Opinions on best MMA fight promoter

[fighting4life]

He has made 20+ mill in his career if you count the PPV money and bonus from sponsors and other things. But still with all that he was not happy with the amount he was getting for being the p4p king... Also a lot of us that are involved with the MMA/UFC gave Weidman a decent chance at a upset...

[t-dogg]

You have to understand these are only the numbers the UFC reports. As a Privately owned company The UFC doesn't have foreclose profits or payouts.

This is only the minimum payout for Silva it doesn't include Silva PPV sharing Profit.

So all said and done i'd venture to say Silva makes 2-3+ million per fight.

Anderson's approx net worth is 10million.

[gearbox]

You gotta realize also how many ppl I bet he supports like family cousins uncles trainers coaches and its kinda the culture down there. At least I got that idea the 5 times I have been to brazil.
Plus he opened up a business here in America and I bet he got taken for a ride.

[t-dogg]

You gotta realize also how many ppl I bet he supports like family cousins uncles trainers coaches and its kinda the culture down there. At least I got that idea the 5 times I have been to brazil.
Plus he opened up a business here in America and I bet he got taken for a ride.

He also has multi gyms.





You guys can't compare mma pay to boxing. Yes the normal pay is the same, but people don't understand that mayweather does EVERYTHInG to promote his fights. That's how he makes the most. Look it up. Boxing is a dieting sport. Sure the top, top handful make coin, but the others don't.

[fighting4life]

He also has multi gyms.





You guys can't compare mma pay to boxing. Yes the normal pay is the same, but people don't understand that mayweather does EVERYTHInG to promote his fights. That's how he makes the most. Look it up. Boxing is a dieting sport. Sure the top, top handful make coin, but the others don't.

I agree for the most part.. But its like that in MMA as well only the top handful make the dollars lol.

[t-dogg]

I agree for the most part.. But its like that in MMA as well only the top handful make the dollars lol.

Retread what I wrote. That's what I said.

[fighting4life]

my bad I thought u were referring just to boxing.

[pawn master]

Boxing is way more popular. MMA is still in its infancy.
Let's not forget how corrupt boxing is because of money.
Also in boxing PPV normally only the star in the main events gets big money.

Besides in my eyes he makes plenty. I work HARD all year for a fraction of what he makes in 30mins.
So yes while he doesn't make 10s of millions per fight he still pulls in millions each time he walks in the cage.

I understand that. I would be very happy to make what he makes because I do not come close to that either. All I am saying is a low end athlete in any sport makes $600,000 plus a year. Is is the best all time to be making that amount of money is under paid to me. And really you think boxing is more popular then UFC? I do not know about that U.S. but here in Canada you can watch some form of UFC 3 times a day on basic cable. Boxing is on maybe once a week. Every time I hear them talking about boxing its the same old that its a dying sport. I only pay attention when there's an event in boxing now. I use to watch all the time in the Tyson era.

[t-dogg]

I understand that. I would be very happy to make what he makes because I do not come close to that either. All I am saying is a low end athlete in any sport makes $600,000 plus a year. Is is the best all time to be making that amount of money is under paid to me. And really you think boxing is more popular then UFC? I do not know about that U.S. but here in Canada you can watch some form of UFC 3 times a day on basic cable. Boxing is on maybe once a week. Every time I hear them talking about boxing its the same old that its a dying sport. I only pay attention when there's an event in boxing now. I use to watch all the time in the Tyson era.

Also keep in mind mma is a much newer sport then everything else. Takes time to grow. I.e, more money.

[fighting4life]

I understand that. I would be very happy to make what he makes because I do not come close to that either. All I am saying is a low end athlete in any sport makes $600,000 plus a year. Is is the best all time to be making that amount of money is under paid to me. And really you think boxing is more popular then UFC? I do not know about that U.S. but here in Canada you can watch some form of UFC 3 times a day on basic cable. Boxing is on maybe once a week. Every time I hear them talking about boxing its the same old that its a dying sport. I only pay attention when there's an event in boxing now. I use to watch all the time in the Tyson era.

I think boxing is dying out to the basic younger gen fans honestly.....but there is still alot of fans out there and still 1+ million ppv events.. I read a article I am trying to find it was to why boxing isnt seen on cable as much and it had some thing to do with contracts and networks. MMA for sure is coming up though I heard some thing about atleast 800k buys for the Silva fight and those are pretty damn good.

Any way I grew up boxing man had 80+ AM fights and a few pro fights as well I ended up switching to MMA for the fact that there is many aspects of fighting and I liked how the sponsors seem to be more involved...I will say that the pay for me starting in the MMA was way less then it was for my first boxing fight.

