Top female basketballers get paid 7 figure and 6 figure regularly in EU and China. And they don't have to deal with ppv bullshit, they get paid according to how well they perform.
Only Ronda consistently earned more than top female basketball players during her biggest years. Nunes got paid 2 million including ppv cut for her fight against Ronda which sold over 1 million ppv. Joanna could earn that much at 205, Cyborg haven't been on monster ppv card like that.
Female mma fighters have to be on monster ppv cards to make bank except Ronda, they don't earn that much for regular ppv cards which sold 200k-300k.
Not to mention that female tennis players dominate the Forbes list of top female athletes.
Please google a little before sugarcoating UFC's payments to athletes.
The problem now is that even top female combate sport athletes aren't making much moves to mma. How many top female judokas come to mma? Top female wrestlers outside of US aren't making moves to mma either. Only female pro boxers who are desperate for paycheck are making lots of moves to mma.
They aren't making moves because they could be trapped in 10k/10k contract unless they can reach top of the division, and they have to show their skin & speak good english to have a chance to be a ppv drawl.
First of all, I see you ignored the main parts of my argument on why WMMA talent pool is as shallow as it is. If you equal all the pay for both sports WMMA talent pool will still only be a fraction of what the WNBA's is for those reasons that I stated before.
I was clearly comparing top fighters vs top Basketball players. Since you want to bring in the minimum salary of the UFC we can compare that to the WNBA.
Min UFC Salary = 10k/10k per 3.5k Reebok per = 40.5k with potential to be 82.5k with wins(counted 2k salary bumps if you win)
Depending on how shallow your division if you can debut with a 130k minimum
Min WNBA Salary = 38k
Now with dealing with the top of both respective sports. I clearly said "The pay ceiling is way higher in MMA than female basketball." You have stated nothing to disprove what i said.
Max Salary for WNBA player in China is about 600k.
Max Salary for WNBA players in Europe is about 600k with only 2 or 3 legends making 1mil.
Ronda herself blows all those away and its not even close.
Cyborg makes 500k guaranteed and PPV points. She fights 3 times a year and has somehow turned into a draw. So not even taking into account PPV points she has make 1.5mil purse and 120k Reebok pay.
Amanda made over 2mil for UFC 207
Jonna made over 2mil for UFC 193 and 205
Interesting you said "Female mma fighters have to be on monster ppv cards to make bank except Ronda, they don't earn that much for regular ppv cards which sold 200k-300k."
Joanna made 210k purse and 40k Reebok money for her fight at TUF23 Finale. She fights 3 timer a year which means not taking into account PPV points she made more than most WNBA players. So according to you for WNBA players 600k = paid well, but over 600k for MMA fighters = "They don't earn that much". Also remember that they chose the PPV Points route instead of a higher base pay route and no PPV Points.
Sources:
https://mmajunkie.com/2016/07/tuf-2...czyk-clears-210000-for-title-win-over-gadelha
http://www.businessinsider.com/brittney-griner-basketball-china-2014-4
http://www.courant.com/sports/baske...nba-players-overseas-0807-20140809-story.html
http://www.espn.com/espnw/news-commentary/article/7538075/wnba-players-cash-overseas