Pride 33 fighter salaries courtesy of MMAWeekly
Main Event Fighters
-Wanderlei Silva: $150,000 (28th fight in Pride; lost to Dan Henderson in main event)
-Dan Henderson: $50,000 (18th fight in Pride; defeated Wanderlei Silva in main event)
Main Card Fighters
-Mauricio "Shogun" Rua: $50,000 (13th fight in Pride; defeated Alistair Overeem)
-Takanori Gomi: $20,000 (15th fight in Pride; lost to Nick Diaz)
-Antonio Rogerio Nogueira: $20,000 (10th fight in Pride; lost to Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou)
-Nick Diaz: $15,000 (1st fight in Pride; defeated Takanori Gomi)
-Joachim Hansen: $15,000 (6th fight in Pride; defeated Jason Ireland)
-Hayato Sakurai: $10,000 (11th fight in Pride; defeated Mac Danzig)
-Frank Trigg: $10,000 (2nd fight in Pride; defeated Kazuo Misaki)
-Kazuo Misaki: $10,000 (8th fight in Pride; lost to Frank Trigg)
-Sergei Kharitonov: $10,000 (11th fight in Pride; defeated Mike Russow)
-Alistair Overeem: $10,000 (14th fight in Pride; lost to Mauricio "Shogun" Rua)
-Travis Wiuff: $10,000 (1st fight in Pride; lost to James Lee)
-Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou: $10,000 (1st fight in Pride; defeated Antonio Rogerio Nogueira)
-Mac Danzig: $10,000 (1st fight in Pride; lost to Hayato Sakurai)
-Jason Ireland: $10,000 (1st fight in Pride; lost to Joachim Hansen)
-Mike Russow: $10,000 (1st fight in Pride; lost to Sergei Kharitonov)
-James Lee: $10,000 (1st fight in Pride; defeated Travis Wiuff)
Disclosed Fighter Payroll: $430,000
Monday, February 26, 2007
Pride 33 Payouts
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that looks like slave labour to me. Pride makes millions of dollars off of these guys and they barely pay out half a mill to the fighters. That is just wrong.
ReplyDeleteIt really is pathetic. If you look at PPV numbers and compare them to boxing or *wince* WWE, there's a huge pay discrepancy. De La Hoya is making $25 million in his fight against Mayweather. Granted, these numbers dont take endorsements into account, but its still ridiculous.
ReplyDeleteThis may be one of the many reasons why Pride enterprises is falling apart. They are loosing their fighters to competitors that offer a better paying!
ReplyDeleteGreat points anonymous one. Ufc does the same thing by underpaying in comparison to the intake of money the owners make however they certainly pay more money.
ReplyDeleteWhy not I say its a free market and although I do find it sad to see Pride declining, that's do to the ignorance of the owners. Its time for them to step up or sell the product.
The pride product is still better and the fighters are of better talent. Pride 33 blew away the event last hosted by ufc which was a joke.
Two quality products like UFC and Pride are better as they will enhance competition by challenging each other to put on a better show.
Anyway good points.