[DB1982]

I think boxing is dying out to the basic younger gen fans honestly.....but there is still alot of fans out there and still 1+ million ppv events.. I read a article I am trying to find it was to why boxing isnt seen on cable as much and it had some thing to do with contracts and networks. MMA for sure is coming up though I heard some thing about atleast 800k buys for the Silva fight and those are pretty damn good.

Any way I grew up boxing man had 80+ AM fights and a few pro fights as well I ended up switching to MMA for the fact that there is many aspects of fighting and I liked how the sponsors seem to be more involved...I will say that the pay for me starting in the MMA was way less then it was for my first boxing fight.

The difference between Boxing n MMA or specifically UFC is. Boxing has tons of promoters and so does MMA. But the UFC is trying to be more like the NFL ,NBA n MBL . Where the UFC is fronting the cash n signing all the right deals to be the BIG dog. Thus making Bellator n others seem like amateurs. Then if a competitor gets a little to big UFC just buys them out.

[fighting4life]

Looks like the rematch is set for DEC

[t-dogg]

Looks like the rematch is set for DEC

http://youtu.be/0Rx69NXgIjw

[gearbox]

So dec it is.

[pawn master]

A friend was telling me last night Silva had agreed to take the rematch on Dec. 28th. I did not hear that myself. Anyone else confirm?

[pawn master]

Looks like so lol. Should have read the previous 3 posts. Awesome I bet he wins. I doubt he will play games this time, he will be all business.

[GrimmReaper]

Steven Seagal Joins The Weidman Camp - YouTube

very cool

[BG]

You have to understand these are only the numbers the UFC reports. As a Privately owned company The UFC doesn't have foreclose profits or payouts.

This is only the minimum payout for Silva it doesn't include Silva PPV sharing Profit.

So all said and done i'd venture to say Silva makes 2-3+ million per fight.

Wow thats very good money.



Hmm Dec, still not going to pay for, they dont deserve it, Ill watch it in the morning.

[gearbox]

Wow thats very good money.



Hmm Dec, still not going to pay for, they dont deserve it, Ill watch it in the morning.

What do you mean watch it in the morning? The highlights?

[Zodiac82]

What do you mean watch it in the morning? The highlights?

sites that show the fights....u have to click on on each individual fight....or just look up the fights ud want to see...

I do it all the time the next day....I even stumbled upon a streaming site when GSP fought Diaz and watched the last 4 rounds

-Beast Mode-

[pawn master]

I just go for a good meal at one of the bars in town and watch for free usually.

[DB1982]

I just go for a good meal at one of the bars in town and watch for free usually.

Yup same here me and my buddies get together for all the fights at BW3's.

[BG]

^^Nice they dont do that around here

I think they charge to much for it. A local place did it with out paying because a bunch of my friends and I would go. We would ask if he had it, he would rent it but I guess that isnt enough, he got busted, had to pay 10G. I felt horrible, real good guy, ended up passing away of cancer and the place just sit the way it was.

[Zodiac82]

Yup same here me and my buddies get together for all the fights at BW3's.

yep 5 dollar cover...not bad...and actually last time they didnt even charge a cover for the Silva fight

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[gearbox]

At bww here they show every fight and have booths outside with about 10 flat screens showing the fight so you have the place full to capacity and about 100 ppl standing around the walk way area of the restaurant. Its in a big area of a movie theater and other restaurants. Crazy how packed it was for this last fight.
The restaurant across the street not showing the fight had plenty of tables available. Seems the $55 investment would be beneficial for them.

[DB1982]

At bww here they show every fight and have booths outside with about 10 flat screens showing the fight so you have the place full to capacity and about 100 ppl standing around the walk way area of the restaurant. Its in a big area of a movie theater and other restaurants. Crazy how packed it was for this last fight.
The restaurant across the street not showing the fight had plenty of tables available. Seems the $55 investment would be beneficial for them.

Restaurant/Businesses don't pay $55 per ppv. They have to pay based on how many can people the establishment can seat. So a buddy of mine pays like $1500 for a PPV at his medium sized bar.

[t-dogg]

Restaurant/Businesses don't pay $55 per ppv. They have to pay based on how many can people the establishment can seat. So a buddy of mine pays like $1500 for a PPV at his medium sized bar.

Correct lol.

[Zodiac82]

Restaurant/Businesses don't pay $55 per ppv. They have to pay based on how many can people the establishment can seat. So a buddy of mine pays like $1500 for a PPV at his medium sized bar.

yep....although a lot of places dont...some are lucky and never get caught and other are not so lucky

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[pawn master]

Really so BP's has to pay out thousands of dollars for a PPV. I never would have guessed that at all. I figured there was a set price for establishments compared to private residences but that seems like a lot for a few hours of PPV. I am sure the smaller places I have been to are not paying that LOL. I went to the last one and it was busy but a different crowd. That bar is always busy on a Sat night so I bet they just air it. I am going to try to find out though I am interested in knowing.

[Frank egg white]

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