MMAFighting.com article: http://www.mmafighting.com/2012/12/...ies-junior-dos-santos-leads-field-with-400000
I know they receive more than what is reported but Lauzon and Velasquez purses are extremely low for the names they are.
I'm sure the purses are determined before the fights even happen. Two, who cares. I don't make even 60k a year. Cain is livin' good, believe it.
How do you know Lauzon isn't at the end of a deal he signed years ago? Your pay doesn't fluctuate every win and loss.
Im surprised at how much JDS makes considering that Brazilian fighters not named Anderson Silva tend to get lowballed.
JDS needs every penny to put his face back together. He should just buy all new features, including ears, off a corpse.
400k base pay is nice.Doubt he is getting PPV cut.He would have lower base pay. Anderson has base 200k and is makin milions on PPV
I'm stunned that Joe only gets 27k per fight. Not even 27k+27k to win. Just a flat and low rate given his skill and contributions to the sport. He's probably on a five fight contract. So it's not his first. His first contract must have been pretty bad, if he upped it to only 27k, after resigning. Luckily he's gotten some bonuses. 200k is low given that he's a top tier fighter in the HW division of the top MMA org on Earth. That said, Cain and JDS probably got PPV cuts. PPV cuts add up to millions in some situations. They're why a fighter can get a base pay of 200-400k for a title fight, yet walk with well over 2 million. This has been public knowledge since Couture talked about while trying to negotiate with Dana years back. Depending on PPV sales, I would bet both fighters got at least a million. Plus sponsors' money. And a $25000 Harley. Not bad.