Comments on: WSOF 1 Fighter Payouts With Andrei Arlovski And Anthony Johnson Top Earners

By: JJ

JJ — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 03:50:28 +0000

@Tempted I could think of a few top 5 guys not in the UFC. It gets harder if you count SF guys as UFC already (I believe SF will be rolled into UFC rather sooner than later). Top 5 guys in the SF? Cormier, Rockhold, Malendez, Marquardt. In Bellator Chandler, Curran, possibly Alvarez. You also have some guys in One FC, like Fernandez that might be there. There are guys like Khalidov from KSW who are close and could be there. Also – you don’t need to have top 5 guys to put up a good shows and not only survive but make money. It’s sometimes more than a good promotion “makes” a top 5 fighet than the other way around. I’d say the best guy WSOF has right now is A. Johnson. They also have an intersting prospect in Sponge. There is a lot of good Eastern European guys ready to go, especially Russians, Polish, Lithuanians, who they can sign. Also they can try to get some guys from the K1 who want to cross over. These guys have following they’ll bring into the promotion. Sponge is a good example of a guy who got a lot of attention not even having one mma fight, until few days ago. Now we know why. There is a good material for future stars around and if Sefo and his bunch know what they’re doing they can create a successful promotion. Despite the fact that they’ll see their stars leaving for the UFC, they can still manage stay afloat.

By: wcoastassassin

wcoastassassin — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 03:10:03 +0000

What really sucks is the guys that fight for a few thousand dollars. Here, and in UFC and StrikeForce. Boxing is even worse though many guys fight for a few hundred dollars and are feeder fish to build guys records up.

By: paddedummy

paddedummy — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 02:56:35 +0000

Ya ok there Donald Trump, I don’t even have a f-ing job but I guarantee you that I still have a higher $tandard of living than a guy who has to train full time for at least 2 months, pay gym fees, trainers etc., and then gets ktfo and a torn ACL for $5000, sponsors/gate/bonus or not. What a $weet deal! Don’t compare these earnings to a guy flipping burgers for minimum wage, compare them to other pro athletes who don’t have to train half as hard, take much less risk of getting injured and still make 1000 times as much. Teddy is the WSOF promoter

By: theodore roosevelt

theodore roosevelt — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 22:44:32 +0000

Okay, so what kind of money do you make grinding away at your job to make you think that this is chump change? Training is physically hard, but way easier than grinding at a job. That is probably worst case scenario only half of what they make if you’re a no name. Sponsors pay well, plus gate and bonus because this is a bigger company. These guys aren’t in the B leagues and they aren’t suffering. Bunch of economic whizzes around here…

By: newmmfan1

newmmfan1 — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 18:31:00 +0000

lots of stupid comments on here regarding pay…one thing I think is funny that people never seem to talk about is negotiations. these guys sign contracts. this is an open market. they get to decide how much they get paid. this is one of the reasons why you see strange discrepancies in pay between seemingly equally marketable/successful fighters.

I would be surprised if they offered Gregor Gracie $25K but I wouldn’t be surprised if he used his name to negotiate up to $25K.

Also notice how some fighters like to have win bonuses (for higher payout potential) while others prefer fixed contracts where they know exactly what they’re going to get. This is all part of the negotiations and both parties are responsible for the results, not just the organization or just the fighter

By: anakonda

anakonda — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 17:07:26 +0000

LOL $5000 for a fight, you pay training camp, rent, food and doctors from that? What a rip off. Same thing in UFC as well, no name and you will be abused.

By: blondie

blondie — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 16:38:48 +0000

Why are fighters who win making the same as the ones who lose (Cobb/Torres)?

By: couchtat

couchtat — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 12:55:03 +0000

seems like smaller fighters are getting screwed on payments>>>>>how can spong make more than torres?

By: Tempted

Tempted — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 12:21:12 +0000

Paydays were better than most of Bellator’s. That said, WSOF might last a year. All fighters who matter fight in the UFC, just a sad fact of life. As soon as someone shows they are good, they get “called up” to the big show leaving their former organizations behind. Gambino is the most recent. He beat Foster for the belt and got called up the next day.

WSOF is trying to pick up where WEC left off and it isn’t going to happen. I can’t think of a single top 5 fighter in any division who isn’t in the UFC.

By: k1superstar

k1superstar — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 09:32:12 +0000

Arlovski and Spong had a free pay day anyway. They fought complete flabby cans. I didnt watch the other fights but im sure they would of been similar. Fed them to the lions.