You wanna be a MMA champ? A top fighter in the world, if you win you can make...

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Way to deflect the basic question - is the UFC decides it is going to double its pay per show to the fighters, where does that money come from? Is Zuffa really going to decide they are cool with taking signficantly less profit than they current are? So where does that difference come from?

yes, from them, they pocket more money percentage wise than any other league

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[Bigpapa42]

yes, from them, they pocket more money percentage wise than any other league

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Then I'm all for it.

Good luck getting that to happen.

[Warner2BruceTD]

Yes, let's use 20 million is good guideline, instead of talking about main event guys getting 40k and some bonus money

Keep them low paid, we don't want these guys making NBA and MLB bench money, because that guy at the end of the bench entertained you as much with his towel waving compared to carlos condit flying kneeing someone in the head

yes, from them, they pocket more money percentage wise than any other league

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The main event guys are likely underpaid, I think you are right, even though nobody is walking away with $40k, that's utterly ridiculous, and by the way, Zuffa is well within their rights to pay Cruz only $40k if they so desired according to his contract. So how about some credit? They take care of their guys for the most part.

We have no idea if they really pay the lowest percentage, because they don't open their books and there is no unions. Most estimate that they do.

I'm with you concerning the top guys. I think everyone else is paid market value relative to combat sports. Team sports is a bad comparison. In fact, some of the middle guys and ex top guys are doing very well.