Every single team sport gets you paid, Boxing gets you paid, even **** like darts and bowling have bigger paydays! Its really sickening, mma has probably the lowest paid athletes, yet they probably have the most costs associated with training, injuries, etc..

Yes but they cannot take profits like Exxon, they are raping their players.. especially the best ones, their champs are their draws, those guys should make no less than 1 million dollars in base pay per fight, (at least at Light Heavy and Heavy) I know Wrestlers that make that much per match why not in combat sports where the marketing costs are on the same level, the production costs are CHEAPER because its not as much of a show as it is a sport and the fighters shed real blood and incur life threatening injuries rather than blood capsules and spring board rings…

YES! this fight has been a long time in the making, i hope this fight happens. I find it much more interesting than Diaz vs Noons.

From what ive read, they were very close to giving up on the UFC before TUF. They originally bought the company for 2 mil, then before they started the TUF show, they were thinking about selling the UFC, they had an offer for 3 mil. So besides whatever they made from events up to that point they were making 1 mil profit fromt he sale.

It was Frank Fertitta who decided not to sell and he opted to go for broke with TUf. Thats why Danas always talking about the significance of TUF, they really expanded the fanbase and they cleaned up bigtime.

I dont know where MMA would be at this point without the UFC, Dana being the guy with the vision, Fertitas being the gangsters err.. i mean the legitimate business men who funded it.

I’m sure the other 200 or so employees’ salaries don’t nearly amount to what the fighters make…I guess it proves that if you really believe in something and want to make it happen, you can…

of course, having a few buddies to loan you $44 million sure doesn’t hurt…