Rumored Conor and Rousey's PPV payouts revealed in disclosures from the UFC antitrust suit, via Bloody Elbow

[Dana's Moonface]

Damn just as well conor had Floyd and his whiskey, or instead of owning a pub, he would be working in one to feed his family

 

[Escabar]

So the best paid maybe get 10% of what the event generates. Does the event generated figures take into account all the sponsorship and advertising?

 

[Reach Finesse]

That's pretty pathetic when considering how much U Fight Cheap profited. Just for example, Francis is set up to make more than all of them combined in just his next boxing match alone.

Yeah and Saudis spent like 100 million for the entire event...they dont seem to care about profits

 

[Reach Finesse]

They need to cut their overinflated roster...then the pay will settle itself

 

[AstralPanda]

This is ppv pay, and these numbers are from the court case, im not sure you can "doubt the legitimacy" sir.

Major corporations always have a way of underreporting numbers and moving money behind the scenes.

Without intensive audits on all the involved parties, we can only see so much.

 

[Pancake Sprawl]

who cares what they made, i thought the fighter pay was about the middle and the bottom, not the top 1%.

 

[Soggust]

FTFY

I think they got to keep the walkout apparel too so throw another 50 bucks on top of that

Although UFC might have kept some of the big name fighters stuff for their online memorabilia shop. $$

 

[blaseblase]

Cope? Lol. Sure. Again, I just want more concrete numbers. I'm always skeptical when these things drop. The more information that releases the better. As always, the fighters should be paid more, but I hate to treat these reports as gospel until names are actually attached. In due time. The judge says he wants to fast track this. Maybe it won't take a decade.

The numbers are concrete. Just stop dude. You didn't even read the full document. First you were trying to claim it didn't include non-disclosed pay which was false and now you are trying to claim it's just speculation.

"Rousey was compensated $13 million for participation in seven UFC bouts of which she won six"

“Conor McGregor was compensated nearly $20 million for participation in nine UFC bouts of which he won eight."

Thems the facts. It's in the expert testimony.

 

[IsNormal]

I doubt the legitimacy of these numbers.

Even GSP and rampage made 5 million a fight way back in the day.

PER fight?

Sure he got more than 5 for the Chuck fight, but he makes a point of how that was his biggest payday ever


Dana says Rampage made $15.2 million during his entire UFC career

(10 fights 2007- 2012. Eastman, Chuck, Hendo, Forrest, Wandy, Jardine, Lyoto, Hammil, Jon and Bader)

Rampage said the number seemed too high
https://bleacherreport.com /articles/2229808-rampage-jackson-dana-white-lied-about-ufc-earnings

(But the actual quote in the article makes it sound more like "I did not get those 15 million in my pocket, I had to pay taxes and choaches bohoo")

 

[blaseblase]

Yeah and Saudis spent like 100 million for the entire event...they dont seem to care about profits

100 million is nothing for an entire country if it leads to them establishing themselves as the premier boxing locale in the world. It's about status.

 

[TheComputerGuy]

Major corporations always have a way of underreporting numbers and moving money behind the scenes.

Without intensive audits on all the involved parties, we can only see so much.

They are more likely to lie up not down. Saying they pay less makes them look bad not good.

Lying in disclosure is very bad, and would be stupid to do.

 

[Trabaho]

If you wanna be like that then add all her sponsorship & appearance earnings, plus whatever she made from WWE.

Fighters only work 3 days a year for 5-15 minutes according to you

 

[IsNormal]

They are more likely to lie up not down. Saying they pay less makes them look bad not good.

I agree.
If they produce a low number that'll make 100% of the public think they look bad - the only benefit could be in negotiations with the small amount of fighters who are on a similar level.

I think most fighters could see how Conor and Ronda are on a different level.
But I can imagine guys like Jones asking for similar numbers.

The question for everyone else is: Is UFC willing to get shat on by the public ....just to trick the managers of other champions to ask for less money than they could get.

 

[jitzmonkey]

So Conor and Ronda did/earned ok ($$) in the UFC?

 

[Kenny95]

Very little to be honest....especially compared to other sports. The Athletes need to get together and they will get more money.

If connor made 5-7m a fight, at 3 fights a year, that would be 20M annually which is equal to the top paid NFL and NBA players at that time. Plus, connor would be getting paid staggeringly more on a per-minute basis of competition. Plus, those NBA and NFL athletes, simply are more athletic because of their size. A lot less of those 6'7 freak big fellas with skill going around. Connor is similarly freakish, but he was the king of a bunch of 145-155 pound manlets that starts with hundreds or thousands of amateur fighters begging their coach to find them a fight for free.

 

[Mangar]

The UFC changing Conor’s bum life

You have it backwards

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[El Fernas]

I said for his next fight, not last Saturday. Plus you and many forget that he's gonna get ppv points off of his fight last Saturday and endorsements, so it's more than 10 million. Francis is set to make 4x what he made Saturday in his next fight. He already has an offer on the table from Saudi Arabia.

This what i dont get, this fight didnt sold 4million like Floyd vs Conor, they are probably at a loss with what they have paid them in purse and the rest of the event, paid celebrites, etc, im not sure what kind of business still shares PPV with fighters after paying 60 million to them...how? I know its Saudi money and they dont care that much about making money, its all advertising or something for them, but to some degree they might try to get their money back from it, i dont see how even those guys would offer Ngannou way more than that, let alone 4x what he made.

 

[DarthChen731]

Fighters only work 3 days a year for 5-15 minutes according to you

Never said that but ok

 

[ThaiSexPills]

So the best paid maybe get 10% of what the event generates. Does the event generated figures take into account all the sponsorship and advertising?

Ah yes, add the 20k Reebok money plus free shorts LOL

 

[Here's Johnny!]

Not according to Ngannou. They offered him $1.50/PPV buy, and that was their heavyweight champ that they were trying to retain.

With PPVs exclusively on ESPN+ in the US, and at $80/PPV, the buy rates are significantly down from the McGregor/Rousey days. O'Malley is supposed to be a big star and he supposedly only sold 350K PPV buys for UFC 292. At $1.50/PPV buy, that would only net $525K.

It was always set up that way... 100k to 300k $1 300k to 450k $2 etc... chael talked about this way back