UFC 160 Salaries: Velasquez takes home $400K
Fighter salaries from UFC 160 were released today, and to no one’s surprise, heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez took home the highest sum with a…
Fighter salaries from UFC 160 were released today, and to no one’s surprise, heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez took home the highest sum with a…
The UFC 160 Prelims kicked off the huge Memorial Day card with some strong fights to kick off the event. In the best fight of the prelims, Mike Pyle…
It almost that time, fight day is nearly upon us, and so it is time for the fighters to hit the scale. We are in for a great night of fights, especially…
In what will surely be a more competitive fight than the first, contender Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva will face off against Heavyweight Champion Cain Velasquez…
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With the ratings of this season of The Ultimate Fighter in a tailspin, the UFC has quickly been announcing matchups for…
(Suddenly, the decision to sponsor this guy seems like not so great of an idea.) Boy oh boy,…
Lately the debate has come up over the UFC putting on too many events and spreading itself too thin, resulting in a number of lackluster cards. Of course, ultimately the UFC is a business, and on paper, the more events they put on, the more opportunity there is to make money. While this may be true in the short run, is that the best strategy to sustain the popularity of Mixed Martial Arts? Or will the watering down of cards and the subsequent run of injuries serve to cause a plateau for the sport? There
Fighter salaries for “The Ultimate Fighter Live Finale” were released today by the Nevada Athletic Commission to MMAweekly.com.
The following figures are based on the fighter salary information that the UFC is required by law to submit to the Nevada State Athletic Commission.
Mixed martial arts fighters do not have collective bargaining or a union, but the fighters’ salaries are still public record. Any undisclosed bonuses that a promoter pays its fighters, but does not disclose to the athletic
The Nevada State Athletic Commission has released the final salary figures for the fighters competing on Saturday’s UFC 143: Nick Diaz vs. Carlos Condit fight card from the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas.
The top earner was Nick Diaz who took home $200,000 in a five round losing effort to Carlos Condit ($110,000). Condit’s win earned him the interim UFC Welterweight Championship, while Diaz implied he was going to walk away from mixed martial arts following the loss.
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