Mirko Cro Cop made 350 000$ for beating Eddie Sanchez!

[Yrat]

I mean sheesj, he made 350 k for his first three fights and then 75 k!? That is terrible but we can expect that Cro Cop made made around 100k per fights 2005-2006 in Pride?

67 – Feb 3/07 – W (Sanchez) – $350,000

UFC 70 – Apr 21/07 – L (Gonzaga) – $350,000

UFC 75 – Sept 8/07 – L (Kongo) – $350,000*

UFC 99 – Jun 13/09 – W (al-Turk) – $150,000 ($75,000 to show, $75,000 win bonus)*

UFC 103 – Sep 19/09 – L (dos Santos) – $75,000*

UFC 110 – Feb 10/10 – W (Perosh) – $150,000 ($75,000 to show, $75,000 win bonus)*

UFC 115 – Jun 21/10 – W (Barry) – $235,000 ($75,000 to show, $75,000 win bonus, $85,000 Submission of the Night bonus)

UFC 119 – Sept 25/10 – L (Mir) – $75,000*

UFC 128 – Mar 19/11 – L (Schaub) – $75,000*

UFC 137 – Oct 29/11 – L (Nelson) – $75,000*

UFC Fight Night: Gonzaga vs Cro Cop 2 – Apr 11/15 – W (Gonzaga) – $200,000 ($75,000 to show, $75,000 win bonus, $50,000 Fight of the Night bonus)*



Total Career Earnings: $2,085,000

 

[BJJ Lover]

He also made a lot of money from sponsorships. He was a big star in Croatia.

 

[HereticBD]

He was signed to a star contract, and then his stock dropped.

 

[VinceArch]

Back when sponsors would help pay fighters.

 

[PhilMcCavity]

Eddie “dirty” Sanchez

 

[Weidman]

I mean sheesj, he made 350 k for his first three fights and then 75 k!? That is terrible but we can expect that Cro Cop made made around 100k per fights 2005-2006 in Pride?

67 – Feb 3/07 – W (Sanchez) – $350,000

UFC 70 – Apr 21/07 – L (Gonzaga) – $350,000

UFC 75 – Sept 8/07 – L (Kongo) – $350,000*

UFC 99 – Jun 13/09 – W (al-Turk) – $150,000 ($75,000 to show, $75,000 win bonus)*

UFC 103 – Sep 19/09 – L (dos Santos) – $75,000*

UFC 110 – Feb 10/10 – W (Perosh) – $150,000 ($75,000 to show, $75,000 win bonus)*

UFC 115 – Jun 21/10 – W (Barry) – $235,000 ($75,000 to show, $75,000 win bonus, $85,000 Submission of the Night bonus)

UFC 119 – Sept 25/10 – L (Mir) – $75,000*

UFC 128 – Mar 19/11 – L (Schaub) – $75,000*

UFC 137 – Oct 29/11 – L (Nelson) – $75,000*

UFC Fight Night: Gonzaga vs Cro Cop 2 – Apr 11/15 – W (Gonzaga) – $200,000 ($75,000 to show, $75,000 win bonus, $50,000 Fight of the Night bonus)*



Total Career Earnings: $2,085,000

I know for a fact, since i'm from Croatia close to his gym and know couple of guys, (however never met Mirko), he made 1.3 million USD when he fought Frank Mir in main event at UFC 119, he got PPV cut. Not sure if he got PPV for any other events but it's very possible, he has plenty of money.

Also i wish i wasn't lazy to translate this, it would be clear how much money Fertita gave him. Lorenzo flew in with a private jet to his house for a dinner, that tells everything.

 

[ThunderL1ps]

I know it wasn't the UFC, but Cro Cop held up the promoters before the Shockwave show against Sakuraba when he saw how many fans were in attendance. I think he asked for and received 50-100K more to go out and fight. Talk about having the promoter bent over a barrel.

 

[Anialater]

$350,000 imo

 

[ChickenBrother]

He was signed to a star contract, and then his stock dropped.

Fighting is like the stock market. It flucturate.

 

[Goodfella86]

I know it wasn't the UFC, but Cro Cop held up the promoters before the Shockwave show against Sakuraba when he saw how many fans were in attendance. I think he asked for and received 50-100K more to go out and fight. Talk about having the promoter bent over a barrel.

He's lucky Sgt. Slaughter and Hulk Hogan didn't break his legs.

 

[Yrat]

I know for a fact, since i'm from Croatia close to his gym and know couple of guys, (however never met Mirko), he made 1.3 million USD when he fought Frank Mir in main event at UFC 119, he got PPV cut. Not sure if he got PPV for any other events but it's very possible, he has plenty of money.

Also i wish i wasn't lazy to translate this, it would be clear how much money Fertita gave him. Lorenzo flew in with a private jet to his house for a dinner, that tells everything.

He deserves it. Cro Cop did not need to thrashtalk or wearing tattoos all over his body. He just fought.

More Cro Cop and less Masvidal

 

[xXxGhost89xXx]

He deserves it. Cro Cop did not need to thrashtalk or wearing tattoos all over his body. He just fought.

More Cro Cop and less Masvidal

Tattoos are a bad thing on fighters? Lol

 

[SalvadorAllende]

Yeah.. Mirko is very wealthy and he deserves it.

He dedicated his life to combat sports. 86 amateur boxing fights.. 34 pro kickboxing fights and 52 MMA fights and at 48 is in terrific shape, still training and giving seminars.

He is a very very passionate individual. I bet he would have done the same thing if there was little to no money on it.

Mirko is one of those few guys that actually inspire me.

 

[Yrat]

Tattoos are a bad thing on fighters? Lol

It gives a Stereotypical feeling but i see it everywhere today.

Tattoos are like tabu in Japan. No way Conor McGregor can be at an onsen overthere.

 

[BigTruck]

I know for a fact, since i'm from Croatia close to his gym and know couple of guys, (however never met Mirko), he made 1.3 million USD when he fought Frank Mir in main event at UFC 119, he got PPV cut. Not sure if he got PPV for any other events but it's very possible, he has plenty of money.

Also i wish i wasn't lazy to translate this, it would be clear how much money Fertita gave him. Lorenzo flew in with a private jet to his house for a dinner, that tells everything.

That's how much they both should have been fined for that "fight".

 

[SaigeVanZant]

He's lucky Sgt. Slaughter and Hulk Hogan didn't break his legs.

Hogan claims to have beaten up pride fighters in the 70s

 

[Goodfella86]

Hogan claims to have beaten up pride fighters in the 70s

Works for me, brother!

 

[ocfightfan]

Mirko was a superstar coming into the UFC. Its just too bad he was unprepared for the rules differences and fell off so bad.

 

[Prince Nephilim]

Mirko Dripcop

 

[HuskySamoan]

Mirko was a superstar coming into the UFC. Its just too bad he was unprepared for the rules differences and fell off so bad.

Mirko Cro Cop had a lot of miles, in MMA he was 22-4-2 when he signed for the UFC and he was an elite K1 kickboxer before and even during his MMA career fighting Aerts, Hoost, Hug, Hunt, LeBanner, Bonjasky etc in their primes, beating most of them. So he was Also 19-6 at the K1 level before signing with the UFC too. Then you gotta consider his amateur boxing background where he competed at high levels he was Croatian national champion, a Mediterranean Games Bronze Medalist and represented Croatia at the 1997 world games.

Think about this...Yeah he was only 32 when he signed to the UFC but the guy had more high level fights than NGannou and Stipe Miocic combined at that point. I don't think it was the rules change, shit just catches up to you.