Media Chael Sonnen was only paid $85,000 for both of his fights with Anderson Silva

[JRubin]

+ ppv points, so he did more than that

From my understanding only champions get PPV points, not challengers. I could be wrong and hope I am.

 

[Mike]

You really expect me to believe he got no points.for the second fight? There's literally no way that happened.

 

[lsa]

Yeah, but even Colby Covington got $350k his last fight...and will get PPV bonus as Interim Champ on top of that. I just always figured Anderson Silva got paid much better than that.

Well too bad he is not an interim champ then.

Btw Chael claimed he made 8mil for the Silvia fight.

https://forums.sherdog.com/threads/chael-p-sonnen-the-highest-paid-athlete-in-ufc-history.2451783/

 

[ixRanGzeNxi]

Well too bad he is not an interim champ then.

Btw Chael claimed he made 8mil for the Silvia fight.

https://forums.sherdog.com/threads/chael-p-sonnen-the-highest-paid-athlete-in-ufc-history.2451783/

I was just saying I'm surprised at how much the pay has actually increased. I always assumed guys like Silva and GSP made the big bucks, even compared to today's top contenders. Shocking to say the least that the top guys now (it seems) are getting paid better than that. I mean...at the very least in disclosed pay.