UFC Fighter Salaries 2010 compared to Boxing

01 Georges St-Pierre * $ 900,000
02 Michael Bisping* $ 885,000
03 Brock Lesnar $ 875,000
04 Rashad Evans $ 785,000
05 Rampage Jackson* $ 750,000
06 B.J. Penn * $ 680,000
07 Matt Hughes* $ 560,000
08 Anderson Silva * $ 520,000
09 Chuck Liddell $ 500,000
10 James Toney $ 500,000
11 Randy Couture $ 500,000
12 Mirko Cro Cop* $ 460,000
13 Lyoto Machida* $ 400,000
14 Wanderlei Silva* $ 400,000
15 Cain Velasquez * $ 390,000
16 Chris Leben $ 316,000
17 Mauricio Rua $ 315,000
18 Matt Serra* $ 300,000
19 Junior dos Santos $ 260,000
20 Josh Koscheck * $ 259,000
21 Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira * $ 250,000
22 Tito Ortiz $ 250,000
23 Carlos Condit* $ 249,000
24 Antonio Rogerio Nogueira* $ 245,000
25 Demian Maia * $ 244,000
26 Nate Marquardt* $ 240,000
27 Joe Lauzon* $ 238,000
28 Jon Fitch * $ 228,000
29 Kenny Florian * $ 225,000
30 Rich Franklin $ 225,000
31 Yoshihiro Akiyama* $ 225,000
32 Diego Sanchez $ 220,000
33 Chael Sonnen $ 219,000
34 Mac Danzig* $ 212,000
35 Stephan Bonnar* $ 212,000
36 Chris Lytle * $ 206,000
37 Mark Munoz* $ 205,000
38 George Sotiropoulos * $ 202,000
39 Paulo Thiago $ 196,000
40 Frankie Edgar * $ 192,000
41 Nate Diaz* $ 192,000
42 Shane Carwin* $ 185,000
43 Sam Stout* $ 183,000
44 Kendall Grove * $ 178,000
45 Dennis Siver * $ 175,000
46 Ricardo Almeida* $ 175,000
47 Jim Miller* $ 170,000
48 Gerald Harris * $ 167,000
49 Cheick Kongo* $ 165,000
50 Takanori Gomi* $ 160,000
51 Evan Dunham* $ 157,000
52 Clay Guida $ 156,000
53 Jake Shields $ 150,000
54 Sean Sherk* $ 150,000
55 Vladimir Matyushenko* $ 149,000
56 Marcus Davis $ 145,000
57 Joe Stevenson * $ 144,000
58 Thiago Alves* $ 144,000
59 Kurt Pellegrino * $ 140,000
60 Cole Miller* $ 138,000
61 Jon Jones $ 136,000
62 Phil Davis* $ 136,000
63 Frank Mir * $ 135,000
64 Keith Jardine * $ 135,000
65 Matt Hamill $ 135,000
66 Stefan Struve* $ 135,000
67 Gabriel Gonzaga $ 134,000
68 Yushin Okami* $ 128,000
69 Krzysztof Soszynski * $ 125,000
70 Jared Hamman* $ 123,000
71 Martin Kampmann $ 123,000
72 Rafael dos Anjos* $ 119,000
73 Charles Oliveira* $ 110,000
74 C.B. Dollaway * $ 106,000
75 John Howard* $ 106,000
76 DaMarques Johnson * $ 105,000
77 Rory MacDonald $ 105,000
78 Daniel Roberts $ 104,000
79 Melvin Guillard* $ 104,000
80 Alan Belcher * $ 103,000
81 Paul Daley* $ 102,200
82 Johny Hendricks* $ 102,000
83 Matt Mitrione* $ 102,000
84 Ben Rothwell $ 100,000
