Fedor Emelianenko Received Large Signing Bonus From Affliction
When the official salaries for Affliction “Banned” were released last week by the California State Athletic Commission many questions arose surrounding the salary of Fedor Emelianenko, who took home $300,000, $500,000 less than his opponent Tim Sylvia who Fedor dispatched in just 36-seconds.
NBCSports.com is reporting that a sizable portion of Emelianenko’s salary was received up front in the form of a large signing bonus:
Emelianenko received a sizable part of his Affliction contract up front in the form of a signing bonus, and added that Emelianenko also owns the rights to his fight footage in several European countries. That second part may not mean much right now but if Affliction chooses to hold an event in Europe, they would have to pay him for the footage.
For a complete breakdown of fighter salaries from Affliction “Banned” click here.
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glad to have it confirmed. we can all agree that sylvia making 800k was ridiculous, and that fedor deserved more.
floyd wayweather was pullin in $20,000,000+ in his late career fights. I don’t think $800,000 for sylvia is too bad. If the guy only fights 4 or 5 times a year, that’s not even 5M/year. Compare that to any other mainstream sport. Dana has to pay up, or risk losing all his fighters to affliction.
Yea how the f*ck do boxers make so much?? I mean the ufc has just as many if not more sponsors…I think the fighters should get 50% of the ppv earnings…f*cking fertila brothers or whatever there name is…greeding mother f*ckers
“Dana has to pay up, or risk losing all his fighters to affliction.”
Yeah that cute fantasy. The reality however is this: Affliction needs to lower their fighter-pays, or they will go out of business after 2-3 events.
Good point Cole… How can Boxing pay 20-30 mil for the big names. Is their ppv that much bigger???
I think Fedor might be the greatest fighter and have good people working for him. Deadly combo. Lots of $$ for Fedor. Good for him. I think affliction knows that they will lose money for the first few years, but they have a lot of money supporting them with the clothing line and the Trump. Looks bad on paper right now, but they have the potential to really develop a name in this sport, and after they have a name, there will be more PPV buys and therefore more money. So on and so on. Affliction can make it.
boxing pays alot cuz there’s not a good infrastructure like the ufc which carries an overhead but helps to promote and grow the sport. boxers and boxing promoters are all in it for themselves which is why it’s in the state that it is…. dying. ufc/mma is the fastest growing sport in the country due in large part to the efforts by dana/fertidas re-investing a large portion of the money into the product. yes i think he could pay the fighters more but i think spett is right, affliction isn’t gonna last long enough to steal ufc fighters with the rate that it’s going. i admire affliction for trying to appeal to the fighters needs but i think they’re living in a fantasy world if they think it doesn’t have to be run like a business which means they can’t be losing money all the time.
What overhead are we talking about? Boxing advertises just like the UFC. Thanks for the info.
I heard Riddik Bowe on the radio a few months ago and he was pissed off at the fact he “thought” he would be making $10 million + a fight several times but at the end of the day after paying certain “people”(whoever they are) he only made $3 million. Boxing is dirty and corrupt with fighters like Floyd Mayweather who think they are bigger than the sport. Dana has a different business model than boxing. I said before that fighters should be paid more but using boxing as an example is a bad choice. Look at the current state of boxing. My friend’s don’t even know who Jesse Pavlik is.
ufc/zuffa carries a staff of employees full time. as far as i know boxing is more of an as needed model similar to independant contracting. ufc is paying for offices with lawyers, accountants, marketing, sales, HR…. and these offices require insurance, electricity, lease payments…. I’ll fully admit that i’m a little ignorant to the exact details but if you watch the special that i believe msnbc did on UFC, dana talks about the big difference and why the pay structures are so far off. again, i’m sure dana plays it up a bit to make it seem like he’s a nicer guy than he really is, but i can’t deny the points that he makes.
the ufc could def pay the fighers more, its just that there hasnt been any real competition until recently. Fighters make way more than their “fight salary” from all their condom-depot.com sponsorships and whatnot…plus the main event fighters get a piece of the PPV money.
as for boxing paying fighters….i bet its still really big in different parts of the world, i know miguel cotto has a big following (i think hes cuban) and a lot of the boxers i see on TV these days are mexican. maybe its a generalization, but maybe central americans are still supporing the dying sport.
