Comments on: Trouble in Paradise: Are the UFC Natives Getting Restless? http://mmafrenzy.com/1309/trouble-in-paradise-are-the-ufc-natives-getting-restless/ UFC and MMA News Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:10:37 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5.2 hourly 1 By: Keith http://mmafrenzy.com/1309/trouble-in-paradise-are-the-ufc-natives-getting-restless/#comment-59860 Keith Sat, 06 Sep 2008 01:07:28 +0000 http://mmafrenzy.com/2007/10/04/trouble-in-paradise-are-the-ufc-natives-getting-restless/#comment-59860 UFC has been around 1/10th the time of boxing. give them time and you will see them get paid more money. UFC also doesn't want to get turned into boxing style purses, b/c you end up having 2 guys poke at each other for 3 rounds and bring home a cool $1 million for it. I think they get paid fairly as of right now. I also agree with the 75/25 statement made earlier. this give you way more to fight for. UFC has been around 1/10th the time of boxing. give them time and you will see them get paid more money. UFC also doesn’t want to get turned into boxing style purses, b/c you end up having 2 guys poke at each other for 3 rounds and bring home a cool $1 million for it. I think they get paid fairly as of right now. I also agree with the 75/25 statement made earlier. this give you way more to fight for.

]]> By: Henry http://mmafrenzy.com/1309/trouble-in-paradise-are-the-ufc-natives-getting-restless/#comment-4750 Henry Fri, 12 Oct 2007 16:15:23 +0000 http://mmafrenzy.com/2007/10/04/trouble-in-paradise-are-the-ufc-natives-getting-restless/#comment-4750 The real issue is not who gets paid more, winner or loser, but why the purses are sooooo low. In boxing a big name (Tyson) always gets paid more to win or lose, than a rival with no name recognition. The real issue is how does the UFC pull down $20-$30M a card and only payout their fighters less than a million. I can tell you that is where boxing is different. The fighters get paid a ton more for less. I understand UFC doesn't have the mainstream sponsors yet, but the pay discrepancy doesn't make sense. The real issue is not who gets paid more, winner or loser, but why the purses are sooooo low. In boxing a big name (Tyson) always gets paid more to win or lose, than a rival with no name recognition.
The real issue is how does the UFC pull down $20-$30M a card and only payout their fighters less than a million. I can tell you that is where boxing is different. The fighters get paid a ton more for less. I understand UFC doesn’t have the mainstream sponsors yet, but the pay discrepancy doesn’t make sense.

]]> By: The Honeymoon is Officially Over: Potential Fallout From Couture’s Resignation | UFC Daily http://mmafrenzy.com/1309/trouble-in-paradise-are-the-ufc-natives-getting-restless/#comment-4684 The Honeymoon is Officially Over: Potential Fallout From Couture’s Resignation | UFC Daily Thu, 11 Oct 2007 23:30:24 +0000 http://mmafrenzy.com/2007/10/04/trouble-in-paradise-are-the-ufc-natives-getting-restless/#comment-4684 [...] October 10, 2007 may be remembered as a historic day in the business of mixed martial-arts. Randy Couture has resigned from the UFC in a move that could prove to have lasting and far reaching effects. Couture’s resignation seems to be the first fruit of the growing tension between the UFC’s management and it’s top fighters that we reported on last week. [...] [...] October 10, 2007 may be remembered as a historic day in the business of mixed martial-arts. Randy Couture has resigned from the UFC in a move that could prove to have lasting and far reaching effects. Couture’s resignation seems to be the first fruit of the growing tension between the UFC’s management and it’s top fighters that we reported on last week. [...]