85 Joey Beltran * $ 100,000
86 Ryan Jensen $ 97,000
87 Jeremy Stephens * $ 95,000
88 Mark Bocek* $ 95,000
89 Jason Brilz $ 94,000
90 Mike Pyle* $ 93,000
91 Brian Stann $ 91,000
92 Dan Miller* $ 90,000
93 Gilbert Yvel $ 90,000
94 Mike Russow $ 89,000
95 Tyson Griffin* $ 88,000
96 Gray Maynard $ 86,000
97 Carlos Vemola* $ 84,000
98 Aaron Simpson* $ 78,000
99 Spencer Fisher* $ 78,000
100 Rodney Wallace* $ 77,000
101 Pascal Krauss* $ 76,000
102 Amir Sadollah* $ 75,000
103 Roy Nelson* $ 75,000
104 Nik Lentz* $ 73,000
105 Paul Sass* $ 72,000
106 Court McGee $ 71,000
107 Brian Foster * $ 70,000
108 Tom Lawlor* $ 70,000
109 Mark Scanlon* $ 68,000
110 Rick Story* $ 68,000
111 Dong Hyun Kim $ 64,000
112 Leonard Garcia $ 62,000
113 Brandon Vera $ 60,000
114 Brendan Schaub $ 60,000
115 Dennis Hallman* $ 60,000
116 Efrain Escudero $ 60,000
117 Mark Coleman $ 60,000
118 Ryan Bader* $ 60,000
119 Gleison Tibau * $ 57,000
120 Kyle Kingsbury* $ 56,000
121 Dustin Hazelett* $ 55,800
122 Thiago Silva $ 55,000
123 Ross Pearson* $ 54,000
124 Matthew Riddle* $ 52,000
125 Paul Kelly* $ 51,000
126 Duane Ludwig* $ 48,000
127 Jon Madsen * $ 48,000
128 Paul Taylor* $ 48,000
129 Tim Boetsch* $ 48,000
130 Cody McKenzie $ 46,000
131 Nam Phan $ 46,000
132 James Wilks* $ 45,000
133 Mike Massenzio $ 45,000
134 Thiago Tavares* $ 45,000
135 Jake Ellenberger $ 44,000
136 Mike Swick $ 43,000
137 Alessio Sakara $ 42,000
138 Patrick Cote* $ 42,000
139 Andre Winner * $ 40,000
140 Caol Uno * $ 40,000
141 James Irvin $ 40,000
142 Karo Parisyan* $ 40,000
143 Mike Pierce $ 40,000
144 Paul Buentello $ 40,000
145 Rich Antonito $ 40,000
146 Jacob Volkmann * $ 38,000
147 Pablo Garza $ 38,000
148 Jorge Rivera * $ 36,000
149 Rob Emerson* $ 36,000
150 Dave Branch* $ 34,000
151 John Hathaway* $ 33,000
152 Chris Camozzi $ 32,000
153 Chris Tuchscherer $ 32,000
154 Kyle Noke* $ 32,000
155 Dan Lauzon $ 30,000
156 Frank Trigg $ 30,000
157 John Salter * $ 30,000
158 Matt Brown* $ 30,000
159 Nate Quarry* $ 30,000
160 Nick Osipczak* $ 30,000
161 Rafaello Oliveira* $ 30,000
162 John Gunderson* $ 29,000
163 Igor Pokrajac* $ 28,000
164 Matt Wiman $ 28,000
165 Rob Kimmons* $ 27,000
166 Brad Blackburn * $ 26,000
167 Jason MacDonald * $ 26,000
168 Mario Miranda $ 26,000
169 Mike Guymon $ 26,000
170 Kimbo Slice * $ 25,000
171 Ben Saunders * $ 24,000
172 Charlie Brenneman* $ 24,000
173 Claude Patrick* $ 24,000
174 Rousimar Palhares* $ 21,000
175 Aaron Riley $ 20,000
