Weidman made 48k KOing Anderson Silva

[usernamee]

Homeboy was on dat lucrative 24/24 going in to his first fight with Anderson Silva lol

Now, obviously you're gonna earn what you signed for but still pretty crazy fighting Anderson Silva for 24/24

https://www.mmamania.com/2013/7/8/4...ies-earnings-anderson-silva-chris-weidman-mma

 

[Barteh]

Fighter pay has come a long way in just a decade. Can you imagine Paulo Costa making 24k? Or Giblert Burns?

I don't actually know their salaries but I'd assume most challengers make at least 100k nowadays.

 

[ColdPizza]

Dude beat the best alive at the time. Who gives a fuck what he made.

 

[nately]

Where else would Weidman get paid that kind of money? What other talents does he have? If it weren't for the UFC, he'd probably be a high school wrestling coach making 30k a year.

 

[phoenixikki]

He definitely deserved more, maybe the way he raised to the top so fast was a blessing and a curse at the same time.

 

[BRASIL WAND]

48k for a sucker punch seems fair...

 

[Pierced7681]

Where else would Weidman get paid that kind of money? What other talents does he have? If it weren't for the UFC, he'd probably be a high school wrestling coach making 30k a year.

or making that playboy money teaching bjj at his own affiliated school.

 

[AllSmyles]

Seems fair

He was unproven at the time and wasn't a draw

 

[Linelo]

He deliberately chose to fight out his last contract on his old pay and chose to wait until after the fight to negotiate. He was looking to have more leverage.

It paid off as well.

 

[Steve-French]

I don't really give a shit who gets paid what. I just like to watch the fights.

 

[nately]

I don't really give a shit who gets paid what. I just like to watch the fights.

Same here.

Low fighter pay = more fights.

 

[Straatblaffer]

Homeboy was on dat lucrative 24/24 going in to his first fight with Anderson Silva lol

Now, obviously you're gonna earn what you signed for but still pretty crazy fighting Anderson Silva for 24/24

https://www.mmamania.com/2013/7/8/4...ies-earnings-anderson-silva-chris-weidman-mma

Dude... Back than, that was BIG money. Its like making 30/30k nowadays.

 

[Fioretti]

That's pretty ballsy to take that fight for that little money, but it paid off because he was able to negotiate a new contract as champ.

 

[Me&MrJones]

Not sure if still our boy.

 

[usernamee]

Dude... Back than, that was BIG money. Its like making 30/30k nowadays.

30/30 is life changing money, 24/24? Not so much...

 

[Straatblaffer]

30/30 is life changing money, 24/24? Not so much...

Exactly. I mean, if you take that extra 12 k and bet it all on 36 at Roulette, it changes you as a man

 

[MCS]

He makes 500k a fight during his bad run because he took and won it.

 

[rjmbrd]

Fighter pay has come a long way in just a decade. Can you imagine Paulo Costa making 24k? Or Giblert Burns?

It really hasn't, in fact as a total of revenue its actually regressed a bit in recent years.

The average is around 18% of revenue going to fighters. As the rights fees and revenues have exploded (read: literally doubled) fighters are still getting table scraps.

 

[usernamee]

It really hasn't, in fact as a total of revenue its actually regressed a bit in recent years.

The average is around 18% of revenue going to fighters. As the rights fees and revenues have exploded (read: literally doubled) fighters are still getting table scraps.

You're forgetting to include the free fight kits and reebok coupons tho

 

[Zorrox]

Dude beat the best alive at the time. Who gives a fuck what he made.

Chris probably gives a fuck