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Crazy to think about Usyk who is a relative unknown to casuals made over 4 million to beat on AJ while Volk went through a war and won’t even come close to numbers like that.
When's the last time a UFC HW who wasn't named Brock Lesnar got paid $4 million. I'm not even sure any UFC HW since has made that money.Heavyweights in the UFC also make much more than featherweights though.
Not saying Volk isn't underpaid, but naturally people are going to get paid in a HW title fight. Especially when you were the dominant cruiserweight champ moving up for what is essentially a super fight.
How does that affect pay or wage share? There are boxers from before WWII pulling bigger purses than UFC champs.Also years and years between the sports...
Same question as above, what does this have to do with wage share? What start up costs are the UFC paying out that boxing doesn't in the 21st century?Boxing has been at it for hundreds of years.
How does that affect pay or wage share?
Same question as above, what does this have to do with wage share? What start up costs are the UFC paying out that boxing doesn't in the 21st century?
Thank you. For some reason this is never brought upAlso years and years between the sports...
Define invested.Average it across the board year by year by org by total revenue vs payout vs invested.
Then I may care. Otherwise it's an ongoing ridiculous topic that has been beaten more than any dead horse...
How does this affect wage share, which has actually been declining over the past decade.Thank you. For some reason this is never brought up
How does this affect wage share, which has actually been declining over the past decade.
Define invested.
Yeah, one is steeped in tradition, while the other is a bush league ran by a big red goof.Also years and years between the sports...
Most of their financials are public. Put it this way, the UFC is on track this year to have lower expenses in absolute terms, without adjustment for inflation, than 2015, even while revenue has skyrocketed. Does that scream investment in the fighters or sport?I just know that my knowledge of all the factors involved is limited. I
I wouldn't say necessarily too few contracts. More just a very dysfunctional market due to lack of competition for various reasons.Too few available contracts and thousands willing to take the lowest bid to get them.
I can't really see this being a huge win. WME execs could probably name 10 fighters on a roster with several hundred. They don't give a shit. It's classic, well, we are skimming a lot of money from you guys (sponsors, shit pay, etc.), but hey, here's a small bit of pocket change that doesn't come close to making up for the money we are taking away from fighters.Part of this opens venues for fighters to make more money (social media, those NFT cards, etc)
Define invested.
You won't fight great data on run of the mill smokers and such but you'll find more than one superfight equivalent from the early 20s of boxers pulling 50 percent or more of event revenue.
How does this affect wage share, which has actually been declining over the past decade.
Most of their financials are public. Put it this way, the UFC is on track this year to have lower expenses in absolute terms, without adjustment for inflation, than 2015, even while revenue has skyrocketed. Does that scream investment in the fighters or sport?
I wouldn't say necessarily too few contracts. More just a very dysfunctional market due to lack of competition for various reasons.
I'd wager if you polled a bunch of fighters and asked if they wanted the option to have their own sponsors versus WME giving a few of them ins
Crazy to think about Usyk who is a relative unknown to casuals made over 4 million to beat on AJ while Volk went through a war and won’t even come close to numbers like that.