176 Darren Elkins $ 20,000
177 Seth Petruzelli* $ 20,000
178 TJ Grant* $ 20,000
179 Luiz Cane $ 19,000
180 Alesander Gustafsson* $ 18,000
181 Cyrille Diabate* $ 18,000
182 Greg Soto* $ 18,000
183 Sean McCorkle* $ 18,000
184 Travis Browne* $ 18,000
185 Waylon Lowe* $ 18,000
186 Tomasz Drwal* $ 17,200
187 Brad Tavares $ 16,000
188 James McSweeney* $ 16,000
189 Jonathan Brookins $ 16,000
190 Kris McCray* $ 16,000
191 Kyle Watson $ 16,000
192 Ricardo Romero $ 16,000
193 Yves Edwards* $ 16,000
194 Goran Reljic * $ 15,000
195 Rolles Gracie $ 15,000
196 Jesse Lennox $ 14,000
197 Nick Catone $ 14,000
198 Tim Hague* $ 14,000
199 Eric Shaefer $ 13,000
200 Anthony Waldburger* $ 12,000
201 David Loiseau $ 12,000
202 Edson Barboza* $ 12,000
203 Fabio Maldonado* $ 12,000
204 Forrest Petz* $ 12,000
205 James Te-Huna* $ 12,000
206 Jesse Forbes $ 12,000
207 Joe Doerksen* $ 12,000
208 John Makdessi* $ 12,000
209 Julio Paulino* $ 12,000
210 Maiquel Falcao* $ 12,000
211 Mark Holst* $ 12,000
212 Pat Audinwood* $ 12,000
213 Rafael Natal* $ 12,000
214 Rob Broughton* $ 12,000
215 Sean Pierson* $ 12,000
216 Pat Barry $ 11,000
217 Chase Gormley $ 10,000
218 Elliot Marshall $ 10,000
219 Fabricio Camoes * $ 10,000
220 Ian Loveland $ 10,000
221 Phillipe Nover $ 10,000
222 Terry Etim* $ 10,000
223 Shannon Gugerty $ 9,000
224 Aaron Wilkinson $ 8,000
225 Alexandre Ferreira* $ 8,000
226 Carlos Eduardo Rocha* $ 8,000
227 Dong Yi Yang $ 8,000
228 Gabe Ruediger $ 8,000
229 James Hammortree $ 8,000
230 Jamie Yager $ 8,000
231 Josh Bryant $ 8,000
232 Justin Bucholz $ 8,000
233 Kyle Bradley $ 8,000
234 Michael Johnson $ 8,000
235 Peter Sobotta* $ 8,000
236 Ronys Torres* $ 8,000
237 Savo Chivitchian $ 8,000
238 Seth Baczynski $ 8,000
239 Todd Duffee $ 8,000
240 Yoshiyuki Yoshida* $ 8,000
241 Jonathan Goulet* $ 7,000
242 Mustafa Al Turk* $ 7,000
243 Amilcar Alves $ 6,000
244 Anthony Perosh* $ 6,000
245 Christian Morecraft $ 6,000
246 David Mitchell* $ 6,000
247 Jason High* $ 6,000
248 Jay Silva $ 6,000
249 Jesse Bongfelt* $ 6,000
250 Kurt Warburton* $ 6,000
251 Lucio Linhares* $ 6,000
252 Mike Lullo* $ 6,000
253 Rory Markham* $ 6,000
254 Steve Lopez* $ 6,000
255 Steve Steinbeiss $ 6,000
256 T.J. O'Brien* $ 6,000
257 Todd Brown $ 6,000
258 Vinicius Queiroz* $ 6,000
259 Nicholas Pace $ 5,400
260 Joe Brammer $ 5,000
261 Matt Veach* $ 5,000
262 Ricardo Funch $ 5,000
263 Fredson Paixao $ 4,000
264 Will Campuzano $ 3,300
265 Tyler Toner $ 3,000

