Black Taoist VS Lyte Burly (52 Blocks)

[Ray Pina]

George St. Pierre needs a new manager. He should be making twice that!

[sanjuro_ronin]

these are the figures for UFC 100- how many will even make it this far?
A few disclaimers regarding the salaries can be found below. However, it's also worth noting that fighters such as Lesnar and St. Pierre also earn a portion of the pay-per-view revenue. In fact, Lesnar reportedly will make approximately $3 million from the fight even before the majority of his sponsorship money is tallied.

The full payouts for the event included:

Jon Fitch: $90,000 (includes $45,000 win bonus)
def. Paulo Thiago: $8,000

Brock Lesnar: $400,000 (no win bonus)
def. Frank Mir: $45,000

Georges St-Pierre: $400,000 ($200,000 win bonus)
def. Thiago Alves: $60,000

Dan Henderson: $250,00 ($150,000 win bonus)
def. Michael Bisping: $150,000

Yoshihiro Akiyama: $60,000 ($20,000 win bonus)
def. Alan Belcher: $19,000

Mark Coleman: $100,000 ($50,000 win bonus)
def. Stephan Bonnar: $25,000

Jim Miller: $22,000 ($11,000 win bonus)
def. Mac Danzig: $20,000

Jon Jones: $18,000 ($9000 win bonus)
def. Jake O'Brien: $13,000

Dong Hyun Kim: $58,000 ($29,000 win bonus)
def. T.J. Grant: $5,000

Tom Lawlor: $16,000 ($8,000 win bonus)
def. C.B. Dollway: $14,000

Shannon Gugerty: $10,000 ($5,000 win bonus)
def. Matt Grice: $7,000

Now, the usual disclaimer: The figures do not include deductions for items such as insurance, licenses and taxes. Additionally, the figures do not include money paid by sponsors, which can oftentimes be a substantial portion of a fighter's income. They also do not include any other "locker room" or special bonuses the UFC oftentimes pays.

For example, as discussed above, the figures above do not include the UFC's traditional "fight night" bonuses. The UFC awarded $100,000 each to Akiyama and Belcher (Fight of the Night), Henderson (KO of the Night) and Lawlor (Submission of the Night).

In other words, the above salary figures are simply base salaries reported to the commission and do not reflect entire compensation packages for the event.

So..there is definately money to be made-if...you make it to the top pros, have a good sponser, etc.
If not, you can take your brain damaged head and beat up body and face and perhaps get a job holding a spit bucket.

From those winning subtract taxes and paying your "crew":
Manager, trainer, corner, promotor, etc, etc

[TenTigers]

I know competition is frowned upon sometimes, but it's what creates and expands standards.

this is true-no matter what the event. People who compete-at any level, hold themselves to a higher standard.

[David Jamieson]

this is true-no matter what the event. People who compete-at any level, hold themselves to a higher standard.

I won the porn competition in high school.

I was nicknamed "Lord Priapus"

It was hard....

[Ray Pina]

From those winning subtract taxes and paying your "crew":
Manager, trainer, corner, promotor, etc, etc

But multiply it 2 or 3 fights a year. And no one needs to know what you make from endorcements, sponsors, bonuses, free cars, seminars, autograph signings, action figures, posters, movies etc., etc. The sport is big time.... FOR THOSE THAT CAN HANG AT THAT LEVEL OF COMBAT.

I know. I'd go in there too for $50,000. But no one wants to see someone curl up into a ball for a stoppage in 20 seconds. Or take one shot and give up a chicken wing for a quick submission.

[Frost]

lets be honest outside of the top boxing guys no one really makes good money from sports fighting, but MMA does make better money than say thai or kickboxing or even sanda in the west so that is a good reason for quality strikers to take it up

[Violent Designs]

Thai boxers get paid for ****.

One of my trainers, Joe Schillings recently won his title bout, trying to move up to the international scene but even still, the pay is basically crap compared to MMA.

[Ray Pina]

There's definitely easier ways to make money. That's for sure.

[Violent Designs]

So ummm, when is BT gonna fight?

[Syn7]

we all knew it was never gonna happen... these guys never go thru with it... they just like to talk in front of a camera... makes em feel more important... whats really sad is how many people follow the dramatics...

[wiz cool c]

Yeah but BT did show up for that fight against sensei mo

[Violent Designs]

I wanna see a fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight god ******.

[Eric Olson]

anyway, there were a few guys that could hit a lot harder than Ali could. Frasier, Norton and Foreman could all hit really really hard, maybe even harder than Ali.

You'll notice Ali was also a very relaxed fighter and didn't have the biggest arms, yet could hit with a lot of force. Had a mean jab also.

EO