if you were dana white...

OvaryHugger said:
Jones makes several millions a fight anyway.
Sponsors, disclosed pay, bonuses and most importantly ppv cut.
The ppv cut alone will be in millions if the fight does over a million buys.
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he'd still get all that shit. why wouldnt he?


why wouldnt sponsors pay him even more than usual to be in one of the biggest fights of all time? why wouldnt the ppv numbers be off the chain?


im talking about MAKE THE FIGHTERS AN OFFER THEY CANT REFUSE, if they wont do it for ten million each i'd ask the fertittas to double it. im talking about, make this exciting thing happen, for glory, for history, for celebration of life
 
Dana is WORTH 300 million. He doesn't HAVE 300 million. Most of his worth is his 9% stake in Zuffa which is estimated to be worth around 3-3.5 billion plus or minus. So his stake is worth 270-315 ish. I'm not saying DW cant afford to write 8 figure checks...I have no idea. But unless he's handing out shares in Zuffa, the 300M thing is kind of a red herring.
 
Rogg has it right. Theres a difference between your worth and your bank balance. Also rich people don't get rich by giving away their money.
 
in the liver said:
jesus.

christ.



so a 10million purse plus the usual package isnt as good as a 0.5million purse plus the usual package, thanks for that.
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The UFC is not going to disclose a 10 million dollar pay day.

Likely it would still be disclosed as $500k for Jones (unless his contract was bumped up) with a 9.5mil undisclosed pay out.

And we still don't know how much Jones actually received in pay to fight DC.

At any rate, I am pretty sure Jones will want more than $10 mill for that fight.
 
There's not much holding the fight back. Jones said he would fight Cain in a heartbeat, but Cain is injured 90% of the time otherwise they could make the fight right now if they wanted.
 
roggg said:
Dana is WORTH 300 million. He doesn't HAVE 300 million. Most of his worth is his 9% stake in Zuffa which is estimated to be worth around 3-3.5 billion plus or minus. So his stake is worth 270-315 ish. I'm not saying DW cant afford to write 8 figure checks...I have no idea. But unless he's handing out shares in Zuffa, the 300M thing is kind of a red herring.
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mehhhhhh missing the point completely. i'm sure he could make it happen, whether thats by going to the bank himself or by having a nice sitdown chat with his friends that own casinos.

the point is, if you were that rich, and in his position, would you try to make this awesome thing happen just for the hell of it, or would you sit and bitch about the details

the way you are talking about this kinda sounds like "awww i could go on an amazing holiday for $500 but im just gonna waste the money on candy over the course of the year instead". he could do it, one way or another
 
threelions said:
Rogg has it right. Theres a difference between your worth and your bank balance. Also rich people don't get rich by giving away their money.
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you can read about dana losing a million in one nights gambling anywhere you like. i did mention it earlier in the thread
 
if i was dana i would bring back gi's and wrestling shoes and ban elbows to a grounded opponent
 
TS, Dana is just a common man, an average Joe with money, don't expect any brilliant business' moves from him. And although I agree with what you have said, I think you are wasting your time because an org like the UFC is run by complete amateurs, i.e.: Dana using "F... You" left and right as the basic UFC's PR policy.
 
FallonFoxGOAT said:
The UFC is not going to disclose a 10 million dollar pay day.

Likely it would still be disclosed as $500k for Jones (unless his contract was bumped up) with a 9.5mil undisclosed pay out.

And we still don't know how much Jones actually received in pay to fight DC.

At any rate, I am pretty sure Jones will want more than $10 mill for that fight.
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im gonna back out of discussion with you since you obviously have highly privileged and definitive inside knowledge on the ufc's possible future actions.

im sure you'd love to explain why jones would demand more than 10 million for a fight he would take in a heartbeat but im equally sure the explanation would just blow my mind.


the point is, if i was dana, i would do whatever it took to make the fight happen. i believe he could do it.
 
in the liver said:
lol im not talking about logic. the ufc is a promotion, its not a "fair" league system or something.

i'm talking about a superfight, two dominant champs facing off for the betterment of mankind. i'm not talking about fight rankings, im not even talking about the relationship between cain and DC, it's pure human interest, it doesnt get much more primal than "ok but if these two guys threw down, who would win"

for me, this sort of thing is why people got so excited about PRIDE and are so salty about the ufc
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How is Cain a dominant champion he barely fights and has 2 defensives?
 
killacali said:
How is Cain a dominant champion he barely fights and has 2 defensives?
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i believe he is and lots of other people do too, this thread is about wanting to see cain vs jones and the hype that that fight would involve, its not a debate about cains legacy
 
in the liver said:
im sure you'd love to explain why jones would demand more than 10 million for a fight he would take in a heartbeat but im equally sure the explanation would just blow my mind.
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I actually would love to explain it to you, and you'd be surprised at how short the explanation is.

Jon would take the Cain fight in a heart beat, because he knows it will be a huge payday.

Perhaps a more than 10 million dollars huge payday?

There's also that legacy and GOAT status thing too
 
Reach4theSky said:
After Jones faces the winner of the Gus/AJ fight, whats left for him at 205?
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Probably a Cormier rematch, possibly Phil Davis... You're right, I didn't realize there were so few match-ups at LHW. But, we're assuming that JBJ is going to defeat Gus or Rumble, and that Cain will also beat Werdum and whoever else they plan on having him fight. Those are two big assumptions in my opinion. I wouldn't be surprised if either champ lost their next fight.

If the scenario the TS poses does ends up panning out, I would love to see this fight. Do I think they would want to jeopardize the brand they have built in both champs? I really don't.
 
How is Cain a dominant champion he barely fights and has 2 defensives?
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The way he beat his opponents is pretty impressive, in a very dominant way.
 
TheOneWhoKnows said:
There's not much holding the fight back. Jones said he would fight Cain in a heartbeat, but Cain is injured 90% of the time otherwise they could make the fight right now if they wanted.
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A superfight is unlikely.
Cain is very unreliable.

Imagine after spending millions on booking the stadium, advertising, he just pulls out due to injury.

What will they do? They won't take the risk.
It would be their loss.

Especially in a fight like this Cain would train extra hard. Unfortunately that's when injuries happen.
 
ShemsuHor said:
The way he beat his opponents is pretty impressive, in a very dominant way.
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Yeah but he isn't undefeated like bones is.
Going into such a fight it would be bones with the negotiation leverage cause he's far more active and has way more title defenses.
 
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