Sorry Sherbro, that's bullshit. Here's just an example from UFC 217. Ricardo Ramos made $2500 and that was his 2nd UFC fight with an 11-1 record. But guess what:
1. This was a UFC PPV and not the FREE fight nights where they should get paid a lot less and where most fighters would debut. Remember, I'm talking about the lowest here...although if they get a UFC fight, then they're really not at the lowest bottom.
2. This was Ramos' 2nd fight, yet he only got paid $2500 and with an 11-1 record.
3. This was the MAIN CARD, so imagine what the lowest on the Preliminary Fight Card gets.
4. Now imagine even less, b/c the Early Preliminary Fight Card's pay is even less.
Your $10k figure is bullshit, because that's a lot. Now the Reebok's payout is significant at $2500, but that girl can also get sponsorship.
And her gofundme page is already at $3040 in less than 3 days...the goal was like $2000, but they just changed it to $4k b/c they saw the cash rolling in:
https://www.gofundme.com/anna-dempster-vs-internet-troll
And she keeps this money, no matter what....even if the guy chickens out and don't show. Low level UFC fighters don't get this guaranteed pay.
What else is sad is that Ramos has to pay for his coaching & manager, etc, most likely. So he's netting even less. But at the Ammy level, most coaching comes free with the gym fees as those are lower level coaches who are glad to be noticed.
MMA Junkie:
Michael Bisping: $40,000 Georges St-Pierre: $30,000
Cody Garbrandt: $40,000 T.J. Dillashaw: $30,000
Joanna Jedrzejczyk: $40,000 Rose Namajunas: $30,000
Stephen Thompson: $10,000 Jorge Masvidal: $15,000
Paulo Costa: $2,500 def. Johny Hendricks: $20,000
James Vick: $5,000 def. Joseph Duffy: $5,000
Ovince Saint Preux: $15,000 def. Corey Anderson: $5,000
Mark Godbeer: $2,500 def. Walt Harris: $5,000
Randy Brown: $5,000 def. Mickey Gall: $2,500
Curtis Blaydes: $2,500 def. Aleksei Oleinik: $5,000
Ricardo Ramos: $2,500 def. Aiemann Zahabi: $2,500
TOTAL: $315,000
