Comments on: EliteXC “Heat” Fighter Salaries: Slice, Arlovski Take Home $500,000

By: PRIMO

PRIMO — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 14:35:56 +0000

ALL THAT MONEY SPENT AND SOCIAL MENACE CLOTHING SPONSORED FIGHTER.. SETH PETRUZELLI COMES AND STEALS THE SHOW!! I LOVE IT!!

By: ucares?

ucares? — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 06:40:17 +0000

yeah Justin , Affiction did spring for that figyt as part of a compensation for AA and Buddy for the training tey did for the cancelled show . AA spent a ton of dough ontrainers and travel .

By: Justin

Justin — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 04:12:28 +0000

RJA,
Frank Mir does not now make 500k after beating Lesnar in UFC, so I doubt Petruzelli will be making 500k after beating Kimbo in Elite. Also, I think that Arlovski was paid by Affliction, as it was a co-promoted event…but I don’t know.

By: RJA

RJA — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 22:23:40 +0000

Not that i blame kimbo,but it is a complete fuking joke that he made 450,000 more than shields.does this mean peruzelli’s gonna make 500,000 now lol.Well at least they took care of arlovski.

By: Mikew

Mikew — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:22:36 +0000

According to a show i saw Kimbo was refusing to take the fight until 30 minutes before it happened, and due to the leverage he had at that point an additional huge sum of money was paid to him to get into the cage.The owners of Elitexc are their own worst enemies, the organization would do better to put out the best fights possible and let the chips fall where they may.

By: HitTheMakiwara

HitTheMakiwara — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:29:58 +0000

Except for the two at $500k, those payouts are so small…hardly worth the brain damage (cumulative from training, not just fight night), time and effort of months of training, risk of coma,facial fracture and loss of vision.

These guys can make more money by being contestants on “Deal or No Deal”, “Jeopardy”, “Wheel of Fortune” etc with no risk of injury. Poor fools.

By: Justin

Justin — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:02:57 +0000

Jared is probably lying, but Seth has just increased the likelihood that he will never fight for Elite again. (above what he had already done by beating Kimbo)

By: KOuch

KOuch — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:52:37 +0000

In the interview, Petruzelli hinted at the fact that he may have been given a bonus or incentive to only stand and trade with Kimbo in the fight, and to not take the fight to the ground.

“The promoters kind of hinted to me, and they gave me the money to stand and trade with him. They didn’t want me to take him down, let’s just put it that way,” said Petruzelli while appearing on 104.1 FM.

MMAWeekly.com spoke to EliteXC vice president Jared Shaw on Monday night. He categorically denied the report that they paid him to keep the fight standing.

“Absolutely not,” Shaw answered to questions if the allegations were true. “Whether that was something Seth was taken out of context or Seth was trying to say something different, I don’t know. What I can tell you, I was in the locker room with Seth with the contract; that did not happen.

The Shaw family has shown such little honesty, integrity, MMA knowledge, MMA love and they come from the corrupt world of boxing. I feel Jared is a LIAR!

By: Chris L.

Chris L. — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:48:53 +0000

so Kimbo gets 500,000 and the promotions best fighter only makes 50,000…impressive… honestly it is the pay scale that bothers me about other promotions because while the good fighters make really good money the up and comers get table scraps…

By: JOHNBOY

JOHNBOY — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:46:09 +0000

people are just jelous of the fact that kimbo took home half a mill for getting his arse kicked, (me included) ide take a beating for that hell ide take ten beating for that.