No I'm saying the only way he made that is if sponsors paid him the bulk of that. And you're really overestimating sponsors if you think they paid out $5 or $6 million for one fight.
Media Chael: I made $8.8 Million for 2nd Silva Fight. Numbers are always bigger than people think they are
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Lol no he didn't
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They're finding it not believable because the total financials given for the year would have made that amount unlikely for a Challenger
Not only that pay-per-views where significantly cheaper and this was back when they had to pay almost half of the pay-per-view revenue to the cable companies for distributing it
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If I remember correctly this was back when they had to give almost half of the pay-per-view revenue to the cable companies for distributing it so paying two fighters almost 20 million combined was definitely not happening
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Chael has zero agenda when it pertains to the UFC and he's such a stand up guy, never tells a lie.
PS: Damn he's so annoying when he talks like in that video.
PS: Damn he's so annoying when he talks like in that video.
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I would believe GSP but Chael's lies and truths get each other confused regularly.
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Chael promoted the whole thing by himself.
I find it amusing that when a lot former champions or successful fighters in the UFC talks about pay & how they made millions, the haters can't accept it. Cormier recently was talking about pay & how he was makings millions and Israel is making close to 10 & has been for a while now. There is a reason why the only people who complain about fpay are the fighters who were never that good to begin with, yes I know champions like Jones wanted more money for big fights but that is just negotiating, while others are just flat out complaining believing they deserve more for what they offer.
Not sure why you find it so hard to believe that Chael is exaggerating...ya know...the fighter with a conviction for money laundering and embezzlement.
The bottom line here is either Chael is eliding the truth or the UFC committed fraud and outright cooked its books for investors and the courts. Which do you think is more likely?
With that amount of bullshit fans make up about the UFC to push some narrative or just disdain for Dana for reasons, about how no one is making millions, no sponsorship allowed, no health insurance, about how the UFC are reasons why fighters like Diego are broke.
I tend to believe the side of the UFC fighters who actually were successful & feel comfortable talking about the millions they made, how the UFC paid them those millions doesn't bother me.
My point being, be it Chael, Cormier, Israel, Rampage, GSP, Bisping etc talk about fighter pay & how well off the successful fighters made, the first thing you people do is call bullshit & claim impossible.
Put it this way the UFC has hundreds of fighters that come and go, if the UFC didnt pay well they wouldn't have these top fighters competing for their company again and again on big events.
You people just can't fathom the fact the UFC actually pays well.
I don't rule em out by default, with some exceptions (Conor is notorious for exaggerating his paydays when his contract is an exhibit in the lawsuit). Here's the facts you don't seem to realize. The UFC told its investors that the highest paid fighte rin 2012 made less than $5 million that entire year off of any UFC revenue. Do you still think Chael is telling the truth by claiming he made almost $9 million off of one fight that year?
Yes, because I've listened to enough media from successful fighters across different eras talk about pay & "bonuses". On one of the older episodes of Bispings podcast he talks about losing a fight, being injured post fight and was going to be out. He receives a check a few weeks later that was significantly more than his contracted released payout.
Again...those are UFC statements to institutional investors. Not PR statements. You think the UFC cooked its books and committed fraud?
I don't think you grasp scale, or that the UFC includes backroom bonuses and the like in its expenses when it files it taxes or shows its books to a court or a bank.
You asked me if I believe Chael, I believe he made a lot of money but very well could be exaggerating, Now if you're asking me if I believe the UFC "cooked it's books & committed fraud." I don't know & frankly don't give a fuck. How much fighters make doesn't bother me as much as it bothers people on this site.
