Comments on: UFC Fight Night 12 Fighter Salaries

By: huertarogerhuerta

huertarogerhuerta — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 17:13:21 +0000

I think if they sign Takanori Gomi that theyll do a champion vs champion type deal wit the winner of sherk vs penn to “unify” the titles and if that doesnt happen I understand Samy Schavio is coming to the ufc to fight Clay Guida I could see Schavio making a splash in this division quick with that nasty right hand

By: FixXer

FixXer — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 22:28:08 +0000

funny that all these fighters combined didnt make the amount of money that Chuck Liddell makes for one of his fights.

By: johnboy

johnboy — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 21:51:13 +0000

yeah manny looked like he wa guna win that fight, hes a little beast but ide have to put my money on diaz if they went at it again, i was def gutted about miller loseing tho as i think hes got some good skills i hope dana doesn’t kick him out after that loss,

who do u think will get a tital shot after penn sherk then?

By: huertarogerhuerta

huertarogerhuerta — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 21:25:45 +0000

Im not saying hes not dangerous on his back I said his jitz was sick but he couldnt do anything to Manny submission wise in that first Manny beasted out of anything he tried to get on him and wat Im saying is if the fight had continued to go the way the 1st went that fight would be all Mannys

By: johnboy

johnboy — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 20:47:57 +0000

im not saying diaz will be champ anytime soon the kids only 22 but i do belive in 2 years he will be a contender as for manny keeping him on his back thats probley were hes most dangerous hes got sick submitions which can only get better, i like the light weight divison at the moment some class fighters i can’t see many people beating BJ apart from himself! well maybe diaz haha only jokeing guys BJ is the man.

By: Lowcash

Lowcash — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 19:34:24 +0000

DrBdan – Thanks, makes much more sense now. I still find it odd he was the highest paid (base pay) fighter of the night when he was never even mentioned in the promo’s or anything.

By: Lowcash

Lowcash — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 19:33:19 +0000

huertarogerhuerta – yep, I think that’s my problem with the dude. He’s running his yap about ruling the division, and he’s fought no one of substance!

I take that back, he’s fought Franca, who easily submitted him.

So put that in your pipe and smoke it, Diaz (HA!! I crack myself up)

By: huertarogerhuerta

huertarogerhuerta — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 19:18:20 +0000

Yeah I totally agree with you Lowcash I dont think diaz has wat it takes to compete with the upper tier of 155 pounders yet his brother looked nasty until he ran into sherk karo and diego at 170 who would at the time b considered part of the upper tier of that division he even lost to Joe Riggs and that just shouldnt happen thats not taking anything away from Nate cuz his jitz r sick but can he hang with an animal like penn or huerta I dont think so can he hang with a cardio freak like a sherk idk his cardios never been tested(atleast that I’ve seen) and is his boxing enough to win when he fights someone who can neutralize his jitz all and all he stays away from the bong he should have a good carrer but before you start talking **** bout how your gonna run this division have the rematch with manny cuz everyone knows he doesnt get hurt nate spends that entire fight on his back

By: DrBdan

DrBdan — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 18:59:28 +0000

Yeah Diaz gets more because he won TUF. Wikipedia’s article on the Ultimate Fighter has more details on the “six-figure contract”.

In a nut-shell the contract outlines salaries for 3 years based on 3 fights per year (9 total) with only the first year guaranteed. So if you win TUF and then suck it up (Kendall Grove) you aren’t guaranteed the entire contract and thus not really “guaranteed” six figures. It looks like the UFC has increased the salary since TUF1 (which is where Wikipedia’s numbers are from I think) but it probably works the same way.

By: Lowcash

Lowcash — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 18:40:31 +0000

huertarogerhuerta – You’ve gotta be correct. There is no way he should have been the highest paid fighter of the night, especially on a card he didn’t headline.