UFC on FOX 3: Diaz vs. Miller- Discussion Thread

[Dolph'sZiggler]

Yea by the average making 11k I'm sure they meant every wannabe fighter from every half ass organization around.. UFC fighters still don't make as much as you would think outside of top guys. The thing about insurance really made me go hmmm. Apparently UFC doesn't give you full insurance, they only cover you for injuries that happen in UFC fights. So if you get a bad injury in training or something and don't have your own insurance you have to pay out of pocket for dr bills, surgery, ect.

UFC 145 pay outs: http://www.mmamania.com/2012/4/25/2974514/ufc-145-payouts-salaries-jon-jones-rashad-evans
Jon Jones: $400,000 (no win bonus)
Rashad Evans: $300,000
Jones def. Evans via unanimous decision

Rory MacDonald: $36,000 ($18,000 to show, $18,000 to win)
Che Mills: $8,000
MacDonald def. Mills via technical knockout

Ben Rothwell: $104,000 ($52,000 to show, $52,000 to win)
Brendan Schaub: $14,000
Rothwell def. Schaub via knockout

Michael McDonald: $16,000 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 to win)
Miguel Torres: $32,000
McDonald def. Torres via knockout

Eddie Yagin: $12,000 ($6,000 to show, $6,000 to win)
Mark Hominick: $17,000
Yagin def. Hominick via split decision

Mark Bocek: $46,000 ($23,000 to show, $23,000 to win)
John Alessio: $10,000
Bocek def. Alessio via unanimous decision

Travis Browne: $24,000 ($12,000 to show, $12,000 to win)
Chad Griggs: $27,000
Brown def. Griggs via submission

Matt Brown: $36,000 ($18,000 to show, $18,000 to win)
Stephen Thompson: $8,000
Brown def. Thompson via unanimous decision

Anthony Njokuani: $24,000 ($12,000 to show, $12,000 to win)
John Makdessi: $12,000
Njokuani def. Makdessi via unanimous decision

Mac Danzig: $54,000 ($27,000 to show, $27,000 to win)
Efrain Escudero: $10,000
Danzig def. Escudero via unanimous decision

Chris Clements: $12,000 ($6,000 to show, $6,000 to win)
Keith Wisniewski: $10,000
Clements def. Wisniewski via split decision

Marcus Brimage: $16,000 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 to win)
Maximo Blanco: $13,000
Brimage def. Blanco via split decision


some of that is crazy. Che Mills making 8k to be in the co main event??

 

[Crayo]

That's well bad. I wonder how much Nate and Nick make.

 

[Dolph'sZiggler]

There was a thread on Sherdog yesterday that talked about how much bonus money Nate had made for winning either fight of the night or submission of the night, and he has made over half a mill just from bonuses alone. For example he made a cool 65k extra for his sweet ass choke out of Miller on Saturday.

I know Nick made 200,000 for his last fight with Condit.

http://www.tapology.com/fightcenter/fighters/nick-diaz Career Disclosed Earnings: $1,165,950 USD
http://www.tapology.com/fightcenter/fighters/nate-diaz Career Disclosed Earnings: $840,000 USD

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Basically they are cakin'

 

[Crayo]

No wonder they're always high.

 

[Dolph'sZiggler]

lol. That is just what they've been paid for fights, they make pretty good money from sponsors as well.

Of course this all looks like chump change compared to the 32 million Pretty Boy Floyd pulled in for his fight with Cotto :shock:

 

[Crayo]

32 mill for that fight?

Man he won't care when he gets owned by Manny later this year, he'll be getting TONS of money from that.

 

[Dolph'sZiggler]

lol, Floyd would own Manny just like my boy Juan Manuel Marquez has 3 times.

That being said, I don't think they'll ever fight. Floyd is the bigger draw and wants to be paid like it, while Manny's camp insists on a 50/50 split, which Floyd won't give him.

 

[Crayo]

Manny is a mahoosive draw... he's the biggest star in his whole country. Period. There is no one on his level there, Floyd is amongst big big competition.

It should be split. It's a big fight everyone wants. Not for floyd, not for manny, for both. Floyd's just scared .

Manny would kill him.

 

[Dolph'sZiggler]

lol, Manny would not kill him. Have you watched his fights against JMM? Floyd has the same style, but he is 10 X better at it. Manny's head down prodding towards you style would be easy pickings for Floyd's defensive counter punching. It wouldn't even be competitive, just like 99% of Mayweather's fights.

And Manny is a huge draw, far and away the #2 draw in boxing.. but as much as he is #2, Floyd is #1. PPV box office don't lie, Floyd sells the most PPVs & made 32 million to fight Cotto, Manny made a fraction of that for the same fight.

I am fine with Floyd wanting more of the money because he is undoubtedly the bigger draw between the two of them.

 

[Crayo]

Meh, all I see is "FLOYD ONLY FIGHTS UNKNOWNS HE KNOWS HE CAN BEAT" comments so I'm being incredibly bias. I've not seen many of either of their fights, though I'd wish to. I'd probably root for Floyd if they did fight, I'm not even sure why though.

 

[Dolph'sZiggler]

Floyd haters say stupid shit. He has fought everyone Manny has and embarrassed them. JMM, Cotto, Mosley, Victor Ortiz, Hatton, Judah, Oscar, Gatti..Floyd is the best boxer in the world

 

[Dolph'sZiggler]

http://www.sherdog.com/fight-week/Diaz-Gunning-for-HendersonEdgar-Winner-42533

 

[Crayo]

I could listen to him all day.