]]> By: _Shorty http://mmafrenzy.com/1309/trouble-in-paradise-are-the-ufc-natives-getting-restless/#comment-4481 _Shorty Tue, 09 Oct 2007 11:44:19 +0000 http://mmafrenzy.com/2007/10/04/trouble-in-paradise-are-the-ufc-natives-getting-restless/#comment-4481 What I wonder is, why don't they have a prize purse for the fight. Winner gets a bigger chunk of it, loser gets the smaller chunk. 75/25 or 66/33, or 80/20, or whatever. But I see no reason for someone like Chuck Liddell, or any other fighter, to get paid $500,000 to lose a fight, when the guy that beat him doesn't even get a tenth of that. Yeah, yeah, these guys got the contracts that they did, and agreed to them and their terms, etc, etc. I'm just saying that in the end it just doesn't seem fair for the guy that wins the fight to get paid less, especially when it is such a huge amount less. Yeah, Chuck's a big name, and guarantees a certain amount of income for the UFC that night. But if he can't beat the guy, why should he be compensated as though he did? For a fight like that, why doesn't the UFC make the fight purse $500,000 or whatever, and then the winner gets $400,000 and the loser gets $100,000, for example. They're both risking the same things. With Chuck's reputation and Jardine's reputation, it could have been argued that Jardine was risking more, but whatever. Make the fight worthwhile to both fighters, but give them a real incentive to win. You win the fight, you get paid more than the guy you beat. What I wonder is, why don’t they have a prize purse for the fight. Winner gets a bigger chunk of it, loser gets the smaller chunk. 75/25 or 66/33, or 80/20, or whatever. But I see no reason for someone like Chuck Liddell, or any other fighter, to get paid $500,000 to lose a fight, when the guy that beat him doesn’t even get a tenth of that. Yeah, yeah, these guys got the contracts that they did, and agreed to them and their terms, etc, etc. I’m just saying that in the end it just doesn’t seem fair for the guy that wins the fight to get paid less, especially when it is such a huge amount less. Yeah, Chuck’s a big name, and guarantees a certain amount of income for the UFC that night. But if he can’t beat the guy, why should he be compensated as though he did? For a fight like that, why doesn’t the UFC make the fight purse $500,000 or whatever, and then the winner gets $400,000 and the loser gets $100,000, for example. They’re both risking the same things. With Chuck’s reputation and Jardine’s reputation, it could have been argued that Jardine was risking more, but whatever. Make the fight worthwhile to both fighters, but give them a real incentive to win.

You win the fight, you get paid more than the guy you beat.

]]> By: Red http://mmafrenzy.com/1309/trouble-in-paradise-are-the-ufc-natives-getting-restless/#comment-4184 Red Fri, 05 Oct 2007 14:24:53 +0000 http://mmafrenzy.com/2007/10/04/trouble-in-paradise-are-the-ufc-natives-getting-restless/#comment-4184 I hope the UFC doesn't get more greedy than it already is. It would be great to see all the UFC fighters receive an increase in pay. I hope the UFC doesn’t get more greedy than it already is. It would be great to see all the UFC fighters receive an increase in pay.

]]> By: Accomando http://mmafrenzy.com/1309/trouble-in-paradise-are-the-ufc-natives-getting-restless/#comment-4179 Accomando Fri, 05 Oct 2007 13:26:08 +0000 http://mmafrenzy.com/2007/10/04/trouble-in-paradise-are-the-ufc-natives-getting-restless/#comment-4179 Zuffa is run like a mafia family; don't disrespect the family, and don't act subversive, cause Zuffa will trunk your ass if they so please. Zuffa is run like a mafia family; don’t disrespect the family, and don’t act subversive, cause Zuffa will trunk your ass if they so please.

]]> By: zero http://mmafrenzy.com/1309/trouble-in-paradise-are-the-ufc-natives-getting-restless/#comment-4150 zero Fri, 05 Oct 2007 02:40:46 +0000 http://mmafrenzy.com/2007/10/04/trouble-in-paradise-are-the-ufc-natives-getting-restless/#comment-4150 maybe shows on fight card for 78? maybe shows on fight card for 78?

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