Total $26,778,900
Average $ 101,052

Floyd Mayweather Jr by himself earned $60 million. That means boxing's top star earned more than double of the whole UFC roster.

thats because he makes it rain

LOL WHAT THE FUCK, JAMES TONEY MADE A LOT MORE THAN A LOT OF ACTUAL LEGIT MMA FIGHTERS

WOW lol

Groundhog wrote:LOL WHAT THE FUCK, JAMES TONEY MADE A LOT MORE THAN A LOT OF ACTUAL LEGIT MMA FIGHTERS

WOW lol

Yep, it's a joke.

Groundhog wrote:LOL WHAT THE FUCK, JAMES TONEY MADE A LOT MORE THAN A LOT OF ACTUAL LEGIT MMA FIGHTERS

WOW lol

I think it was worth it to Dana from a credibility standpoint, and I see his point. The UFC grossly underpays its talent, but boxing does worse and overpays. The other thing I like about the UFC system is you can see that it's not just the top talent that gets the most $, but the guys who fight the most.

But MMA fighters are as in-active as boxers. GSP, Anderson Silva, Cain Velasquez, Jose Aldo, ect only fought twice last year. Fedor only fought once last year.

first this shows white eats alone..less then 300 fighters in the ufc.im not familar with there competion if any but is there one.if so there stable has to be smaller..make that 500 guys total in all divisions which is less then the boxing HW division...ive read boasts by mma fans that there ppvs are very very succesfull..ill assume they are right.
what do they charge for a ppv..is it 50 dollars..800 thousand buys in one makes 40 million.lets say 20 goes to ufc.thats for one ppv only..wheres the money going.many of there matches are also shown on cable tv.where is that money going..
they got to be the dumbest guys in sports to put up with this..i dont understand if the ufc is so popular far more popular then boxing as there fan base says then why doesnt 1.four or 5 of there top guys who should have a huge following as per there fans and they have known name recognition go see a top fight promoter and arrange a fight with a top boxer in the boxing ring under boxing rules.2.let that promoter do the ppv..showcase the fight in a well established ufc venue and make 2 or 3 million dollars for that one fight...assuming that top guy will earn 500thousand that year in the ufc then one fight could pay them 6 years or more of money...
they must be under a slave contract to be robbed like that..or maybe plan stupid. or both..

All the fighters have champions clauses in their contract so when their contract finishes it automatically renews as long as they hold a title in the UFC.

