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With all the awsome Conor threads going I did not see this posted anywhere.
A very interesting article on a study done on UFC pay by John Nash on Bloody Elbow.
http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2016/9/29/13040024/ufc-fighter-pay-union-association
Parts of the finding are consistent with Meltzers report that 13-15% of the revenue the UFC make goes to the fighters but it also goes far more in depth in regards to fighter pay based on position on a card as well as pay scale by quintile ( 5 brackets of percentiles 20,40,60,80 and top fighters).
Cliffs
John obtained the pay of over 70 fighters on the Roster between 2013-2015 and compiled his little study.
Pay includes, Reported pay out, PPV cut, Of the night fight Bonuses, Side agreements, Contract signing fees and discretionary pay. ( No sponsorship pay is included as far as I can tell just money paid directly from the UFC)
The average pay for the top 10% of fighters during this period was $173,500.00
The Bottom quintle average for fighters was $9,152.00
Of the top 10% of fighters though it is further broken down as top 1%, 2-5% and 6-10% of the fighters.
-Top 1% of fighters received $2,160,000 a year in total salary on average
-Top 2-5% received $540,800 per year
-Top 6-10% received $128,300 per year
Figures were obtained confidentially from the fighter and or managers directly.
Which fighters got what is not disclosed but its safe to say that the champions and Main event fighters make up the top 10% of all the fighters.
My personal thoughts are that the top fighters are getting an OK deal ( not fantastic but not terrible either).
I think $2mil average salary for a top 1% fighters is decent.
Even $500k a year for the top 2-5% of fighters would generally be decent.
Again this is without sponsorship as the UFC does not pay that money, but with the recent Reebok deal sponsorship is very shit I agree.
However what the bottom fighters are getting is disgraceful. No fighter on a UFC contract should be getting less then $40-60k a year if they fight 2-3 times.
EDIT: Not sure If I am readying it right but thats what I got
A very interesting article on a study done on UFC pay by John Nash on Bloody Elbow.
http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2016/9/29/13040024/ufc-fighter-pay-union-association
Parts of the finding are consistent with Meltzers report that 13-15% of the revenue the UFC make goes to the fighters but it also goes far more in depth in regards to fighter pay based on position on a card as well as pay scale by quintile ( 5 brackets of percentiles 20,40,60,80 and top fighters).
Cliffs
John obtained the pay of over 70 fighters on the Roster between 2013-2015 and compiled his little study.
Pay includes, Reported pay out, PPV cut, Of the night fight Bonuses, Side agreements, Contract signing fees and discretionary pay. ( No sponsorship pay is included as far as I can tell just money paid directly from the UFC)
The average pay for the top 10% of fighters during this period was $173,500.00
The Bottom quintle average for fighters was $9,152.00
Of the top 10% of fighters though it is further broken down as top 1%, 2-5% and 6-10% of the fighters.
-Top 1% of fighters received $2,160,000 a year in total salary on average
-Top 2-5% received $540,800 per year
-Top 6-10% received $128,300 per year
Figures were obtained confidentially from the fighter and or managers directly.
Which fighters got what is not disclosed but its safe to say that the champions and Main event fighters make up the top 10% of all the fighters.
My personal thoughts are that the top fighters are getting an OK deal ( not fantastic but not terrible either).
I think $2mil average salary for a top 1% fighters is decent.
Even $500k a year for the top 2-5% of fighters would generally be decent.
Again this is without sponsorship as the UFC does not pay that money, but with the recent Reebok deal sponsorship is very shit I agree.
However what the bottom fighters are getting is disgraceful. No fighter on a UFC contract should be getting less then $40-60k a year if they fight 2-3 times.
EDIT: Not sure If I am readying it right but thats what I got
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