Jon Fitch entire UFC payment revealed
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So his average salary not including sponsorship money and product endorsement was over $100,000 a year in take home pay. Oh pitty the poor MMA fighter. I guess everyone complaining about his pay on this forum work as Doctors or Lawyers. Who ever said he is middleclass is out of touch with what a middle class income actually is ($40,000 - $80,000 gross). If your take home pay is 6 digits you have no sympathy from me. Do I think he should have been paid more? Yes. Do I think it's a travesty the amount he was actually paid? No.
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(Besides taxes etc.)
Yeah, but it not like athletes, are Doctors, engineers, or whatever professional that can go on making that sum till their 70's.
Instead one might argue that he was supposed to bank enough to live off and then need only to supplement (teaching etc.)
On the other side others might argue that sports and arts were known as incredibly risky careers, even when the economy was decent, so you knew what you were in for and if you even managed to get some sort of paycheck from it you can't complain.
Fair enough.
Though I'm just saying you can't compare the yearly income to normal kind of workers.
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Hey phil, are you going to contribute to this thread with something of value? :wink:
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Like Dana always says "the grass ain't always greener".
Huerta was the biggest idiot of all though. Too dumb to realize the UFC was giving him softball match ups and he was nowhere near as good as he thought he was. Now, he's getting soccer kicked in Asia for bread crumbs
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The pay is shit. Especially considering the earning potential for a fighter is usually a little over a decade before injuries and age catch up. Plus fighters have substantial expenses they have to pay, (medical, agents, gym fees, cornermen etc) just to enable them to fight.
Yeah, the NFL is brutal. Look at Mike Webster. HOF player, winner of four SBs, and considered one of the best centers ever. Dude's brain was so badly damaged from play he didn't even recognize his family when he was in his 40s. He was homeless before he died, and got absolutely no help from the NFL. They pretty much wiped their hands of the man. And his story is not an isolated case either. They have done that with most of their players (who are pretty much all shot by their 30s).
If you just look at his pay over the almost 5 years when he was near the top of the division, he made just under 1.1 million dollars and averaged just over 225k a year. That's not bad for a guy who's not a star and has only fought for the title 1 time.
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How much money did Jon Fitch get from sponsors? Classes? Seminars? Appearances?
How much would have gotten if he wasn't in the UFC?
An average seminar would be $100/person with like 50-80 people. There's 5-8k for 3 hours work because of his time in the UFC, that he can do pretty much whenever he feels like it.
How much would have gotten if he wasn't in the UFC?
An average seminar would be $100/person with like 50-80 people. There's 5-8k for 3 hours work because of his time in the UFC, that he can do pretty much whenever he feels like it.
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I'd kill someone to make 185k+ a year, and 95% of Sherdog would too.
The fact he made so much, while not having very memorable bouts, close to no finish ability and having one of the least fan-friendly styles in the UFC.
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Do you know what taxes are? In his case atleast 30%. Paying Management which is about 15% of your purse. You also have sparring partners, commuting to your event, stricter, more expensive diets, and not to even mention medical bills. Fitch is also married with a child. This roughly leaves him with like maybe 35% of what he earned to go towards his future. He doesn't make a ton of money and for you not to see that shows your ignorance. I understand the UFC's position on cutting him, but that still doesn't change the facts.
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Oh, yeah? What's the conclusion? Don't you think UFC fighters are underpayed?
And I'm not comparing it to boxing or any other combat sport, just look at the number of PPV buys, the sponsoring, the ticket sales, etc. Fighters do not get as much as they deserve.
