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1.5m buys at $60 is $90m and under the old cable provider system they'd take half that, you gotta assume ESPN is taking at least a 40% cut then you gotta pay the rest of the card and all the UFC staff, there's a lot goes into it.
I'm not saying the fighters shouldn't get more but they're not going to get boxing money because those guys promote it on their own names.
Frances Vs Jones outside of the UFC banner independently would be lucky to break 500k.
Lol ESPN is not taking a 40% cut. THe whole cable provider taking half math is like decades outdated. Streaming services pay for exclusive rights to content these days. They're trying to gain more Subs. 50% to cable provider was before the internet streaming era. Building a streaming platform is not hard at all these days.