another job. That's ludicrous.
+Chris Freely you clearly don't understand pro boxing as my uncle is an ex pro and championship belt holder I know first hand that even c class boxers if they know how to sell themselves can make well over 50-100k a year these are non title holders. How you say well that's easy they get endorsements from everyone from the 7-11 man to the ice cream truck and at the end of the year it adds up. Üfc fighters cannot do this they are bound by reebok deal before reebok he had a case now he has none
fighting is different though you are not playing 82 games nor do you have the revenue from 82 games like the nba does to pay their fighters, 70% of ufc fighters don't draw shit, meaning they are on cards just to fill them up but no one is actually paying to see them
iRuckiz
You're missing the point. Dana White is lying to everyone's face when he says that UFC fighters make just as much as stars in other sports like basketball. That's what everyone's getting at
wouldn't it cost less if you did the production for a show yourself versus hiring a company like HBO?
Production costs are high. He's just saying those other networks aren't the ones putting up the money. On the other hand he's definetely underpaying his fighters and I think he's a complete liar to say they are on par with the other sports. When a UFC fighter signs a 10 year 100+ million $ contract let us know
+boxing champ pffffffff ufc fighters are fighting 2-4 times a year in a colisuem. while nhl/nba players play 82 times in a coliseum a year. why agian should they get paid the same ?
You don't even know what underpaying means. Define underpaid? Is there an objective number someone should get paid according to you? What is that number? Do you know how much someone is valued at? The answer is no you don't! Value is subjective, and each fighter is paid according to how much revenue they bring in. You need a refresher course on economics!
Floyd mayweather is richest athlete.... 2-3 times per year... mma and boxing is more dangerous, so u cant just count nights in coliseum.... there is more risk right? it take same or if not more discipline to get ready fo a 1 v 1 fight. it allows for a shorter career most times , more importantly when NBA has a game they have to pay 2 teams of at least 20 people.... so money would split way more so i cant see why fighters cant get more , facts are they can pay them, but unlike boxing because dana has a evil monopoly on the game he bully's it and treats athletes like dirt. Btw these last days mma stars are so popular, kids will soon now top 10 mma figthers over top ten nba current stars.
jahsilent1 You cannot compare boxing with the UFC. Boxing has been around a lot longer than MMA, and has more value because more people around the world watch boxing compared to how many people watch the UFC. MMA is a growing market, and it will continue to grow. The more people who watch UFC fights the more money fighters will get paid.
The top guys make a lot of $. But some of the undercard guys work 2nd jobs. "Scrubs" in the other major sports don't have to work another job. The ceiling is high in MMA for a star but REALLY low for your average fighter
yes
I think what Dana is trying to say is back in the day people got into the sport because it was enjoyable. The athletes loved what they did, now people like the Jake Paul's are doing it for entertainment and the money. The CZcams generation who want to be rich before their 30. The last generation worked their ass off for 30 years to become wealthy by 50.
Minus endorsement deals and other royalties the average or even best UFC fighter is lucky to even touch $3 million per year.
I’m pretty certain Dana does more PPV buys for his average cards than boxing does now. Outside of Joshua, Fury, and Wilder, I don’t see anyone who can compete with him.
The list goes on n on with costs. Hear this very often please educate me then, cus I think UFC fighters get paid tiny % of income revenue
The biggest problem I have is that the UFC is supposed to be the top organization in mma , basically the major league like the nba or nfl, yet the fighters make so little money its crazy. You have top 5 guys like aljamain sterling at 14/14 i believe. I understand fighter pay being bad in the lower organizations but once you make it to the top of the game you should be bringing in a lot of money. There is little incentive to go pro in mma unless you really truly love this shit and don't mind having to work other jobs to make ends meet.
Graham sounds exactly like Randall from Clerks. Close your eyes and listen. Mind blown
Came right to the comments after he said 3:35.
The thing is we know how much every other sport a player makes in NFL, NBA, MLB and even boxing events. Why is the UFC so secretive about fighter pay.
The corruption is disgusting but this is looked on as good business.
2:35 "I told you what the salaries are with our top stars you'd be blown away"
Yeah finally some truth coming from him. Probably by the small amount they are actually getting.
The moneys being made, it’s just not being put into the hands of the fighters
Start making their contracts, purses and PPV percentages compelte transparent to the public just like the other Pro Sports.
We even know what Olympic athletes get with Sponsorships and commercial $$$
dana lying out his mouth
NFL NBA and NHL players have to play over 100 games a year tho to get that cake where a fighter fights max 3 times a year.
Boxing is dying yet boxers hold all the PPV records lol dana
A fighters purse should be private.-Dana White...this line is the reason I never tell anyone how much I get paid, not even to co-workers. It cause problems! I feel I should make more, yes, but the bottom line, you get paid, what you agree to. Don't like it, go with who pays you and request a raise, or go work elsewhere.
What people don’t understand is that the ufc isn’t as big as the mlb nba nfl so yeah they don’t make as much...
Sometimes I wish Graham would stop guests from walking all over him, and actually fact check or have proper counterpoints to their statements. These interviews just come off as him being so scared to offend anyone
It's great that Dana isn't doing any more media scrums so that he can set time aside to go "in depth" with Graham Bensinger. No softballs here.
"Tito's out of his mind, we didn't make 42 million, we made 142 million" Tito loves to fight though. It doesn't matter boxers make between 40-50% of the revenue
Riv & Reb boxers make closer to 75% the promoters still make a lot of money, but the boxers rightfully so get the lion share
"We are on par with all the other sports leagues out there." What does he mean by that?
