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Play poker against Dana White tonight online and win cash
If you like a little poker with your UFC then tonight you can have the best of both worlds. Tonight in an exclusive tournament for UFC fans, you can play against UFC President Dana White and win cash prizes. Prizes include $500 for the winner, $25 to everyone placing in the top 10, and $300 [...]
UFC wins legal battle with Ken Shamrock
Las Vegas, NV (USA) – Zuffa, LLC, doing business as the Ultimate Fighting Championship® (“UFC®”), was awarded a legal victory today against former champion, Ken Shamrock. Shamrock, who claimed Zuffa had violated certain contractual provisions of his final fight agreement, was demanding several hundreds of thousands of dollars in [...]
Couture earns quarter million – UFC 109 official fighter salaries
LAS VEGAS – On Saturday, Feb. 6, 2009, “UFC 109: Relentless” took place at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nev. On Sunday, Pro MMA Now (www.prommanow.com) requested the UFC 109 official fighter salaries from the Nevada State Athletic Commission, and recieved the information today.
Earning over $40,000 per minute inside the Octagon, main event [...]
Feb 08, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
UFC 108 fighter salaries
The “UFC 108: Evans vs. Silva” official fighter salaries are now available. ProMMA.info (www.promma.info) received the disclosed payroll today via fax from Nevada State Athletic Commission Executive Director Keith Kizer.
The man leading the charge was main event winner and former UFC lightweight champion Rashad Evans. Evans made a nice $200,000 to fight, and another $175,000 [...]
Jan 04, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
UFC 106 fighter salaries
The UFC 106 fighter salaries have been released by the Nevada State Athletic Commission, and the total disclosed fighter payroll was $1,021,000. Main event fighters Tito Ortiz and Forrest Griffin were the highest paid fighters on the card.
A former UFC Light Heavyweight Champ, Griffin earned $100,000 to step back in the Octagon with Tito Ortiz, [...]
Nov 23, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post
UFC 106 live gate and bonuses
According to UFC President Dana White at the UFC 106 post-fight press conference, 10,529 fans packed into the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nev. this past Saturday night to watch Forrest Griffin out-point Tito Ortiz to win a split decision at UFC 106: Ortiz vs. Griffin 2. White also stated the live gate for [...]
Nov 22, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post
Strikeforce compensates both Davis and Miller for cancelled fight
Strikeforce Director of Communications Mike Afromowitz confirmed with ProMMA.info today, that both Mark Miller and Deray Davis not only received their show money, but each fighter was also given their win bonuses.
The decision was made once a subsequent fight could not be secured for each fighter on a local promotion’s upcoming event. This was [...]
Nov 11, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post
“UFC 104: Machida vs. Shogun” fighter salaries
The “UFC 104: Machida vs. Shogun” fighter salaries have been released by the California State Athletic Commission (CSAC). The highest paid fighter of the night was main event winner Lyoto Machida who took home $200,000. His opponent “Shogun” Rua was paid $155,000.
Razak Al-Hassan, who lost a split decision to Kyle Kingsbury, was low man on the [...]
Oct 27, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post
“Minotauro” top earner as UFC 102 fighter payroll totals nearly $1.3 million
UFC 102 fighters earned a total disclosed payroll of $1,285,000 for their efforts this past weekend at the Rose Garden Arena in Portland, Ore.
The highest earner of the night was main event winner Antonio “Minotauro” Nogueira who took home a total of $400,000. Nick Catone was the lowest earner on the card. He lost a split [...]
Aug 31, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post
Winners & losers – UFC 96 fighter salaries
The total disclosed payroll for UFC 96 that took place on March 7 at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio, was $762,000. Number one light heavyweight contender, Quinton Jackson was the big winner of the night, taking home $225,000 plus a $100,000 win bonus for a total of $325,000.
In stark contrast to Jackson’s salary, the low [...]
Mar 10, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post
UFC 93 fight night bonuses
The UFC awarded $40,000 bonuses on Saturday January 17 at UFC 93 in Dublin, Ireland. The awards went to the usual categories except there were two “Fight of the Night” bonuses awarded to two different fights.
“The Irish Hand Grenade” Marcus Davis and Chris “Lights Out” Lytle kept their word and delivered a stand up brawl [...]
Jan 17, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post
UFC 92 defeats “Lesnar fight” by 150k buys – Rampage to fight Evans for LHW Title
Dana White recently did an interview with ESPN The Magazine that revealed a few interesting nuggets. White is such a busy guy in an ever-changing and evolving business that something new is revealed just about every time he speaks publicly.
UFC 91, at last count did a little over a million buys. White’s statement in this [...]
Jan 09, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post
Viacom and Time Warner Cable come to terms, SPIKE TV safe
MMA fans worried that they would not be able to watch UFC on SPIKE TV in 2009 can rest easy.
Media giants, Viacom and Time Warner struck a deal agreeing on compensation that would allow SPIKE TV, Nickelodeon, MTV and 16 other channels to stay on Viacom programming.
Viacom originally wanted an additional $39 million on top [...]
Jan 01, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post
4,465 tickets comped for UFC 92
UFC 92 may have drawn a total of 14,166 spectators this past Saturday, however, not all of them paid for their ticket. Nevada State Athletic Commission Executive Director Keith Kizer confirmed that 4,465 of fans in attendance received complimentary tickets.
The 4,465 fans who did not pay made up thirty one and a half percent of [...]
Dec 31, 2008 | 0 comments | View Post
K-1 DYNAMITE!! betting odds
New Year’s Eve at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan is going to be one amazing night of fights. The K-1 FieLDS DYNAMITE!! event will be going down with 19 big bouts split between K-1 rules and MMA rules.
As always, BetUS.com has all your betting needs taken care of and have given fight fans [...]
Dec 30, 2008 | 0 comments | View Post
UFC 92 pay scale: $1,381,000.00
The official numbers have been released for UFC 92: Ultimate 2008 and Quinton “Rampage” Jackson walked away with the biggest paycheck of $325,000 for his efforts against Wanderlei Silva.
While the pay scale does include win bonuses, it does not include the infamous UFC locker room bonuses or Fight of the Night and Knockout bonuses.
Rampage’s purse [...]
Dec 30, 2008 | 0 comments | View Post
