Chris Arreola Talks MMA

I think gsp will make more in his career than mayweather will make in one fight.

But i see where he is coming from.

Floyd has absurb paydays for a boxer though, and all these high profile boxers are coming up with their own promotion companies now to promote their own fights. And since they don’t fight under a unified banner they have to negotiate the terms of every single fight. I like the UFC system, the low rung mma fighters make more than low rung boxers, fighters typically have a 2-6 fight contract, and fights don’t get canceled for things like a refusal to take an Olympic style drug test (and for that matter a fighter couldn’t demand or dictate how or what drug testing that would be implemented). Yeah ok, so GSP, Brock Lesnar, Shogun, Machida, BJ Penn, Silva, and the like, don’t make 70 million a fight. So what? They make plenty to live on, and if it wasn’t enough they wouldn’t do it. Also you have to take into consideration the meteoric rise of mma, the UFC specifically. The Ultimate Fighter and Spike pretty much saved the UFC, and the UFC saved Spike. I mean s***, go watch UFC 56 or the Ultimate Fighter 1 finale, and look at how empty the stands are. Mma has exploded recently, and the payscales will continue to increase as contracts are up for renewal, and the sport continues to grow. But I mean, the Randy Nog bout that came through Portland did not sell out, so I think that’s a sign that Mma promotion, marketing, blah blah blah still has a way to go, and the salaries seem fair to me. That’s just my humble opinion.

lee, I think gsp will make more in his career than mayweather will make in one fight. fyi mayweather makes millions per fight gsp makes maybe 100k per fight if that..do the math.

I’m not sure, I think the money is probably there based on the number of events ayear and the money coming in compared to boxing.

It’s just really spread out, but I’m talking out of my ass I have nothing to back this up.

Chris is pretty awesome. I’d say he’s more of a journeyman at best. He can’t really hang with the top tier boxers like the Klitchkos or Adamek.

i dont undestand, ufc payperview make almost same money than boxing pay per view, so why mma figthers make less money than boxing figthers???

millionaire boxing paydays are less than 1% of all the boxers in the world.
some boxers on an undercard are lucky to take hope $500.
o.k. Mayweather gets paid alot… I get that.

A Floyd will make…not a Chris. LOL. He obviously has no clue what MMA fighters make. Like any Professional Sport the money is in the Sponsorships. And MMA fighters pull in the Sponsors.

The Money is spread around more in MMA then it will ever be in Boxing. That is a Fact. And after ones MMA Fighting days are over you have way more outlets in which to make money. If I was able to make in one fight what I make in a year I would be more then happy! If you require 30million to be happy then you have other issues you should be concerned with.

you guys dont know what your talkin about dana white said it himself theres about 8_10 fighters a year that make 7 figures and gsp gotta deffinitely be one of them. matt serra made 150k in his last fight verse frank trigg(fact) and even the ultimate fight winners make 100k so the superstars like gsp and brock deff get paid

@ becq — Because Dana White is the only show in town. Things will change when the fighters wise up.

@ killacali can you do your own math? do you know what math is? Do you know how much a million is and how much 100k is?

good mma fighters get paid by the thousands good boxers get paid by the millions. i know this is a mma site but lets keep it real boxers make way more.

sbmystiso, bet you get molested by your father go cry somewhere about it.

You all are f****** dumb! Chris was trying to give props to mma! all he is saying is that high profile boxers like floyd make 30 mil a fight while GSP will make like 400k a fight; and he is right! 1) NO, GSP does not catch up with sponsorship.
2) 8-10 mma fighters make 7 figures a year. So? Floyd makes 30 mil in one fight! What is your point?
3) Boxing and MMA pay per views are close. A high profile boxing match will avg 750k buys. While MMA fight 500K buys. But they do not get paid the same because two words…DANA WHITE! Why do you think he doesn’t want strikeforce or dream or anyone to come up? because he will have to pay the fighters more to stay. as long as the ufc is the only show in town, he pays the fighters what he wants.

Im pretty GSP makes more money per fight than Cristobal..