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I think the athletes in the UFC are kind of getting screwed. Floyd Mayweather made more money in one fight than every UFC athlete has made combined since the UF
by samfisher83 10y ago
I think the athletes in the UFC are kind of getting screwed. Floyd Mayweather made more money in one fight than every UFC athlete has made combined since the UFC started.
- krelian 10y agoThe thing is Floyd Mayweather is practically the only fighter in that position. He had a contract where he made 40 Million on each of his last 6 fights but for a "normal" fighter a pay of just 2M - 5M is considered an excellent deal.
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- paulpauper 10y agoFloyd Mayweather alone sells millions of tickets ..that's why he makes so much
- bluecalm 10y agoStill, I think it's fair point that fighters in boxing capture more of a revenue than fighters in UFC. UFC is very young though, unionization and revenue % negotiations are bound to happen as they did in any other popular professional sport.
- antoniuschan99 10y agoIt's also a different business model. Also, Mayweather had to buy out his own contract at one point or something. Before that (as Money Mayweather), he was only known as Pretty Boy Floyd
- feklar 10y agoFloyd was his own promoter and put up the insurance and paid his opponents. It could happen that a very popular fighter in the UFC decides to branch and hold his/her own PPVs if they have the capital to insure it, cover security, advertise ect.