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That's pretty sad for a pro athlete. I'm sure he made a lot more behind the scenes.
LOL!!! @ You! Gym appearances? Da fuck you think that pays? Fitch would be lucky or any fighter to make 5,000. Seminars? Omg......
So an elite UFC fighter is middle class basically.
Average salary of 185,000/yr for his 8 year stint.
Sucks for him, but if he finished fights he would be paid more.
Quote of the thread, right here. Since not a single person was ever like "oh man, Fitch is on this card, I better buy the PPV !!", he wasn't worth much to the company, even though he was an often victorious fighter.
Minus his managers cut, gym fees, corner pay, travel expenses, insurance before the UFC's kicked in....the list goes on.
He was the #2 guy for years....he deserved triple what he made
He made a lot of money. How the hell is he broke? How much did he end up with? Who gives a shit. Everyone has to pay income taxes. Agent and trainers need to get paid. If he was a superstar who drew in a ton of fans, the UFC would have had him anchor a PPV like UFC 151 where the rest of the card was not appealing. How come he couldn't get no Under Armour, NOS, Gatorade, Nike endorsement deals? How come Koscheck seems to have achieved way more financial success than Fitch?
People clamoring on about sponsor money is like saying you can get tips as a world gourmet.
Sponsor money should be supplementary not complementary.
That's 185K a year. Not much to bitch about, IMO.
Perhaps you're confused when you see money mayweather in one of his 6 bentleys.
''Fitch is in the fight game too right? Fitch is getting RIPPED OFF DUUUHHH IM A MORON''
Let me explain why Mayweather has that and Fitch has what he has: Mayweather has a global fanbase and is proving himself to be amongst the best boxers in history (see how that could be taken as an achievement which brings reward?). Fitch, however..... okay, I wont finish this part.
Fitch got paid! And damn well considering most of his fans are boring dweebs who've never bought a PPV in their lives (kinda tough I guess when you're 12 and are going through that awkward WWE - UFC transition phase which)
Sonnen has 1 finish in 12 UFC fights, Fitch has 4 in 18 yet Sonnen is one of the highest paid and is scheduled for his 3rd consecutive main event despite being on a losing streak. If the fans weren't too dumb to know they're being tricked into buying hype instead of actual fights, they'd be in the same boat.