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Nicky
11-11-2004, 23:57
Tito Ortiz ($125,000) Matt Hughes ($55,000) Evan Tanner ($15,000) Frank Trigg ($10,000) Marvin Eastman ($10,000) Renato Verissimo ($10,000) Rich Franklin ($10,000) Robbie Lawler ($8,000) Georges St-Pierre ($4,000) Jorge Rivera ($3,000) Travis Lutter (N/A) Ivan Salaverry (N/A) Tony Fryklund (N/A) Patrick Cote (N/A)
Lutter, Salaverry, Fryklund and Cote have never fought in Vegas before so are listed as (N/A). The lowest guarantee UFC generally pays is $2,000. Salaverry may have been paid higher because he competed for Zuffa a couple of years ago, and Cote may have also gotten more because he was in the headline (although that seems unlikely with how much Vernon White was paid to fight Chuck Liddell in August).

Here's another chart, listing the win bonus for the above fighters for their last fight in Vegas (their win bonus is listed here despite whether or not they actually won their last Vegas fight):

Matt Hughes ($55,000) Tito Ortiz ($50,000) Evan Tanner ($15,000) Frank Trigg ($10,000) Marvin Eastman ($10,000) Renato Verissimo ($10,000) Rich Franklin ($10,000) Robbie Lawler ($8,000) Georges St-Pierre ($4,000) Jorge Rivera ($3,000) Travis Lutter (N/A) Ivan Salaverry (N/A) Tony Fryklund (N/A) Patrick Cote (N/A)

The win bonus' are pretty much the same in every case with the exception of Tito Ortiz having a much larger guarantee than bonus.

Now here's a chart combining the guarantees and win bonuses for fighters who won their respective fights at UFC 50:

Tito Ortiz ($125,000+$50,000=$175,000) Matt Hughes ($55,000+$55,000=$110,000) Evan Tanner ($15,000+$15,000=$30,000) Frank Trigg ($10,000+$10,000=$20,000) Rich Franklin ($10,000+$10,000=$20,000) Marvin Eastman ($10,000) Renato Verissimo ($10,000) Robbie Lawler ($8,000) Travis Lutter ($2,500+$2,500=$5,000) Ivan Salaverry ($2,500+$2,500=$5,000) Georges St-Pierre ($4,000) Jorge Rivera ($3,000) Tony Fryklund ($2,500) Patrick Cote ($2,500)

I've also assumed that the salaries of Lutter, Salaverry, Fryklund and Cote are based on $2,500 +$2,500, which seems to be the most common numbers for debuting (or returning after a long absence, as in the case of Salaverry) fighters, although these numbers combined are probably lower than what they are in reality. The fact that fighters may have also gotten raises since their last match in Vegas would indicate that this chart will skew the total payroll lower than reality.

If you add up the numbers in the above chart, they equal to a total payroll of $405,000. If Salaverry and Cote were both paid very liberally, then the total payroll could be up around $420,000, but that doesn't seem likely. It would be even higher if someone like Evan Tanner or Georges St-Pierre received a guarantee a few thousand dollars higher than the last time they fought.

Here's a chart of the total payroll for every UFC event in 2004:

UFC 50 $405,000* UFC 49 $534,000 UFC 48 $586,000 UFC 47 $333,000 UFC 46 $540,500

* = estimate

Based on my estimation, UFC 50 falls far short of the payrolls for the last two events, and ranks as the second-lowest total payroll of the year, ahead of UFC 47. This is partially due to Guy Mezger pulling out of the main event of UFC 50 due to injury, as Mezger most likely would have made far more than Patrick Cote for fighting Tito.

ashi76
12-11-2004, 00:04
SHOW ME THE MONEEEEEY !!!!

:mrgreen:

Nickuraba
12-11-2004, 00:06
dat tito zo veel verdient terwijl die niet de nr 1 champ is en een stakker als tegenstander heeft snap ik niet

Arjan
12-11-2004, 00:07
Jezus het is niet zoals bij de k1 : 4 ton naar 1 persoon maar het is zeker veel geld!!!

Hollandpride
12-11-2004, 14:41
Ik vind die verschillen veel te groot. Sommige vechters, die zwaar weinig betaald krijgen, zijn toch echt wel publiekstrekkers: St. Pierre, Lawler, Jorge Riviera.