This is what I'm trying to get across.
UFC at this point in time is going to be able to make much more substantial payouts to fighters that hustling for sponsors will no longer be required to make a living.
A UFC fighter will only have to train and fight, chasing down sponsors will be entirely optional.
If you want to use your exposure as a UFC fighter to do some local commercials like Chris Weidman and Al Iaquinta or plaster your ass all over twitter like Meisha Tate, that's up to you... but going forward UFC will be paying at a rate that is much more acceptable for the majority of fighters and no other org will come close to it.
Well, let's hope they do start paying a little more to their fighters now. They could definitely be paying more than what they do. The UFC brings in A LOT of money for some of their cards, so when you see the reported payout and see the some of the fighters made very, very little, it's just kind of crazy to me. I don't really know how accurate the numbers are for the fighter's reported payout, though.
I remember when there was a thread on here talking about Ian McCall making like, I don't know, 16k or some shit and people were complaining about how he's being gypped, then Ian posted in the thread saying he made way more than that from the UFC alone, not including his sponsor pay, so.
I'm not one who really complains about fighter pay like so many others do, but I do agree that the UFC does need to start paying more money to a lot of their fighters.
The fighters should definitely go and look for some sponsors outside of the UFC still, though. The more money, the better, right?
Let's hope the fighters start getting some more money than what they do. Not McGregor, Rousey, and all of their big, high paid stars - but the other fights, the majority of fighters on the roster, you know? Most of them make very little money.
It's actually kind of sad that a lot of people on here seem to think that the money they make is all pocket money, too, lol. Like, look at Lauzon's pay for his loss against Iquinta - it says he got $36,000, now, that's not very good for a professional fighter, in my opinion. Especially a guy who has been with the UFC since 2006, 13 post-fight bonuses (more than anybody else in UFC), etc, etc, and only making $36k?
OK, so, that money to us.. $36k would be fucking great for someone like you or me to make in one night. It's not all spending money, as we both know. They have to pay a certain percentage to their coach, manager, trainers, etc, all that stuff. They may lose half or maybe more than what they were paid, I wouldn't know. I've seen some people on here act as if something like that is GREAT money because they think it's all spending money, you and I both know this is not true.
So, let's hope the majority of fighters will start getting more money. Not McGregor, Rousey, and all the stars, but the hundreds of other fighters they have. It's fucking crazy to see guys getting only $8,000. Whether it's their debut or not, that's just crazy to me. At the end of the night, they probably have like.. fucking nothing left, you know?
Anyway, this message is way too long and I know you likely do not want to read all of this shit.
