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

[Jorge Luis Borges]

Nearly all sports leagues in the US do a 50/50 split. MLB can run closer to 60/40 if some of the top players hit certain performance bonuses. UFC hovers around 15/85 which is ridiculous. WWE is likely 10/90 because of the TKO merger which is truly insane.

Several major US sports leagues do a 50/50 revenue split but it's an exaggeration to say nearly all do. The team sports, with a very stable league structure do, while event, tournament, or card based sports do not. This is not to argue that the UFC should not pay more, I already stated I think fighter pay should be roughly doubled, which would be a massive pay raise, and if nothing else a very big step in the right direction. But I think comparing the NBA and the UFC might be a bit of an apples and oranges thing. Not sure about it.

 

[blaseblase]

His value is the same as before. He isn't a champion and lost.

That's not true, his popularity has skyrocketed and most people believe he won the fight. Every boxer wants to fight him now. He's going to make significantly more for his next fight.

 

[Crash-override]

That's not true, his popularity has skyrocketed and most people believe he won the fight. Every boxer wants to fight him now. He's going to make significantly more for his next fight.

That fury-Francis fight sold around 80k ppv it bombed. Wilder-fury did around 800k.

Nobody is clamoring to fight frank and if they are it's because they see a easy target. And no, he won't get paid more against a lesser opponent than the likely champ unless he fights fury again.

Nobody cares about frank telling by the ppv sales they did around 10k TV ppv orders.

 

[ComfortablyNumb55]

Add 1 trillion to each Conor number and it'll be correct.

LMAO @ Conor making less than 1 billion per fight.

What a joke.

 

[Gamer007]

Is this total payout or is it missing the PPV points?

It's gotta be the total payout, The mendes fight seems to prove it.

UFC 189 Mcgregor vs Mendes sold approx. 825,000 PPV's

At the time reports were that Conor was paid 500k, he wasn't a champ yet but he was such a huge star that the UFC wisely seems to have thrown him a 2.11 million dollar bonus. The numbers indicate these are with PPV's added, roughly $2.50 per sale.

Is this before taxes? That's the scary question.

 

[Gamer007]

I always believed that the pay wasn't nearly as much as many would have you believe.

It's criminal, Conor is one of the biggest stars in the history of modern sports. It's horrible because Conor had to take the Floyd fight, he had no other choice the UFC is fucking him. That fight leads to Conor actually getting some money worthy of his value and he literally just stops MMA after that, UFC greed robbed us of many great events that could've been.

 

[HHJ]

Add 1 trillion to each Conor number and it'll be correct.

LMAO @ Conor making less than 1 billion per fight.

What a joke.

Conor laughs at these posts from his interdimensional space Yacht

 

[Soggust]

I always believed that the pay wasn't nearly as much as many would have you believe.

It's criminal, Conor is one of the biggest stars in the history of modern sports. It's horrible because Conor had to take the Floyd fight, he had no other choice the UFC is fucking him. That fight leads to Conor actually getting some money worthy of his value and he literally just stops MMA after that, UFC greed robbed us of many great events that could've been.

Does this mean that when McGregor came back to fight for comparatively peanuts after the Floyd fight it was because he really did love the game?

Also, given these figures, I'd be curious to know how much McGregor really got from the Floyd fight, after the UFC's cut.

 

[rearnakedchoke]

Wait. Are people saying these aren’t good paydays?

 

[613]

Pretty funny considering Conor told his idiot fans he was making like 30 plus million every fight

 

[613]

The issue isn't whether or not it's a lot of money compared to what people on this forum make. It's the size of the payouts relative to the revenue that they generated for the UFC and compared to PPV stars in boxing, where promoters are legally prohibited from the kind of revenue splits that the UFC imposes on its fighters.

Conor is a bigger per fight PPV draw than Canelo, but makes about 15% of what Canelo does per fight. It's robbery.

Most of the markets Canelo is huge in don't do ppv. Conors also has estimated world wide ppv buys while boxing only reports usa

 

[613]

The courts aren't as infallible as you might believe. Especially at the billion dollar level.

I don't doubt these are the recorded payouts.

However, I would also expect the UFC more than most corporations to provide payments off record.

It doesn't add up. These are numbers stars who did half the PPV's made over a decade ago. GSP, Rampage and other stars have been open about what they made.

Conor said he made 20 mil for the Diaz rematch iirc.

Forbes said he made 10-15 mil.

I think there's more to these numbers than meets the eye. I wouldn't take them at face value.

Conor also said he would make like 70 million against Dustin. If you haven't noticed yet, Conor lies about what he makes for marketing reasons

 

[evergreenrider]

The story is Conor bet the Fertitas on the outcome the week ofnthe fight when they were at dinner.

A bet implies being able to pay your side of it..

 

[El Fernas]

Decent discussion on how even Conor got lowballed by the UFC, ironically, specially Conor because of the huge numbers he brings in even when he got paid a big amount of money.

 

[Th3 Gr38 1]

Lol love the retards crying about low pay

I'd be astonished is even one other UFC fighter made anywhere close to a million per fight.

 

[rearnakedchoke]

I doubt the legitimacy of these numbers.

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

It's a court case, but it seems they've found loop holes to hide what the biggest stars are actually being paid.

GSP made probably between 1-2 mill of that from endorsements. He was getting main stream stuff like under armour, Gatorade and stuff, not condom shack or stuff like that. Based on what the ufc paid him, he was probably getting 2-3 from the ufc.

 

[blaseblase]

The gate alone covered the entire fighter salary payout for all of Conor's fights, Conor included. He made a helluva lot of money for them and didn't get anywhere close to what he would in a free market.

 

[blaseblase]

GSP made probably between 1-2 mill of that from endorsements. He was getting main stream stuff like under armour, Gatorade and stuff, not condom shack or stuff like that. Based on what the ufc paid him, he was probably getting 2-3 from the ufc.

He was also fighting in an era where you could wear and promote your own sponsors at UFC events and during your own fights. That's a massive boost compared to whatever fighters are making today. The Reebok/Venum payouts are pathetic.

 

[RoidRage92]

Conor is definitely fuming right now that his true payouts got revealed after how bad he's inflated his numbers throughout the years. Really all he is doing is covering for cheapo Dana by claiming 20+ million per fight.

 

[Laheys'Liquorland]

Damn I thought Conor would've been wayyyy more than that.