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After the last few events and seeing the pay outs for certain fighters its quite astonishing how bad this deal is in some cases. A fighter like Glover Teixera who's been a vet in the sport and competed for the LHW title only got $5,000 paid sponorship money in a main event spot, that btw did 1.3 million viewers (pretty good)
This deal has been under heavy scrutiny from fighters and media. I think one thing the UFC and Reebok could do in order to improve this for fighters is introduce a pay structure where the main event fighters and co-main event fighters get a higher payout then usual. Champions and contenders get 40K and 30K, I think it should be the same for non champs in those headlining positions, maybe not quite the same amount as champs and contenders but an increase for that featured spot. The Reebok deal if/when will be revised, this one thing to add.
Maybe the system could be something like they main/co main get double of what their regular sponsor ship base is. Or they could do a base sum like $30K for main event and $20K for co main. Of course some fighters in that position would already be in the $20K category, they would have to work that out somehow.
Thoughts?
This deal has been under heavy scrutiny from fighters and media. I think one thing the UFC and Reebok could do in order to improve this for fighters is introduce a pay structure where the main event fighters and co-main event fighters get a higher payout then usual. Champions and contenders get 40K and 30K, I think it should be the same for non champs in those headlining positions, maybe not quite the same amount as champs and contenders but an increase for that featured spot. The Reebok deal if/when will be revised, this one thing to add.
Maybe the system could be something like they main/co main get double of what their regular sponsor ship base is. Or they could do a base sum like $30K for main event and $20K for co main. Of course some fighters in that position would already be in the $20K category, they would have to work that out somehow.
Thoughts?