so where the outrage at this fight pay. again

[HHJ]

No. You are wrong. What good does it do? Tell me, please. How has your interest and constant whining and bitching about fighter pay changed anything?

It cannot be avoided.

Stuff like Francis' situation is always going to bring about such discussions.

But to make a thread like "SEE LOOK AT THIS THE FIGHTERS GOT PAID WELL YOU CANT EVER TALK ABOUT FIGHT PAY EVER AGAIN STFU" or "OMG NONE OF THESE GUYS GOT PAID AS GOOD AS THE GUYS ON THIS OTHER CARD,THIS IS CRIMINAL" is just annoying.

LIke imagine a card happens,and people just actually waiting to see the payout rather than the results. Fuck off.

 

[Poirierfan]

if this was a ufc fight purse list that what all be yelling about.

i notice cause people like scott coker not one word from the media about this. how is it fair to pay a fighter 2k in 2023.

Usman Nurmagomedov, Benson Henderson and Alexandr Shabily lead Bellator 292 salaries - MMA Fighting

Don't be silly, the UFC makes 100x more profit. They can afford to pay their fighter way more. We know this because there's evidence.

 

[modulus]

so it ok for the prelim fighter to get 2k cause i cant see how that can be defended. fighers used social media in the ufc. ariel crying about fighers purses and no health care. dont see him asking scott coker or viacom about that

Bellator pays their fighters over TWICE the percentage of income that the UFC pays and Bellator fighters make FAR MORE because they can score sponsors. If the UFC wasn't always fucking their fighters in the ass so hard because of greed maybe they'd get called out less.

Can't spell it out any more clearly - the evidence is all out in the open.

 

[Blayt7hh]

Bellator pay structure is similar to other pro sports at around 50% of revenue, they just don't bring in a lot of money compared to the ufc who pays under 20%. It's not that hard to understand.

I don’t think the TS is smart enough to understand the nuances here

 

[Kb7]

Bellator pays their fighters over TWICE the percentage of income that the UFC pays and Bellator fighters make FAR MORE because they can score sponsors. If the UFC wasn't always fucking their fighters in the ass so hard because of greed maybe they'd get called out less.

Can't spell it out any more clearly - the evidence is all out in the open.

I don't believe that one bit that Bellator fighters make way more. Myles Jury explained the whole sponsor thing pretty well and it's not all what fans believe. By the way UFC fighters can have as many sponsors as they desire, they're not restricted, only during fight week, like other athletes in other sports they have restrictions and protocols before a event or competition. The only people who call out fighter pay are guys like Ariel & fighters who were never that good begin with but believed they deserved millions for being horrible at their job. Fighter pay significantly gone up and will continue to do so, it's just timing that these fighters today are in that transition of it. It's not greed, it's because they have a business to run. Coker will be the reason why Bellator will fold, same reason Affliction & Strikeforce folded, they overpaid out Fighters, venue, staff etc and didn't turn a profit.

These threads are overplayed and tiresome, Fighters definitely should get paid more, but bitching about it online isn't going to change it.

 

[storeybuckle]

 

[doggo]

They need health insurance more than anything. So wrong that they aren't covered for that when they put their bodies on the line for our entertainment.

I wouldn't want to imagine the pay slips if they had insurance with the current system.

Gross pay. 2k
After taxes: 1.5k
Insurance quarterly cost 40k
Total earning fighting twice a quarter -37k

 

[Kryptt]

 

[jx820]

i dont get teh double standard.

A similar thing happened in the early 2000s with Burger King. A new CEO looked at the market data and found out that the average BK customer was a 25 year old guy who didn't give a shit about calories and wanted more, bigger, less expensive. They also figured out that no matter how bad fast food got, all the articles about health concerns targeted McDonalds. So they went absolutely ape shit rolling out bacon tripple whoppers that come with a free BK themed xbox 360 game.

Business boomed and they didn't get any flac over their unhealthy food because no one gives a shit what the #2 or 3 guy in the market does.

 

[TJH Exitium]

I pay $20/hr if anyone is looking for work

 

[TJH Exitium]

hold up - why didn't Usman get a win bonus for a first-round submission?

 

[flairleguccijoints]

OP too dumb to understand nuance and things like “differences”, typical hoemotional posting.
Scott Coker is worth 5% of what Dana is is worth, like wise bellator brings in a fraction of that the UFC does.

 

[Clark Rogers]

The guys on Bellator's very early prelims are often just regional guys who they give a place on the card because they're local to where the show is. 2k is still more than they'd get on a regional show at their level of experience.

Bellator and Strikeforce prelims, from my experience at a couple events, are just that.

SF usually started with guys that were barely "pro" from local gyms, very low number of fights, Bellator's early prelims seemed similar.

2k ain't a lot but what's the real market for a no name local part timer in their 3rd fight?

 

[MuffinsAppletree]

if this was a ufc fight purse list that what all be yelling about.

i notice cause people like scott coker not one word from the media about this. how is it fair to pay a fighter 2k in 2023.

Usman Nurmagomedov, Benson Henderson and Alexandr Shabily lead Bellator 292 salaries - MMA Fighting

Why you care what these guys agree to be paid. They signed the contract. Enough already.

let them bleed for our entertainment.

 

[Cheatr Pan]

I’m pretty surprised that Shabily took home 150k. I would’ve thought it would be much less

 

[snackgod]

Why you care what these guys agree to be paid. They signed the contract. Enough already.

let them bleed for our entertainment.

i care cause im tried of the people and only the media calling out dana white when combat sports fighter pay is bigger than the ufc.

 

[snackgod]

Bellator and Strikeforce prelims, from my experience at a couple events, are just that.

SF usually started with guys that were barely "pro" from local gyms, very low number of fights, Bellator's early prelims seemed similar.

2k ain't a lot but what's the real market for a no name local part timer in their 3rd fight?

but when it the ufc the media crys how unfair the min is and no health care. i dont see ariel asking scott coker about it 2.

 

[snackgod]

OP too dumb to understand nuance and things like “differences”, typical hoemotional posting.
Scott Coker is worth 5% of what Dana is is worth, like wise bellator brings in a fraction of that the UFC does.

what does scott coker worth matter viacom is the one signing the checks.

 

[snackgod]

Bellator pays their fighters over TWICE the percentage of income that the UFC pays and Bellator fighters make FAR MORE because they can score sponsors. If the UFC wasn't always fucking their fighters in the ass so hard because of greed maybe they'd get called out less.

Can't spell it out any more clearly - the evidence is all out in the open.

so 2k which a fighter got is better than what the ufc pays now?

 

[goOb]

Wamsley must be really hungry.