The Independent Voice of Mixed Martial Arts
Broken record I know. Here are the typically lackluster Reebok “sponsorship” payouts for UFC 217. All three former champions made $40K and the new champs made $30K. The rest of the card is unforgivable. How do they justify paying fighters so little to prepare for the biggest nights of their combat sports lives? Broken record … Read more
MMA Junkie reported the Reebok Payouts for UFC 216 and I will say it again that they aren’t up to snuff. Demetrious Johnson pulled in $40K with Tony Ferguson, Kevin Lee, and Ray Borg snagging $30k. Fabricio Werdum only pulled in a dismal $10K and it is shameful. Werdum is a veteran who is a former … Read more
I have zero faith that the Reebok payouts will ever get better. Unless you are a veteran of 30 fights under the UFC banner you may never see a proper sponsorship amount again. I’ve said it before that Dana White, who I hold in the highest regards calling naysayers fat and moronic upon criticism only … Read more
MMA Junkie reported the UFC 215 Reebok payout figures and as expected they are still mind bogglingly ridiculous. Only four fighters got $20K or more and to put that in perspective upper mid card fighters like Brendan Schaub were making over $100K a fight before the UFC/Reebok deal and that can be fact checked. Here … Read more
Once upon a time, the UFC had an open sponsorship policy. This meant Ed Herman could have CondomDepot.com across the front of his trunks. Rich Franklin could promote the American Fighter clothing line and Tito Ortiz could push his Punishment Athletics all by just wearing fight gear. Some fighters claimed to have total sponsorships up … Read more
Former UFC bantamweight queen Ronda Rousey hasn’t fought since she was stopped by Amanda Nunes via TKO at UFC 207 this past December and no one knows for sure if the Olympic bronze medalist will attempt to make a comeback inside the octagon or keep riding off into the sunset with fiancé Travis Browne. One … Read more
UFC on FOX 24 aired on Saturday and saw Demetrious Johnson defeat Wilson Reis to tie Anderson Silva’s consecutive title defense record at ten. It was a decent card in terms of action, but the payouts by Reebok were less than that as usual. The main event fighters were taken care of, but a star … Read more
The UFC has officially stated that the company, which was originally purchased by the Fertitta brothers in 1993 for $2 million, sold for a staggering price tag of $4 billion. The new owners, WME-IMG, are the ones who purchased the largest MMA company in the world. However, it was stated it may take six weeks to two … Read more
While the talk of a possible Conor McGregor vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr. matchup continues it seems one person is visualizing it taking place and that is Mystic Mac, who lets not forget, can often materialize what he wants. Check out his new gear from Reebok… with one simple caption “Boxing boots”. … Never say never my … Read more
At a Reebok Luncheon for Inspirational Women on Tuesday in L.A. former UFC women’s bantamweight champ Ronda Rousey spoke to the group of ladies about how she deals with setbacks, what her recent loss has taught her and the value of self-belief. “A lot of people think they’re a good person because they don’t do this, and … Read more