Not 1 MMA Fighter on Forbes Top Payed Athlete List

anyone else find that troubling????

no link, nothing?

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/specials/fortunate50-2010/?eref=sihp&eref=sihpht

actual list not a video or slideshow

Not surprising

Doesn't surprise me, I mean Brock earns like what 500k a fight ? compare that to Manny who can earn between 15-20 mill for one fight or to soccer players who earn over 100k a week.

I don't think we'll see an MMA athlete enter that list for awhile, not unless someone like GSP gets a raise and starts fighting more than twice a year.

holy shit moments on th elist

Jermaine Onea gets more tha Ray Allen

Hayward Bey gets 20 + MILION DOLLARS HOLY SHIT
he should blow his agent every day

Yeah I wonder how far you'd have to go down on this list to get to an MMA fighter? Extremely far down

What does the average UFC fighter really earn?

Ali_1748 wrote:

Doesn't surprise me, I mean Brock earns like what 500k a fight ? compare that to Manny who can earn between 15-20 mill for one fight or to soccer players who earn over 100k a week.

I don't think we'll see an MMA athlete enter that list for awhile, not unless someone like GSP gets a raise and starts fighting more than twice a year.

crazy thing Ali is not 1 soccer player was on the list

very far down bobbitt

WOlf what are you trieng to say that Brock really makes 16 mill but doesnt want anyone to know????

confused y your last post

There are quite a few soccer players in the top 50. The link you gave that was just a list was the top 50 paid American athletes

Birdofthad wrote:

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/specials/fortunate50-2010/?eref=sihp&eref=sihpht

actual list not a video or slideshow

Is that just a list of top Americans ? I don't see Beckham or Federar.

Birdofthad wrote:

Ali_1748 wrote:

Doesn't surprise me, I mean Brock earns like what 500k a fight ? compare that to Manny who can earn between 15-20 mill for one fight or to soccer players who earn over 100k a week.

I don't think we'll see an MMA athlete enter that list for awhile, not unless someone like GSP gets a raise and starts fighting more than twice a year.

crazy thing Ali is not 1 soccer player was on the list

That can't be right guys like Beckham and Ronaldo earn a fortune not just from their wages but from sponsors.

Roger Federer $60,768,110
Lionel Messi $44,000,000
David Beckham $40,500,000
Cristiano Ronaldo $40,000,000
Manny Pacquiao $38,000,000

ahh my b SI one was americans, Forbes covered all over

What was confusing? I asked what the average fighter is really making. I simply want the data. They get their purse, but then there are "locker room bonuses" sponsor money, merch, perks ect. and it's not clear how that really breaks down. Without that data we can't really compare UFC fighters to other athletes in American sports.

Wolf, speaking of Gojira, do you listen to the band?

Wolfgangsta wrote:

What was confusing? I asked what the average fighter is really making. I simply want the data. They get their purse, but then there are "locker room bonuses" sponsor money, merch, perks ect. and it's not clear how that really breaks down. Without that data we can't really compare UFC fighters to other athletes in American sports.

then go find it!!!

sorry wolf its (pardon my french) freaking retarded to think if Lesnar is getting half a mill a fight he is pulling in 10s of millions of dollars behind closed doors of Dana love and Jack Links

Why do you keep arguing against that? Hearing voices?

because only a dunce would think a guy getting half a mill per fight is getting upwards of 10 million behind the door and somehow the tax bracket and Forbes dont know it because Dana White doesnt want them to know

Who implied that? I just wanted the data. UFC fighters would be years away, but how many years away depends on knowing what they're making now compared with what they were making a few short years ago(dick).

hahah ok well thats all you had to say

where can i get this data for you my master

(as I do the Darth Vader kneel and Bow)

So Mir that night earned a base pay of $40,000, a win bonus of another $40,000, a submission of the night bonus of $60,000 and then hauled in $85,000 in sponsorship dollars.

He’s not going to be able to retire after that bout, but bringing in $225,000 for one night’s work isn’t bad at any time, especially in this economy. A fighter like Chuck Liddell is making around $6 million a year between his salary and his sponsorships and was making at least $9 million little more than a year ago. He was getting $75,000 a month from Xyience and received $1 million for just two weekends of promoting the movie, “300


food for thought

http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/news?slug=ki-mmamailbag042908

article from 2009

9 million a year? In five years these guys could be easily banking close to 20 a year at the top. The paydays can't get there over night.