Did anyone notice Dana crying at the press conference ?

[Mask Of Winters]

LOWEST paid fighter gets 12K for showing up......

Considering most fighters only fight 3 times a year, that's still just 36 grand. Like I said, peanuts. Too many UFC fighters are actually losing money due to training expenses. Right now they're where the NFL was in the 60s and early 70s when almost every football player had to take an offseason job.

 

[exHeavyHippie]

Considering most fighters only fight 3 times a year, that's still just 36 grand. Like I said, peanuts. Too many UFC fighters are actually losing money due to training expenses. Right now they're where the NFL was in the 60s and early 70s when almost every football player had to take an offseason job.

Yet I can't think of a single person today that thinks that NFL players should make six digits for playing a sport.
AGAIN fighting in a prelim is not a full time job. At what point is the UFC responsible for paying six figure per year for someone that a couple hundred people see fight?

 

[exHeavyHippie]

Um, literally almost all UFC fighters are full-time. Bellator fighters too. And just because smaller orgs pay less doesn't mean the UFC pays well.

"smaller orgs" Bellator is #2 at the moment correct? Who should we compare their pay to? Would you not compare FedEx driver pay with UPS driver pay?

 

[Mask Of Winters]

Yet I can't think of a single person today that thinks that NFL players should make six digits for playing a sport.
AGAIN fighting in a prelim is not a full time job. At what point is the UFC responsible for paying six figure per year for someone that a couple hundred people see fight?

At some point they'd better, if they really want to be seen as a big time sport. And I still don't get why you think every single prelim fighter isn't "full time" especially when Jim Miller and Diego Sanchez were on the prelims tonight. Also, you don;t seem to realize that sometimes crowds arrive late, especially in Vegas. It's not like Dana's hiring security to bar the doors and not allow anyone in until the main card starts

 

[ArtOfDrowning]

Hype trains getting murked left and right

 

[kahymo]

why is that, there are now 3 interesting big fights in the women division

Miesha vs Rousey
Holm vs Rousey
Holm vs Miesha

 

[Credo]

Why did Dana leave the presser?

 

[EGarrett]

Ronda
Pvz
Sage
Conor

Only reason he hasn't had a heart attack tonight is because tate will literally hand the belt back to Ronda

The circle is complete.

 

[Number1StockBroker]

lol dude dying

@The real JG

Same here, that shit gets me.

 

[machidafan99]

they almost killed the golden goose

 

[machidafan99]

Time for baby georges to move back in with the parents

The circle is complete.

 

[7th]

why is that, there are now 3 interesting big fights in the women division

Miesha vs Rousey
Holm vs Rousey
Holm vs Miesha

I wonder how that gets resolved, it could literally go in that cycle for a while

 

[exHeavyHippie]

At some point they'd better, if they really want to be seen as a big time sport. And I still don't get why you think every single prelim fighter isn't "full time" especially when Jim Miller and Diego Sanchez were on the prelims tonight. Also, you don;t seem to realize that sometimes crowds arrive late, especially in Vegas. It's not like Dana's hiring security to bar the doors and not allow anyone in until the main card starts

Miller?Sanchez was on Prelim to draw attention to the Fightpass. As for the last part of your post, that is EXACTLY why those fighters "only" get $12K to show, $12K+ to win.