freakzilla wrote:01 Georges St-Pierre * $ 900,000
02 Michael Bisping* $ 885,000
03 Brock Lesnar $ 875,000
04 Rashad Evans $ 785,000
05 Rampage Jackson* $ 750,000
06 B.J. Penn * $ 680,000
07 Matt Hughes* $ 560,000
08 Anderson Silva * $ 520,000
09 Chuck Liddell $ 500,000
10 James Toney $ 500,000
11 Randy Couture $ 500,000
12 Mirko Cro Cop* $ 460,000
13 Lyoto Machida* $ 400,000
14 Wanderlei Silva* $ 400,000
15 Cain Velasquez * $ 390,000
16 Chris Leben $ 316,000
17 Mauricio Rua $ 315,000
18 Matt Serra* $ 300,000
19 Junior dos Santos $ 260,000
20 Josh Koscheck * $ 259,000
21 Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira * $ 250,000
22 Tito Ortiz $ 250,000
23 Carlos Condit* $ 249,000
24 Antonio Rogerio Nogueira* $ 245,000
25 Demian Maia * $ 244,000
26 Nate Marquardt* $ 240,000
27 Joe Lauzon* $ 238,000
28 Jon Fitch * $ 228,000
29 Kenny Florian * $ 225,000
30 Rich Franklin $ 225,000
31 Yoshihiro Akiyama* $ 225,000
32 Diego Sanchez $ 220,000
33 Chael Sonnen $ 219,000
34 Mac Danzig* $ 212,000
35 Stephan Bonnar* $ 212,000
36 Chris Lytle * $ 206,000
37 Mark Munoz* $ 205,000
38 George Sotiropoulos * $ 202,000
39 Paulo Thiago $ 196,000
40 Frankie Edgar * $ 192,000
41 Nate Diaz* $ 192,000
42 Shane Carwin* $ 185,000
43 Sam Stout* $ 183,000
44 Kendall Grove * $ 178,000
45 Dennis Siver * $ 175,000
46 Ricardo Almeida* $ 175,000
47 Jim Miller* $ 170,000
48 Gerald Harris * $ 167,000
49 Cheick Kongo* $ 165,000
50 Takanori Gomi* $ 160,000
51 Evan Dunham* $ 157,000
52 Clay Guida $ 156,000
53 Jake Shields $ 150,000
54 Sean Sherk* $ 150,000
55 Vladimir Matyushenko* $ 149,000
56 Marcus Davis $ 145,000
57 Joe Stevenson * $ 144,000
58 Thiago Alves* $ 144,000
59 Kurt Pellegrino * $ 140,000
60 Cole Miller* $ 138,000
61 Jon Jones $ 136,000
62 Phil Davis* $ 136,000
63 Frank Mir * $ 135,000
64 Keith Jardine * $ 135,000
65 Matt Hamill $ 135,000
66 Stefan Struve* $ 135,000
67 Gabriel Gonzaga $ 134,000
68 Yushin Okami* $ 128,000
69 Krzysztof Soszynski * $ 125,000
70 Jared Hamman* $ 123,000
71 Martin Kampmann $ 123,000
72 Rafael dos Anjos* $ 119,000
73 Charles Oliveira* $ 110,000
74 C.B. Dollaway * $ 106,000
75 John Howard* $ 106,000
76 DaMarques Johnson * $ 105,000
77 Rory MacDonald $ 105,000
78 Daniel Roberts $ 104,000
79 Melvin Guillard* $ 104,000
80 Alan Belcher * $ 103,000
81 Paul Daley* $ 102,200
82 Johny Hendricks* $ 102,000
83 Matt Mitrione* $ 102,000
84 Ben Rothwell $ 100,000
85 Joey Beltran * $ 100,000
86 Ryan Jensen $ 97,000
87 Jeremy Stephens * $ 95,000
88 Mark Bocek* $ 95,000
89 Jason Brilz $ 94,000
90 Mike Pyle* $ 93,000
91 Brian Stann $ 91,000
92 Dan Miller* $ 90,000
93 Gilbert Yvel $ 90,000
94 Mike Russow $ 89,000
95 Tyson Griffin* $ 88,000
96 Gray Maynard $ 86,000
97 Carlos Vemola* $ 84,000
98 Aaron Simpson* $ 78,000
99 Spencer Fisher* $ 78,000
100 Rodney Wallace* $ 77,000
101 Pascal Krauss* $ 76,000
102 Amir Sadollah* $ 75,000
103 Roy Nelson* $ 75,000
104 Nik Lentz* $ 73,000
105 Paul Sass* $ 72,000
106 Court McGee $ 71,000
107 Brian Foster * $ 70,000
108 Tom Lawlor* $ 70,000
109 Mark Scanlon* $ 68,000
110 Rick Story* $ 68,000
111 Dong Hyun Kim $ 64,000
112 Leonard Garcia $ 62,000
113 Brandon Vera $ 60,000
114 Brendan Schaub $ 60,000
115 Dennis Hallman* $ 60,000
116 Efrain Escudero $ 60,000
117 Mark Coleman $ 60,000
118 Ryan Bader* $ 60,000
119 Gleison Tibau * $ 57,000
120 Kyle Kingsbury* $ 56,000
121 Dustin Hazelett* $ 55,800
122 Thiago Silva $ 55,000
123 Ross Pearson* $ 54,000
124 Matthew Riddle* $ 52,000
125 Paul Kelly* $ 51,000
126 Duane Ludwig* $ 48,000
127 Jon Madsen * $ 48,000
128 Paul Taylor* $ 48,000
129 Tim Boetsch* $ 48,000
130 Cody McKenzie $ 46,000
131 Nam Phan $ 46,000
