Media UFC ownership paid themselves $1.16 billion in dividends between 2005 and 2014; all UFC fighters made $250 million during this time period

[Phisher]

This info was part of the disclosures from the recent appeal in federal.









During this time period the majority owners were Lorenzo and Frank Fertitta.

Minority owners were Dana with 9%, and after 2010, Flash Entertainment, which is owned by the government of Abu Dhabi, owned 10%.

Edited the thread title to include fighter pay because most people here are incapable of reading anything other than the title before giving their opinion.

 

[James Eagle]

they made the UFC and were the largest holders

do you understand how companies work?

 

[Kowboy On Sherdog]

I don't know about you... but I pay $79.99 a PPV to watch the owners , Dana , Nelk and celebs ... not fights.

 

[Slaikkaaja]

Who the hell pays those idiots..

 

[bartleby929]

they deserve that much for sure. 1 billion over 10 years isn't that bad. they probably got 1 billion from mcgregor fight and saudi sovereign fund alone

 

[Get To Da Choppa]

This info was part of the disclosures from the recent appeal in federal.









During this time period the majority owners were Lorenzo and Frank Fertitta.

Minority owners were Dana with 9%, and after 2010, Flash Entertainment, which is owned by the government of Abu Dhabi, owned 10%.

$1 billion out of that $1.16 billion went into this

 

[JKS]

Who the hell pays those idiots..

What do you mean? It's their company.

 

[Slaikkaaja]

What do you mean? It's their company.

I meant that who the hell gives them money. Last time I paid them, my stream cut off around the start off the main card and I had to resort to my regular stream.. They have a lot of money, good for them.

 

[cmw43]

They were $50million in the hole with UFC until TUF and were gonna give it up as a bad investment.

I guess guys like that don't put a ton of money into a company without plans to get filthy rich, what else would you expect?

 

[Hellowhosthat]

Are the Fertittas even at risk during the lawsuit? Certainly seems that they have most of the money.

 

[BigTruck]

Are the Fertittas even at risk during the lawsuit? Certainly seems that they have most of the money.

That's a good question but I
The lawsuit is against the ufc it's self I guess? I don't know how that shit works. How much are they seeking in compensation and how many fighters are involved?

 

[Mohawk Banditó]

I mean, that's still over 10 years, so dividing it all up, they're all probably making only 25k a year. Poor blokes, they deserve much more

 

[Mohawk Banditó]

they made the UFC and were the largest holders

do you understand how companies work?

Do you understand what dividends are?

 

[The Boomerang]

I also pay myself with money I’ve earned

 

[DapperDave]

UFC ownership nearly underpaid.
A mil a year divided up ain't that much.

 

[Mammothman]

They turned that worthless shit that was the UFC into a multi billion dollar business, so I don't see any problem.

 

[James Eagle]

honestly, at this point, it has to be mostly bars showing it footing the PPV numbers, them counting it at max capacity to charge what they do.

 

[Uber_Noober]

It’s good to be king, when you’re the boss you do what you want.

 

[Dorkman]

Well, generally when you're the ones taking the big financial risk on a venture that bled money for years you tend to be the one who gets the biggest share of the return when it finally starts turning a profit. Nothing really too surprising here.

 

[B ville Famous]

they made the UFC and were the largest holders

do you understand how companies work?

Lol why are you so triggered? OP is just reporting the info