Media Ngannou pay debate...

[tritestill]

Count another man's pockets is weird

 

[ILove4MinutesHyuna]

Share of league revenue paid to players in selected sports leagues as of 2023

UFC is like Cricket we need it to be more like Soccer

 

[joy2day]

I don't think you quite understand this and are missing a big point. It's not about what he made in the UFC in the past, it's about what his contract offer was for the future in the UFC. What he made vs Overeem or Lewis is not relevant, you have to consider the current market value and offer Francis was getting for future fights in the UFC. That's what this whole thing is about.

You say he would stay in the UFC and make peanuts. Did you not read the article or pay attention to anything the last 2 years since he left? His contract offer in the UFC was 8 million + PPV, so would get 10-13 mill vs Jones. That's more than Tyson Fury fight. The pay in the UFC if kept winning would be on par with boxing.

OK, but that is a stretch. He made 28 million in boxing, and about the same as the UFC in the PFL, and he did that regardless of wins and losses. Yeah, he may have been a dominant champ for the UFC for many years to come and eventually made up the money; but what are the chances of that? Not all that great, and WAY below the 100% chance of making the money he has made so far.

 

[KoalaBear]

Count another man's pockets is weird

Who cares brother. Smash

 

[El Fernas]

The UFC literally gets paid by the Saudi Arabian government.

And hundreds of millions over years from UAE.

That you don't see the irony in what you wrote lmao. In this case, the money is going to the fighter, instead of 85% to the promoter which is frankly morally repugnant.

Ngannou bet on himself and won, he understood the game. More should try and follow in his footsteps.

Most dont have a boxing counterpart willing to box with them, with a promoter willing to lose money to make the fight happen. Not saying they have to agree to anything the UFC wants, but not all of them have a real chance at making money in boxing.

 

[JustforBROCK]

I still think Francis and Lewis were both paid to throw that fight lol

Probably one of the few times Id actually consider something like this. It was such a strange situation, but Frank almost exclusively takes the 'blame' for whatever this was even thou Lewis didnt do shit either.

 

[checktheknuckles]

Well they're not hypotheticals lol, they're contract offers that outline his pay.

Seems like the only dumbass is you buddy.

Offers are hypotheticals. Did Ngannou ever get paid by the UFC? Again, 1 boxing match got him paid more than all the UFC fights combined. So keep talking about those hypotheticals. Ngannou lost out on billions of dollars by not playing the lotto either. Thats more than the UFC hypothethicals.

 

[uled]

Pay is heavily covered and discussed in ever other sport. Why should mma be any different?

Because ice hockey players in NHL makes 10 times more always.

Conors money is like the farmer League for ice hockey.

 

[Fight Professor]

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Share of league revenue paid to players in selected sports leagues as of 2023

UFC is like Cricket we need it to be more like Soccer

Soccer players spend a lot more time playing than MMA fighters fighting. Boxing is the closest possible alternative and most boxers do not get paid much either.

 

[KoalaBear]

Probably one of the few times Id actually consider something like this. It was such a strange situation, but Frank almost exclusively takes the 'blame' for whatever this was even thou Lewis didnt do shit either.

I mean there’s literally a zero percent chance either of them were trying. Dana was right about this one

 

[TaxCutz]

He would have made more in the UFC. Instead, he decided to go tarnish his reputation by getting absolutely owned in boxing.

 

[JKS]

Offers are hypotheticals. Did Ngannou ever get paid by the UFC? Again, 1 boxing match got him paid more than all the UFC fights combined. So keep talking about those hypotheticals. Ngannou lost out on billions of dollars by not playing the lotto either. Thats more than the UFC hypothethicals.

You're an imbecile plain and simple. Ngnannou and had a contract offer that had his pay outlined for the Jones fight at 8 million, do you understand that?? This is not hypothetical, that is an official contract offer. If he signed the offer he got, he would get paid that money. If you can't cant grasp this very simple concept then you need help buddy.

 

[JKS]

OK, but that is a stretch. He made 28 million in boxing, and about the same as the UFC in the PFL, and he did that regardless of wins and losses. Yeah, he may have been a dominant champ for the UFC for many years to come and eventually made up the money; but what are the chances of that? Not all that great, and WAY below the 100% chance of making the money he has made so far.

Well, read my post on the very bottom of the second page.

 

[checktheknuckles]

You're an imbecile plain and simple. Ngnannou and had a contract offer that had his pay outlined for the Jones fight at 8 million, do you understand that?? This is not hypothetical, that is an official contract offer. If he signed the offer he got, he would get paid that money. If you can't cant grasp this very simple concept then you need help buddy.

So Ngannou got paid 8 millions? How you counting hypothetical money when Ngannou never got it from the UFC? Again, 1 boxing match got Ngannou more money than all the UFC fights. Quit talking about make believed hypotheticals. I'm talking about actualities that actually happened.