132 James Wilks* $ 45,000
133 Mike Massenzio $ 45,000
134 Thiago Tavares* $ 45,000
135 Jake Ellenberger $ 44,000
136 Mike Swick $ 43,000
137 Alessio Sakara $ 42,000
138 Patrick Cote* $ 42,000
139 Andre Winner * $ 40,000
140 Caol Uno * $ 40,000
141 James Irvin $ 40,000
142 Karo Parisyan* $ 40,000
143 Mike Pierce $ 40,000
144 Paul Buentello $ 40,000
145 Rich Antonito $ 40,000
146 Jacob Volkmann * $ 38,000
147 Pablo Garza $ 38,000
148 Jorge Rivera * $ 36,000
149 Rob Emerson* $ 36,000
150 Dave Branch* $ 34,000
151 John Hathaway* $ 33,000
152 Chris Camozzi $ 32,000
153 Chris Tuchscherer $ 32,000
154 Kyle Noke* $ 32,000
155 Dan Lauzon $ 30,000
156 Frank Trigg $ 30,000
157 John Salter * $ 30,000
158 Matt Brown* $ 30,000
159 Nate Quarry* $ 30,000
160 Nick Osipczak* $ 30,000
161 Rafaello Oliveira* $ 30,000
162 John Gunderson* $ 29,000
163 Igor Pokrajac* $ 28,000
164 Matt Wiman $ 28,000
165 Rob Kimmons* $ 27,000
166 Brad Blackburn * $ 26,000
167 Jason MacDonald * $ 26,000
168 Mario Miranda $ 26,000
169 Mike Guymon $ 26,000
170 Kimbo Slice * $ 25,000
171 Ben Saunders * $ 24,000
172 Charlie Brenneman* $ 24,000
173 Claude Patrick* $ 24,000
174 Rousimar Palhares* $ 21,000
175 Aaron Riley $ 20,000
176 Darren Elkins $ 20,000
177 Seth Petruzelli* $ 20,000
178 TJ Grant* $ 20,000
179 Luiz Cane $ 19,000
180 Alesander Gustafsson* $ 18,000
181 Cyrille Diabate* $ 18,000
182 Greg Soto* $ 18,000
183 Sean McCorkle* $ 18,000
184 Travis Browne* $ 18,000
185 Waylon Lowe* $ 18,000
186 Tomasz Drwal* $ 17,200
187 Brad Tavares $ 16,000
188 James McSweeney* $ 16,000
189 Jonathan Brookins $ 16,000
190 Kris McCray* $ 16,000
191 Kyle Watson $ 16,000
192 Ricardo Romero $ 16,000
193 Yves Edwards* $ 16,000
194 Goran Reljic * $ 15,000
195 Rolles Gracie $ 15,000
196 Jesse Lennox $ 14,000
197 Nick Catone $ 14,000
198 Tim Hague* $ 14,000
199 Eric Shaefer $ 13,000
200 Anthony Waldburger* $ 12,000
201 David Loiseau $ 12,000
202 Edson Barboza* $ 12,000
203 Fabio Maldonado* $ 12,000
204 Forrest Petz* $ 12,000
205 James Te-Huna* $ 12,000
206 Jesse Forbes $ 12,000
207 Joe Doerksen* $ 12,000
208 John Makdessi* $ 12,000
209 Julio Paulino* $ 12,000
210 Maiquel Falcao* $ 12,000
211 Mark Holst* $ 12,000
212 Pat Audinwood* $ 12,000
213 Rafael Natal* $ 12,000
214 Rob Broughton* $ 12,000
215 Sean Pierson* $ 12,000
216 Pat Barry $ 11,000
217 Chase Gormley $ 10,000
218 Elliot Marshall $ 10,000
219 Fabricio Camoes * $ 10,000
220 Ian Loveland $ 10,000
221 Phillipe Nover $ 10,000
222 Terry Etim* $ 10,000
223 Shannon Gugerty $ 9,000
224 Aaron Wilkinson $ 8,000
225 Alexandre Ferreira* $ 8,000
226 Carlos Eduardo Rocha* $ 8,000
227 Dong Yi Yang $ 8,000
228 Gabe Ruediger $ 8,000
229 James Hammortree $ 8,000
230 Jamie Yager $ 8,000
231 Josh Bryant $ 8,000
232 Justin Bucholz $ 8,000
233 Kyle Bradley $ 8,000
234 Michael Johnson $ 8,000
235 Peter Sobotta* $ 8,000
236 Ronys Torres* $ 8,000
237 Savo Chivitchian $ 8,000
238 Seth Baczynski $ 8,000
239 Todd Duffee $ 8,000
240 Yoshiyuki Yoshida* $ 8,000
241 Jonathan Goulet* $ 7,000
242 Mustafa Al Turk* $ 7,000
243 Amilcar Alves $ 6,000
244 Anthony Perosh* $ 6,000
245 Christian Morecraft $ 6,000
246 David Mitchell* $ 6,000
247 Jason High* $ 6,000
248 Jay Silva $ 6,000
249 Jesse Bongfelt* $ 6,000
250 Kurt Warburton* $ 6,000
251 Lucio Linhares* $ 6,000
252 Mike Lullo* $ 6,000
253 Rory Markham* $ 6,000
254 Steve Lopez* $ 6,000
255 Steve Steinbeiss $ 6,000
256 T.J. O'Brien* $ 6,000
257 Todd Brown $ 6,000
258 Vinicius Queiroz* $ 6,000
259 Nicholas Pace $ 5,400
260 Joe Brammer $ 5,000
261 Matt Veach* $ 5,000
262 Ricardo Funch $ 5,000
263 Fredson Paixao $ 4,000
264 Will Campuzano $ 3,300
265 Tyler Toner $ 3,000

