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It's an investment from UFC into Francis star power.
Look at this MBA over here with the loss leader theory.
It's an investment from UFC into Francis star power.
Cain and the Dominator the most active fighters in the promotion...lol expect him to fight once every two months.
Talent free and ugly Cynthia Calvillo gets 44k base pay at wmma flyweight. Faber is a damn good manager.
Meanwhile Vicente Luque gets 41 base pay
And Courtney Casey even gets 50k with her great great 4:6 ufc record
Miles Jury 36
Andre Fili 37
omfg
If you are tired of being an ugly soccer mum, just start a ufc career and earn 300k a year.
Overeem got 860k for his ko loss to Ngannou. He lasted over 100 seconds though so Cain got more per second I guess lol.
Damn when you say it like that it’s almost like Cain just hustled the UFC lol.
If he has any sense he would stop now. I have a neighbor who used to play for the NFL. A lineman. He milkedd his career in the late 80s, early 90s because players started to get paid much more than they ever were paid before. More sponsorship etc. When he should have retired because of injuries. Then he worked as a scouting agent. Had he have retired earlier he wouldnt be getting around with a mobility scooter or walker and the dude has a opiate PUMP! Because of the excruciating pain he's constantly in. Dude is barely 60 years old. Cain needs to give it up, get into coaching or get involved in some aspect of mma to make a living now. Or he will be known as Cane Velasquez. As in walking cane. Cain has destroyed his body in hopes of becoming the best. Which he was, very briefly.As much as a disaster that fight was, he deserves every penny for what he's put his body through. The way things are going, he'll be walking like a 70 year old by the time he retires. He better be well taken care of by the time he's done.
I imagine Kron must be broke to be fighting for $52,000 (after $25,000 bonus). I hope he can recover from whatever is happening in his life.
Despite a quick TKO loss to onetime title challenger Francis Ngannou, ex-heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez banked the biggest payout at UFC on ESPN 1.
Velasquez (14-3 MMA, 12-3 UFC) earned a flat $450,000 for 26 seconds of work according to salaries released by the Arizona Department of Gaming Boxing and MMA Commission, which regulated the event Sunday at Talking Stick Arena in Phoenix.
MMAjunkie requested and today received a copy of the payouts for the fight card, which aired live on ESPN and ESPN+.
Ngannou (13-3 MMA, 8-2 UFC), who said his punches stopped Velasquez after the ex-champ claimed a knee injury halted the fight, took home $220,000 for his second straight win since an unsuccessful bid for the heavyweight title against Stipe Miocic.
The total disclosed payroll for the event was $1,871,000.
The full list of UFC on ESPN 1 salaries includes:
Francis Ngannou: $220,000 (includes $110,000 win bonus)
def. Cain Velasquez: $450,000
Paul Felder: $92,000 (includes $46,000 win bonus)
def. James Vick: $65,000
Cynthia Calvillo: $88,000 (includes $44,000 win bonus)
def. Courtney Casey: $50,000
Kron Gracie: $52,000 (includes $25,000 win bonus)
def. Alex Caceres: $55,000
Vicente Luque: $82,000 (includes $41,000 win bonus)
def. Bryan Barbarena: $35,000
Andre Fili: $74,000 (includes $37,000 win bonus)
def. Myles Jury: $36,000
Aljamain Sterling: $140,000 (includes $30,000 win bonus)
def. Jimmie Rivera: $68,000
Manny Bermudez: $28,000 (includes $14,000 win bonus)*
def. Benito Lopez: $12,000
Andrea Lee: $28,000 (includes $19,000 win bonus)
def. Ashlee Evans-Smith: $30,000
Nik Lentz: $106,000 (includes $53,000 win bonus)
def. Scott Holtzman: $33,000
Luke Sanders: $38,000 (includes $19,000 win bonus)
def. Renan Barao: $53,000**
Emily Whitmire: $24,000 (includes $12,000 win bonus)
def. Alexandra Albu: $12,000
https://mmajunkie.com/2019/02/ufc-o...squez-450000-highest-paycheck-francis-ngannou
I was just about to say that he should donate all the money to charity, than i read this comment and realized that your right. He gave his body to this sport and will have to deal with all these injuries for the rest of his life. You're rightAs much as a disaster that fight was, he deserves every penny for what he's put his body through. The way things are going, he'll be walking like a 70 year old by the time he retires. He better be well taken care of by the time he's done.