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UFC Salaries Article - Are Fighters Getting Screwed?
UFC Salaries Article - Are Fighters Getting Screwed?
The UFC keeps its own pay-per-view figures as guarded a secret as possible. Have you ever asked yourself why? It's because what they pay the fighters, relative to the revenue generated, is so incredibly low that it would be a source of shame for them and outrage on the part of the contestants...
UFC Salaries Article - Are Fighters Getting Screwed?
UFC 106 Results, Live Updates
UFC 106 Results, Live Updates
mma.fanhouse.com — FanHouse has UFC 106 results for all of the Nov. 21 UFC 106 fights, plus live UFC... coverage from Las Vegas, live blogs of all the fights and live UFC 106 Twitter updates. (more) UFC 106 Results, Live Updates
Wanderlei v Bisping at UFC Australia
fightersonlymagazine.co.uk — 24/11/09 - Wanderlei v Bisping at UFC Australia Wanderlei Silva s next fight will be with Michael... Bisping, a well-placed Las Vegas source has told Fighters Only. The fight may headline the UFC s first event in Australia, which takes place in February ... (more) Wanderlei v Bisping at UFC Australia
6 Comments
  • Yossy76 Yossy76
    +1
    We all get screwed by our employers, getting paid peanuts to go above and beyond. I guess the difference is that most of us aren't getting the crap beaten out of us.
    Posted 11/24/2009 respond (flag)
  • ian.james ian.james
    +1
    Dana White is a snake... plain and simple.
    Posted 11/24/2009 respond (flag)
  • Eric Williams Eric Williams
    +1
    Dude, boxers have been getting screwed out of money for years. That's why guys like Don King are stinkin' filthy rich. Duh!! LOL
    Posted 11/24/2009 respond (flag)
  • rodeero rodeero
    +1
    Pay these guys nicely! The damage done and absorbed is just brutal!!! Yet fun to watch...
    Posted 11/24/2009 respond (flag)
  • itoffishul itoffishul
    +1
    in boxing one guy carries the weight usually...in ufc it's m ore split. plus they make a lot of sponsors. but paying the lesser guys like 2 grand is criminal
    Posted 11/24/2009 respond (flag)
  • Nikko Nikko
    +1
    Fighting sports have typically been corrupted over the years, where the guy getting beaten to a pulp gets short changed and organizers, sponsors and co. head to the bank laughing....
    Posted 11/26/2009 respond (flag)
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