Total $26,778,900
Average $ 101,052

Floyd Mayweather Jr by himself earned $60 million. That means boxing's top star earned more than double of the whole UFC roster.

The UFC fighters need to do something about the pay.

freak then a simple anser is a champ or 3 or 4 of them retire for a year..good bye ufc contract since they will replace the champ..second are not several top ufc fighters NOT champs..like brock..that so called contract stipulation is a weak argument for getting screwd..265 ufc fighters..how many are champs..maybe 8...hello...hello boxinmg promoter good bye dana..wake up guys your getting screwed.

There are 7 titles. Even if you retire when you come back your old contract is not null and void. They should strike or something though because the UFC are screwing them hard. Brock vs Carwin and Brock vs Cain both did over a million buys.

UFC = U Fight Cheap

Tobe wrote:UFC = U Fight Cheap

LMAO!!!!

Lol.

GrantZilla wrote:But MMA fighters are as in-active as boxers. GSP, Anderson Silva, Cain Velasquez, Jose Aldo, ect only fought twice last year. Fedor only fought once last year.

The majority of those fighters had injuries.

So what. None these guys fight more then 3 times a year. Tops. Silva hasn't fought thee times a year since 2008.

Point is, MMA fighters and boxers have a lot of in-activity.

GrantZilla wrote:So what. None these guys fight more then 3 times a year. Tops. Silva hasn't fought thee times a year since 2008.

Point is, MMA fighters and boxers have a lot of in-activity.

I don't agree, the UFC does their best to keep fighters as active as possible. After Brock came back from that problem I won't even attempt to name he fought twice within the space of months. If Cain hadn't of delivered that beatdown that Dos Santos fight would already be scheduled.

