| One of the most popular fighters in the UFC, | | | | 100 were around 1.5 million purchases. The truly |
| Brock Lesnar, only earned a payday of $400,000 | | | | conservative number is probably in the ballpark of |
| for his octagon match against Frank Mir during the | | | | one million buys. |
| UFC100, and Mir only received $45k. | | | | Even though the exact purchase numbers are not |
| This payment information is given by the Nevada | | | | known, when you think about the buy history for |
| State Athletic Commission. Although individual | | | | Tito Ortiz fights, to suggest a minimum of |
| contracts controlling the external showing of UFC | | | | 425,000 buys is not way off base. |
| Athletes may be in place, but I think it's safe to | | | | When you add the numbers up, that's over $19 |
| say these contracts probably involve a ton of | | | | million for one evening of UFC fights. Let's not |
| cash to make the agreements fair for all parties. | | | | forget that fight promotion costs might only be |
| These UFC fight deals not only benefit the MMA | | | | around 3%. My bottom line of this article is, UFC |
| fight world but big media companies also. Inside | | | | fighters need and deserve a bigger piece of the |
| details about the UFC ppv totals for each fight | | | | money making pie that we MMA fans know and |
| have always been tough to dissect due to the | | | | love so much. |
| fact that subscriber payment totals are tabulated | | | | I have a strong feeling that very soon we will see |
| over time from many different media outlets. | | | | a huge UFC star rise up and demand more cash. |
| Recent reports suggest the buy numbers for UFC | | | | What do you think? |