Its free money for showing up and wearing a outfit. Fighters are still free to receive money every other part of the year except fight week from sponsors if they so desire. Reebok money is free money that they have to do nothing to earn except show up.Fighters with
1-3 bouts receive $3,500 per appearance
4-5 bouts get $4,000;
6-10 bouts get $5,000;
11-15 bouts earn $10,000;
16-20 bouts pocket $15,000;
and 21 bouts and more get $20,000.
How many fighters do you know even reach 21 fights in the UFC? It would take anywhere from 8-10 years to get that many fights if you’re lucky to not get injured or cut. Most MMA fighters careers don’t even last 10 years.
And what’s even stupider is that the Reebok deal is only set for 6 years since its inception.
On top of all this, them shits are ugly AF.
Reebok payout tiers is pretty pathetic lol (yeah yeah we know this)
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Dude you don't realize that condom depot, dynamic fastener, and whatever 5 other sponsors fighters had on their gear for a fight together paid way more than those lower tiers of Reebok pay
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Then why do so many fighters complain?
Headlines:
Carlos Condit: UFC deal with Reebok took away our financial security
Ryan Bader Details Just How Much Money He Lost Per Fight Thanks to Reebok Deal
Ben Henderson (Last Reebok payout: $15,000) - February 2016
“I won't lie, it was a very big deal," Henderson said. "The ability to get sponsors on your own and not have to rely on the amount that Reebok dictates to you was a huge factor. I'd be straight up lying if I said it wasn't a very big part of my decision to go to Bellator.
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Don't forget, taxes come out of that... plus gym fees and 20%+ to your coach. Be lucky to see half of that 55k
And yet Bendo only has 2 sponsors in his first Bellator fights. It ahs nothing to do with Reebok and everything to do with his poor marketability. There are tons of Bellator guys who have no sponsors like Joe Warren. if you have no sponsors do not blame reebok, blame your shitty management, horrible personality and lack of marketability.
Welcome to the life of every single working adult in the world. I lose close to 40% of my check every 2 weeks to taxes, fees, etc.
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I hear that you can get 90% off those Rousey shorts
Those companies all lost their asses and pulled out of the MMA game because putting a sticker on someone's butt for 30 seconds of exposure if a horrible business model that is destined to lose all types of money, which is what happened. Dynamic Fasteners did a interview and said they lost their asses on sponsorship and that was with paying ZERO to the UFC as they were a smaller company.
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What I find funniest is that a couple of guys were sponsored by Nike. NIKE! The absolute pinnacle of all of sports known clothing. "Hey guys, I know that when you had Nike you were happy, so we are gonna sponsor you with REEBOK! Yeah guys. How do you like that???"
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I really don't get it... When Reebok showed up, they said fighters could not talk about other sponsors anymore along with UFC brand... Then we see McGregor and his whiskey in an official interview, then we see Tyron Woodley talking about many product that "he uses"... Full joke.
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Are people in other organizations really making a ton in sponor money anymore? I know some of the UFC vets are still doing OK in Bellator (ie Ryan Bader), but as far as I have heard most of these sponsors aren't investing anywhere near the kind of money that they once were.
Rory MacDonald says he LOST sponsor money when he went to Bellator.
https://www.fightful.com/mma/rory-macdonald-made-more-sponsorship-money-ufc-bellator-mma
On the flip side Ryan Bader says he is earning 3-4 times more in Bellator.
https://www.mmamania.com/2017/6/21/15850530/ryan-bader-confirms-bellator-more-sponsorship-money
As for people mentioning the UFC demanding a sponsorship fee wasn't that actually more of a bond-in to ensure that sponsors weren't able to screw over the fighters by not paying them? I remember reading a ton about this back in the day and it wasn't a fee to sponsor a fighter, but instead basically putting the money in an escrow-type account to ensure the fighters got paid the sponsor money.
Rory MacDonald says he LOST sponsor money when he went to Bellator.
https://www.fightful.com/mma/rory-macdonald-made-more-sponsorship-money-ufc-bellator-mma
On the flip side Ryan Bader says he is earning 3-4 times more in Bellator.
https://www.mmamania.com/2017/6/21/15850530/ryan-bader-confirms-bellator-more-sponsorship-money
As for people mentioning the UFC demanding a sponsorship fee wasn't that actually more of a bond-in to ensure that sponsors weren't able to screw over the fighters by not paying them? I remember reading a ton about this back in the day and it wasn't a fee to sponsor a fighter, but instead basically putting the money in an escrow-type account to ensure the fighters got paid the sponsor money.
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Isn't the Reebok deal set to expire soon (a year or two?), and there's talk of not renewing and letting guys get their own sponsors again?
What Bader is not telling you is that his main sponsor (American ethanol) is a company owned by or has a close relationship with his manager Kevin Harvick.
Guys still have their own sponsors, numerous fighters maintained them. Fighters will never be allowed to wear sponsor branded clothing again because they never should have been allowed to in the first place. The UFC was kind enough to allow the fighters to have third party profit for advertisers on their owned and distributed broadcast. In no other broadcast medium in the world can a individual profit form a advertiser using someone's else platform and intellectual property, at least none I can think of.
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Not quite following. You're telling me the fighters (the ones with some name recognition) in Bellator or One FC aren't getting paid by the sponsors that are on their shorts?
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I agree with you except for the monopoly.
How you can say that with Bellator & One taking name fighters away is a bit crazy
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Summer 2022 is the contractual end
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Full fight kit.
more like full wanker kit.
more like full wanker kit.
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This is why the MMA fan community sucks. You (Mr Garcia) shouldn't feel like you have to make a disclaimer to a bunch of forum jerks about how you make your money.