Yes they're will always be a couple of fighters who take alot of time off between fights ( GSP for example) but generally alot of their fighters fight quite often.

On average, it's 2-3 fights a year. Go look it up.

That's why most these fighters have only fought 19-30 fights their entire career.

Couture has had 29 fights in 14 years. Liddell ending his career with 29 fights in 13 years.
Evans has had 16 fights in 8 years, ect, ect. That's career average of about 2 fights a year.

To be fair when alot of these fighters don't have a fight scheduled they're at different gyms trying to improve their technique. Remember MMA involves alot of different martial arts like jiu jitsu, boxing, wrestling, karate, judo, mauy thai etc.

And quite alot of these fighters also run their own gyms and train other fighters.

Boxers don't train? Come on, point is man, MMA guys fight less then typical boxer does.

Difference is though, when UFC fighter becomes a name, barring injurry, they still fight atleast 2-3 times a year. They don't pull a Mayweather or Oscar and only fight once a year. Except Fedor.

GrantZilla wrote:Boxers don't train? Come on, point is man, MMA guys fight less then typical boxer does.

Difference is though, when UFC fighter becomes a name, barring injurry, they still fight atleast 2-3 times a year. They don't pull a Mayweather or Oscar and only fight once a year. Except Fedor.

I never said all boxers don't train outside of fights, just pointing out MMA fighters need to learn alot of different martial art techniques between fights because their sport is so varied.

The difference is like what Ali said. In boxing once you've learnt how to box there isn't much more skill to learn but in MMA there are so many discipline's to learn that you need much more training. Also in MMA you get much more injuries as you are punched, kicked and wrestled.

freakzilla wrote:The difference is like what Ali said. In boxing once you've learnt how to box there isn't much more skill to learn but in MMA there are so many discipline's to learn that you need much more training. Also in MMA you get much more injuries as you are punched, kicked and wrestled.

That is so beyond wrong.

You know what I mean. I meant that in MMA you have to learn BJJ, Wrestling, Boxing, Kick Boxing, Judo and other forms. In Boxing all you have to learn is Boxing and not worry about kicks or takedowns.

look the bottom line grant is correct.and then the excuses fly..they have to learn so much..like what..wressling.there excellent at it i agree.thats because most of them have had a career in that in colledge or elsewhere..they have to learn boxing..well when are they going to do that..everyone of them and the number of matches i watched here when my son lived with me cause he like it not one had basic skills in boxing..there skill level in punching combos footwork slipping punches feights counterpunching is below the level of fouth r tier fighters..karate.bullshit..where the karate moves that have been demistrated with experetiece.. bruce lee type of accurate karate kicks to the head..judo.where.i mean classic judo or jujitsu moves...
the legend lol lindell.koed what 5-6 times and with the first punch hes hit with..in almost every match i see the first decent punch landed they go either down or out..yeah they know how to slip punches or roll with one.
every excuses given why there as inactive as a boxer is not valid since boxers have the same circumstances as grant points out..its kick boxing with wressling.thats what it is..
they have there fan base and support and im more then ok with that..they train hard soo do fighters.when they press the action most of them run out of gas..many lack intelligent conditioning for there sport...
the baddest biggest toughest guy has 7 fights lost 2 and got his ass kicked by basic very basic boxing skills..thats brock..
the sport has a small limited amount of fighters and the promoter creates a star after they have 4 or 5 fights..yes they have to worry about takedowns ..thats part of there sport and you train for that..a boxer has to worry also about a great jab a guy who can punch stick and move..and several other things in there field..kicks geez.with a rare exception there teligraphed crap..ali was kicked more times in that farse with the japanese guy then most of thoses guys have been kicked in there career..
they have master wressling to a relatively high degree..the rest is amaterish BS....again the topic is there as inactive as fighters and grant has proved that..you can give all the excuses you want but the same excuses are also in boxing..there all poor ones..