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  1. 03-06-2007 04:13 PM #1
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    Default UFC 68 Salaries

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    UFC 68--- March 3, 2007

    Title Match & Main Event Fighters

    -Randy Couture: $250,000 (17th fight in UFC; defeated Tim Sylvia)

    -Tim Sylvia: $100,000 (11th fight in UFC; lost to Randy Couture)


    Main Card Fighters

    -Matt Hughes: $150,000 (18th fight in UFC; defeated Chris Lytle)

    -Rich Franklin: $42,000 (9th fight in UFC; defeated Jason MacDonald)

    -Renato "Babalu" Sobral: $21,000 (9th fight in UFC; lost to Jason Lambert)

    -Martin Kampmann: $20,000 (3rd fight in UFC; defeated Drew McFedries)

    -Jason Lambert: $18,000 (5th fight in UFC; defeated Renato "Babalu" Sobral)

    -Jason MacDonald: $14,000 (3rd fight in UFC; lost to Rich Franklin)

    -Chris Lytle: $10,000 (8th fight in UFC; lost to Matt Hughes)

    -Drew McFedries: $5,000 (2nd fight in UFC; lost to Martin Kampmann)


    Preliminary Match Fighters

    -Jon Fitch: $28,000 (5th fight in UFC; defeated Luigi Fioravanti)

    -Matt Hamill: $10,000 (3rd fight in UFC; defeated Rex Holman)

    -Luigi Fioravanti: $8,000 (4th fight in UFC; lost to Jon Fitch)

    -Jamie Varner: $6,000 (2nd fight in UFC; defeated Jason Gilliam)

    -Gleison Tibau: $6,000 (2nd fight in UFC; defeated Jason Dent)

    -Rex Holman: $3,000 (1st fight in UFC; lost to Matt Hamill)

    -Jason Gilliam: $3,000 (1st fight in UFC; lost to Jamie Varner)

    -Jason Dent: $3,000 (2nd fight in UFC; lost to Gleison Tibau)

    Disclosed Fighter Payroll: $697,000
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  2. 03-06-2007 04:16 PM #2
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    Cool. Nice find. Couture deserves every penny and then some.
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  3. 03-06-2007 04:18 PM #3
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    anyone have an idea what the refs make per fight?
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    I still dont like how little they pay some of the fighters, even if they are the small guys. 3000 $, come on ufc, these guys are training everyday like hell for weeks at a time, throw them a friggan bone.
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  5. 03-06-2007 04:25 PM #5
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    3000 dollars wow, atleast pride gives a minimum of 10000
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    here we go again
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    Please don't turn this into a UFC vs PRIDE debate or you will be banned.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Franklinfan47 View Post
    I still dont like how little they pay some of the fighters, even if they are the small guys. 3000 $, come on ufc, these guys are training everyday like hell for weeks at a time, throw them a friggan bone.
    I don't like it either, but there are fighters willing to fight for that much, so (in a big business frame of mind) why pay them more?




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    Quote Originally Posted by AikaImmortal View Post
    Please don't turn this into a UFC vs PRIDE debate or you will be banned.



    I like the pay for Randy and Tim. I was expecting Tim to get more but I'm glad he didn't.
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    do they disclose how much they get paid from sponsors..i heard that the ufc also help them out with finding them sponsors on top of there fight salaries..
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    Quote Originally Posted by POKAI View Post
    do they disclose how much they get paid from sponsors..i heard that the ufc also help them out with finding them sponsors on top of there fight salaries..
    Nope, sponsorship money is not disclosed. Most promotions will help their fighters find sponsor money.

    The salaries also do not include any cuts from the PPV buys, if any were offered. That's usually reserved for main eventers only. Randy may have had a deal with this.
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    It isn't great but they are getting also thier 'shot', those guys are first and second fight guys in the biggest MMA company at least in this country. You know what guys playing basketball over seas get? I do and 3g's for 1 nights worth of work (they also train all year round) would make them happy. They also have to pay sometimes that amount to come back to the states and fly stay and buy admission to big time camps just to hope to impress someone. None of these guys should be fulltime fighters till they get some wins and sign a contract, so they should have other income. Don't get me wrong, it isn't the greatest but those shirts they wear when they win also get them some money.
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    thanks for the post, does anyone have the follow up on how much the refs make?????
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    I noticed they didn't give money for the win this time...
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    Quote Originally Posted by mizzel View Post
    anyone have an idea what the refs make per fight?

    They're employed by the atheletic commissions, not the org, so I can imagine. Not much.
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    fitch makes more than kampmann and mcfedres and people thing i'm wrong to bitch about what fight to show....
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    Kampmann is awesome, I wanted to see his fight. Fitch is okay too, but I like Kampmann more.
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    Quote Originally Posted by milkme View Post
    I noticed they didn't give money for the win this time...
    They didn't show the division between show and bonuses, but its pretty easy to figure out for many of them. Notice none of the low level guys who made $3000 won. Likewise, the winners of those fights made double that. For the vast majority of UFC fights. The bonus equals the regular pay. Thus cut the winner's purse in half to see what they made just to fight.
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    It always amazes me when you see someone get paid less than the guy he beat.

    On a brighter note .... mad props to the mods for finally banning MFL.
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    Wow!! Randy making as much as Chuck now?

    Quote Originally Posted by BCguy View Post
    It always amazes me when you see someone get paid less than the guy he beat.

    On a brighter note .... mad props to the mods for finally banning MFL.
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