Fury and Wilder made 25x more than all ufc 270 fighter combined

[killakillakilla]

 

[Dreyga Hates You Sherbums]

Yes. We know. We don’t need another thread on this

 

[SG123]

It’s a terrible comparison.

The boxing numbers include PPVs the UFC numbers don’t.

The boxing event was one of the biggest in the sport, there wasn’t a single draw on UFC 270

 

[nostradumbass]

Probably why the event lost money, despite a $10 million live gate and 900,000 PPVs.

 

[GeneTunney7]

The fact Bud Crawford is making twenty times more than Ngannou is just beyond embarrassing for the UFC and their fans for even supporting it, or at minimum being silent on it.

 

[Yrat]

On The other hand can UFC afford to pay 50% more in their röster?

 

[SKITZADACTYL]

so what, theyre absolutely massive MEGA stars in a sport where the stars get paid better because its a WAY older and bigger sport.

who caaaares.

 

[accolyte1022]

Then go be a boxer and make tons of money.

 

[El Fernas]

Probably why the event lost money, despite a $10 million live gate and 900,000 PPVs.

Have any details on that? not because i would believe they made that much money, i dont actually, and i found a source that said they made 5m + PPV each, which wouldnt end up making the event a loss considering its only 10million base and the rest is all revenue split, i do believe Paul vs Woodley 2 could had ended up in a loss of money, Wilder vs Fury 3 unless they actually got those numbers as base purse they had to make money on that.

 

[phenomphan2]

Fury might have made $30M……but does Dana call him Baddest Man on the Planet?

 

[nostradumbass]

Have any details on that? not because i would believe they made that much money, i dont actually, and i found a source that said they made 5m + PPV each, which wouldnt end up making the event a loss considering its only 10million base and the rest is all revenue split, i do believe Paul vs Woodley 2 could had ended up in a loss of money, Wilder vs Fury 3 unless they actually got those numbers as base purse they had to make money on that.

https://www.mmamania.com/2021/10/14...tic-haul-falls-well-below-expectations-boxing

Even with gate sales in excess of $10 million, the best-case scenario has Fury vs. Wilder 3 breaking even after factoring in the guaranteed purses and production costs, as well as the aggressive marketing campaign that was forcibly extended after “The Gypsy King” contracted COVID-19, pushing their original date of July 24 all the way to Oct. 9.

 

[GeneTunney7]

It’s a terrible comparison.

The boxing numbers include PPVs the UFC numbers don’t.

The boxing event was one of the biggest in the sport, there wasn’t a single draw on UFC 270

But no matter what the PPV numbers are, the fighters are still only getting like a dollar or two for every PPV. No matter how you cut it, the UFC fighter pay structure is atrocious. the company already has a valuation of 10 billion, so this "we have to pay the fighters shit to grow the company" is fake news. Plus, just look at Jake Paul: you can sell fights without having to reinvest 80% of the profits. Reality = Dana and wme just greedy. Dana blows more on blackjack and hookers every night than Gane and Ngannou will make combined - that is a Marie "let them eat cake" Antoinette type wealth disparity.

 

[The Bloody Nine]

We need a fighter pay sub forum at this point. So I can avoid it.

 

[ThunderL1ps]

Hi UFC defense team!

 

[El Fernas]

https://www.mmamania.com/2021/10/14...tic-haul-falls-well-below-expectations-boxing

I guess it has to be true they made so much in base purse then, the article is written taking into account that they actually made 30-20milliions each, even at 80usd it seems difficult to cover that much money.

 

[nostradumbass]

I guess it has to be true they made so much in base purse then, the article is written taking into account that they actually made 30-20milliions each, even at 80usd it seems difficult to cover that much money.

They way overestimated the number of PPVs it would do.

 

[Tweak896]

Don't know how I'll sleep at night knowing UFC fighters got paid 5 million when they should've been paid 10 million. Oh no, this just really sucks. Us here on sherdog are millionaires who want fighters to get paid like we do!

 

[Qays Stetkevich]

Who cares? (more importantly, why?)

This may be hard to swallow . . . but **TOP** MMA fighters make good money. Boxers, and lots of other pro athletes, make far more than they proportionally deserve, i.e., the issue isn't just "boxers make more than mma fighters", it's also, and more so, that the average MMA fighter makes jack shit, while boxers, particularly the elite, make comically too much. There should be some balance (but there won't be, because that's not how "good business" works".

I'd like to see any **skilled** combat athletes that are at the peak of their respective sports make roughly the same. MMA is still relatively young, so in the next 10, 20 years expect the MMA elites to be making much, much more (a lot closer to current boxers). I also wouldn't be surprised to see boxing's popularity continue to decline, and the paydays to reflect that.

 

[Qays Stetkevich]

Don't know how I'll sleep at night knowing UFC fighters got paid 5 million when they should've been paid 10 million. Oh no, this just really sucks. Us here on sherdog are millionaires who want fighters to get paid like we do!

Dude. Exactly.

 

[sleepyguard85]

The entire world stopped spinning for fury vs wilder. That is not the case for any mma fight.