Of course my friends don’t know Jesse because his name is Kelly. Sorry guys…..so much for boxing stars.
you also have to take into to consideration how the money is spread over the fight cards. in boxing, it’s top heavy. the main card gets a ton of cash but the undercards are getting less that the MMA undercards… or so i’ve been told. my guess is that if affliction lasts long enough, ufc will raise their salaries but affliction will have to come down a bit, so i won’t be surprised if they kind of balance out. i really don’t see ufc letting affliction steal fighters if they have the money to match the pay that affliction offers. not for good fighters anyway
u kno wat would solve this every fighter is guarenteed 20k a fight
The money thing is so tough to figure out. In one respect, those of us who are a little more hardcore feel fighter “talent” deserves more pay. Then there is the business side where people like Brock Lesnar get a quarter million their first pro fight because their “name” is a great draw. Champions should get $500,000-$1mill every successfl title defense on top of their base salary. As far as giving every fighter a salary…..I don’t know where to start. I just know how to be confused when people like Sylvia get $800,000 to get their ass kicked in 36seconds. Then again, his name is a big draw….for another confusing reason I am yet to understand.
it all makes sense now
the rob:
do you think sylvia should be making 5M/year? i don’t.
Sharper,
I know you didn’t ask me but:
Tim Sylvia should be making $50,000 a year as the guy in the circus who sticks his head in alligator mouths and holds firey rings that lions jump through. He would have a midget side kick who he’d pay 27.4% of his pay.
who gives a f*ck what these guys are being paid end of day they r getting paid alot more then me n u for something they enjoy doing, if they want to get paid a boxers wage go box, and if people dont like what they get paid dont watch the sport, get over it!!
what would be cool is if instead of looking at the salaries, have a percentage of the ppv/door go to a pool that gets divided amongst the fighters. only a few fighters have this as part of their contract now but i think it would make sense cuz it would give both the ufc and the fighters incentive to put on a good show since they’d have a shared interest.
2girls2cups i like listening to what have to say normally but drop the pay thing now its getting boreing
JohnBoy,
Well said. Butty thing on me….just go get one and consider it a gift from me. It’s the thought that counts.
i will make myself an extra large butty 2moz and will consider that u got me it, thanks in advance
i knew something had to be up he is right up there on the pound for pound list.
johnboy, the article is about pay!!!!! hahahaah, thanks for the compliment though.
I am glad he got paid because its going to cost some serious jack to keep Fedor out of the highly rewarding Sambo circuit…
Sylvia had a much smaller signing bonus then Fedor plus there are two things to factor Fedor got about 700k-1mill for signing Plus has 300k thats about 1mill-1.3mill thats just on paper not sponsors or his rights to his fight footage in several European countries. Plus Sylvia got 100k-200k plus his 800k, but he would have got in alot more if he beats Fedor like 500k-800k more. The word is “IF” why so little for Tims signing bonus and why so much for his fight, cause Tim has to fight Fedor for that 800k but if Fedor is injured he still has 700k-1mill but if Tim is injured he has 100k-200k does it make sense to you people now Fedor is making more money and is doing it in a smarter way.
ufcmanz yep you got in right on the dot! fedor is not just a Great fighter hes a serious businessman!
Affliction rocks, and now they’ve just signed Tito to fight Babalu on a card that already has Fedor fighting Arlovski. For all you fools that know nothing about boxing, or the reality of fighting for that matter, the Cotto (who is from Puerto Rico) vs. Margarito (who is from Mexico) last weekend was a sick, sick, fight that will be remembered for many years to come for those of you that appreciate a stand up striking match with your hands by two of the best in the world and a rivalry between countries that’s spanned decades. Its being reported that it did well over 500,000 PPV buys (in the US) at $50 a pop ($60 for HD). I dare you to find one person on the internet that bought the fight complaining that they got ripped off. Cotto’s base salary was $3 million, while Margarito (the victor) was $1.5 million. That’s what they get before they’re PPV cut. Just because you’re not a fan of boxing and know nothing about it, and Dana White says boxing is dying doesn’t make it true. Don’t believe the hype! Being a fan of both sports, I feel that boxing has by far been putting together the better fights with its stars much more consistently than MMA this year and last year as well. There have been good UFC cards in that time period, but many of them IMO were not PPV view worthy. If you want to know more about boxing from people that actually know what they’re talking about you can read this article: http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/columns/story?columnist=raskin_eric&id=3507153 or is you want to see for yourself, I’d recommend checking out the Vasquez vs Marquez Triology that took place recently.
Wholmes,
I have to agree with you. The Cotto/Margaritto fight was the best boxing match I have ever seen. Well worth the PPV price. Way better than any of that **** Maywethers fights. Tell him to man the F up and Fight Margaritto this time!