I'm not one to spit on people making more money, but the fact remains that MMA fighters are not going to make the kind of money other athletes make. The best fighters fight no more than twice in a calendar year. Baseball: 162 games. Basketball: 82 games. Football: 16 games. And those are just regular season games.
If the fighters, or anyone else for that matter, think that they are not making enough money, they should move or set up their "fairer" championship.
Fighters don't make what other professional athletes make but if you're being realistic the UFC sold for 4 billion which is what many teams within a league are worth alone, anyone could figure that out
Why the dude on the right look like he’s a video game character on the thumbnail
What the fuck? I make more than UFC fighters on unemployment lmao
The Don King of our generation
So accurate
Fighters should be making more money, integrity should be apply.
Bonus bull shit pay the fighters what they deserve.
You cant compare basketball to fighting... i dont have a chuck liddel jersey
He is reported to make 6-7% of a 4.2 billion transaction; which equates to around 300 million. Additionally, he will make 300 extra million if he stays at his role in the UFC once is sold. Yet, he was paying 20k to Nate Diaz to risk his life in the octagon. They need to respect fighters more and someone needs to step up and denounce this ridiculous abuse.
A top 5 divisional fighter can fight for 5 years and after taxes, mgmt, gym, training camps ect bring home what a McDonald’s manager makes. What the flying fuck? Considering his efforts make the UFC tens, if not hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue.
It sounds so crazy to me that in the early UFC years, fighters were willing to brawl for barely 2K. I respect these athletes because they're willing to risk broken bones, knee injuries, brain damage, etc. for little $. That tells you how much they love the sport. Shame the pay structure is so shit. Btw who covers their medical bills? Do the fighters pay or is it covered by the UFC?
5 years later and yup, fighters are underpaid.
I'm sensing lies in him.
I don't hate him or nothing.
A sports league should never be a business. Even in Europe we struggle with driven more by money then by the love to the Sport, and there just the teams are like Businesses and the leagues non profit associations (not companies like the ufc nor lead by the teams like nfl). A League should be independent, fair and incorruptable. This is not given if it is a company.
It pisses me off when dana or anyone says boxing is dying. I love boxing and the ufc but both are great for their own reasons. By the way, paper views are doing just fine in boxing, it requires a different skill type than mma, and also these are the same guys that put mike tyson in their video game, refer to muhammad ali for their quotes and few promotion, and also they show no respect for the fact boxing has been around longer and gave fight companies a blueprint for a successful buisness model. Just sad for the disrespect...
boxing is definitely not dying
is that why mayweather made more in his last fight than the entire ufc roster has since 1994. Don't get me wrong there are definitely more mma fights to watch overall but if boxing gets another super exciting boxer ike Ali or Tyson he will become a billionaire.
Imagine if all ufc fighters went straight to boxing to actually be paid their worth. Dana would would beg Nd cry for them to come back but would still won’t pay them there worth.
Why the hell don't these UFC fighters have a labor union? NFL, MLB and NBA all have Labor Unions. These fighters will continue to get screwed until they have collective bargaining.
So old fighters were paid 5% of their worth and he came along and bumped it to 20% of their worth. Yes. The logic is sound and fair.
wow ufc fighters do get paid well dana you the man
Why would some of the biggest fighters move to bellator? Because despite the fact that they have a fraction of the viewership of the UFC, bellator fighters can get their own sponsors & make way more money. But sure the UFC pays their fighters fairly, the billionaire who owns it said so.
I understand money takes away a fighters grit and eye of the tiger just like it do to boxing champions but still no reason to be greedy. If he instead saved that extra money for his fighters retirement instead of keeping for himself then I wouldn’t have a problem with him.
How about when fighters Fight 17+ fights a year like NFL or 72+ like NBA and THEY WOULD make identical money. But since this is COMBAT sports aka PRIZE fighting, you negotiate well or you better be a big star.
Conor should make what Floyd makes lol 100 m a fight that 300 m a year that’s more then Mahomes getting in ten years in two years 😂😂
It’s literally a fact that fighters are laid 20% of share while others that he ironically mentioned share more bout 45-50% of shares with theyre athletes how can he jus sit there and lie like that is crazy
He said if i told you how much our top stars make you would be blown away. Okay and how about the rest of the fighters?
The UFC was exposed by Lorenzo Fertitta based on his talks with Matt Mitrione. When Mitrione confronted him about pay, Fertitta lashed out by saying "The UFC is the product, not the fighters."
That goes to show that the UFC will pay itself first and foremost along with all its production costs...and the fighters are a complete afterthought. Who the fuck in their right mind or in any sport would organize such a deal where fighters get only $2,000 in sponsorship money from Reebok. Sponsorships is how fighters actually survive and pay for their training camps.
Dana side stepping a direct question with the old argument of "boxing is lying"...just be upfront and tell the exact salaries and get your credibility back
really dana ufc stars are on par with all the major leagues last time i checked i dont see any ufc fighter making 30 mil a year like some baseball players.
As much as they love doing it, they also believe they should be paid what they are worth. Dana has the opinion that just because you do the thing that you love means you should just prepare to accept peanuts in doing it.
I'm underpaid but I can't make 50k in won night plus the fight check.
The fighters get paid exactly what they sign up for. They're not forced to do it, they choose it. If they're not getting paid enough, then it's their fault.
And a lot of the athletes in the big three sports make their money in endorsement deals. Why can't MMA fighters do the same? Because MMA doesn't have the equivalent of Basketball sneakers. When kids buy Steph Curry Under Armour sneakers, they are wearing what he wears when he plays. MMA has no equivalent item.
Rofl, I really hope these guys have good agents because this guys sounds like a politician dodging a tough question.
If boxing is dying, then why are boxers making way more money the what Dana White won't say what his fighters are making?