Jones only offered 12mil guaranteed?

Aurelian said:
I'm not trusting Chael on anything. If Chael says the sky is blue, I'm gonna have to walk outside to verify that for myself. He just makes stuff up to see what people will buy into and spread around for his own financial benefit. If I took the time I could probably give you 1000 examples of Chael being wrong.
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Oh, ok, so no bet?
 
Captain Herb said:
1M at the VERY most. He couldn't sell a million during his most heated rivalry back when people still bought ppv.
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It's really weird Jones doesn't sell very much PPV. Especially when he was destroying guys at LHW.

Still, apparently Gane/Jones did almost 1M PPV sales and the highest card in 12 months.

source: https://www.sportskeeda.com/mma/news-ali-abdelaziz-unveils-total-ppv-buys-ufc-285
www.si.com

UFC champ Jon Jones reveals which title fight taught him about toughness & 'grit'

Jon Jones has been doing a lot of reflecting lately.
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Apparently the Jones/Stipe fight had bigger gate numbers than UFC 300
firstsportz.com

Jon Jones celebrates $16 million record-breaking sales at Madison Square Garden for UFC 309

Jon Jones sets UFC 309 PPV record with $16 million in gate sales at Madison Square Garden, touts it after his maiden title win.
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this says PPV was 600k
mmasalaries.com

UFC 309 Salaries and Payouts - MMA Salaries

UFC 309, scheduled for November 16, 2024, at Madison Square Garden, features a title fight between Heavyweight champion Jon Jones and former champion Stipe Miocic. Both fighters have long layoff histories. The main card includes Michael Chandler vs. Charles Oliveira and Bo Nickal vs. Paul Craig...
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So I guess he draws better at HW than he did at LHW, especially since people are wondering if he'll lose before he retires.
 
Captain Herb said:
bloodyelbow.com

UFC legend leaks astronomical amount of money Jon Jones has been offered to fight Tom Aspinall

Chael Sonnen doubts Jon Jones will walk away from such a big payday.
bloodyelbow.com bloodyelbow.com

Chael Sonnen reveals $12 million offer​

The former UFC contender-turned-analyst leaked Jon Jones’ potential fight purse on Wednesday.

Sonnen claims the American asked for a $12 million guarantee, which the UFC is happy to give him.

‘The Bad Guy’ says that will see Jones outearn a bunch of the biggest stars in MMA history.

“I don’t believe Jon Jones has turned down this fight,” Sonnen insisted in a video shared to his YouTube channel.

“Whatever that number was, and I believe to be $12 million, in case you’re interested. Got my own sources.


Yeah, if that's true it's not going to be enough compensation for the ills that are certain to befall Mr. Jones inside the Octagon. I'm sure he asked for a lot more than that. Fight's off for certain
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Only?
 
Tweak896 said:
maybe 12M + PPV split. But really thinking about it, how much could the fight really sell? I'm thinking maybe 1M-1.5M at most.
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The way the ppv split is structured is shit as well.
 
Captain Herb said:
Ok bro, you had your chance to take out an og '13 because "Chael is never right"...except maybe about Jones not fighting
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Did I say somewhere Jon was going to take the fight or something? I'm leaning 70/30 that he's not going too in my personal opinion. I just don't take anything Chael says seriously, just like pretty much everybody else paying attention and who has paid attention to what Chael said in the past. Regardless, a broken clock is right twice a day.
 
Aurelian said:
Did I say somewhere Jon was going to take the fight or something? I'm leaning 70/30 that he's not going too in my personal opinion. I just don't take anything Chael says seriously, just like pretty much everybody else paying attention and who has paid attention to what Chael said in the past. Regardless, a broken clock is right twice a day.
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Ok well you said I should be banned or wastelanded for this thread so I thought I'd give you the chance to do it yourself. All good
 
Captain Herb said:
Ok well you said I should be banned or wastelanded for this thread so I thought I'd give you the chance to do it yourself. All good
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Bro, everybody around here knows Chael is full of shit. I was saying everybody who posts a thread based on what Chael is saying should be banned. I'm not targeting you here specifically or anything. I wasn't being super serious about that either by the way.
 
He turned down Ngannou fight and took $6M for Gane though. Then he turned down Pavlovich and Aspinall and took $6M for retired Miocic. So $12M would be his biggest pay day ever. It's not the money. It's the opponent.
 
12 million is massive & almost unheard of for a single fight... even if you account for PPV take. Conor vs. Khabib might had pulled it off, but that's the best selling PPV of all time by far.

If you want teh boxing money that only a very select few boxerz "CLAIM" to make, who are at the very top... then go to boxing. Otherwise, you are in a sport that payz less to even teh elite select few.
 
This is really a good deal for Jon. $12 mil plus backroom deals to get punched 1 time and he probably won't even feel it
 
Captain Herb said:
“I don’t believe Jon Jones has turned down this fight,” Sonnen insisted in a video shared to his YouTube channel.

“Whatever that number was, and I believe to be $12 million, in case you’re interested. Got my own sources.
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Damn, that's a pretty sweet deal to fight Arlovski or rematch with Gane and Miocic.
 
Tweak896 said:
maybe 12M + PPV split. But really thinking about it, how much could the fight really sell? I'm thinking maybe 1M-1.5M at most.
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1M-1.5M would be one of the biggest fights of all time

the exposure for Aspinall alone, whether he wins or loses would be vital for the UFC. They have no one else who can even sniff 1M+ buys right now.
 
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