

In 2001 the UFC was hardly worth $2 million when the
Fertittas bought the organization. Fast forward a single decade later and you’re
looking at one of the fasting growing poHERE. From a certain
standpoint, it’s hard to place a price tag on someone that’s entering the “lion’s
den” for a living. Certainly even harder when the possibility of a knee or
elbow could leave you in a wheelchair, a coma, or even dead on the mats. Several
studies have estimated that lower tier UFC athletes could only be making as
little as $70,000 a year for their efforts.
werhouses in the entire sports industry, and a heads up, the brake line seems to be broken. Today the UFC is valued well over the billion dollar mark and is estimated to make up of 90% of the total MMA industry. Superstars in the UFC are enjoying the growth as well. Fighter George St-Pierre makes an estimated $5-6 million every time he steps into the octagon. However, this does not mean that every UFC athlete feels like they’re being paid fairly as you can see
The UFC does business a little differently than other sport
organizations. Unlike other professional organization that have laws that
protect their athletes, the UFC has laws that support no such thing. Managers,
trainers and the athletes have no say in what minimums or extremes in the MMA
financial world. This bloody business doesn’t permanently bond itself to other
companies to ensure financial security either. Most of their revenue is made
from pay-per-view events drawing millions and millions of dollars to the
company while other TV promoters like SPIKE and The Ultimate Fighter also
engage in the pay-per-view events.
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