UFC 109 nabs $2,273,000 at the gate with 7,432 tickets sold on Feb. 6
by Jesse Holland on Feb 16, 2010 2:33 PM EST
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The Feb. 6 UFC 109 pay-per-view took in a gate of $2,273,000 from the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, according to official figures from the Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) released today.
The final tally was a result of 7,432 tickets sold. Those figures do not include the 3,321 comped tickets or the 84 unsold tickets.
The UFC dished out $944,000 in fighter salaries for the live event and another $240,000 in additional bonus money for the four participants who delivered outstanding performances.
"Relentless" featured a rare submission win from former heavy and light heavyweight champion Randy Couture as "The Natural" choked out Mark Coleman in the main event. "The Hammer" was released from the promotion shortly thereafter.
185-pound stalwart Chael Sonnen inched his way closer to a future title shot with a dominating unanimous decision win over the ultra tough Nate Marquardt.
For complete UFC 109 results and blow-by-blow coverage of the main card action click here and here.
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ya sac...so what? There are other people besides the fighters to pay
Fedor invented a language that incorporates Sambo and Kimuras.
So next time FEDOR is kicking your ass, don't be offended or hurt, he may be just trying to tell you he likes your hat.
that was my argument the other day
I am sure they pay a shitload for the venue as well.
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by PSYQO78 on Feb 16, 2010 2:58 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
i know there are other people but...
if a fighter is getting paid a base of 20g’s and has an injury or 2 and only gets to fight twice that year after training his ass off the whole time and has to pay for training camps and travel expenses, he’s basically broke. then you have a cameraman who probably makes 30-40g’s and doesn’t do a damn thing besided show up once a month and works for 3 hours getting paid the same
Cameramen don’t get 30K per event. They get what their union says they get, usually a few hundred a night, tops. Pulling numbers out of your ass and posting them does not make them so.
Are you going to cry for a baseball player in a semi-pro league who makes$800 a month and has to work at Home Depot on the side while living in a 2-bedroom apartment with 4 people?
The weather is here, I wish you were beautiful
You did, asshole
you have a cameraman who probably makes 30-40g’s and doesn’t do a damn thing besided show up once a month and works for 3 hours
If you meant something other than what you wrote, then maybe try wording in a way that suggests you are functionally literate. And I can assure you that cameramen earn a hell of a lot more than 30K a year, and if some of these low-level fighters want that much money they can always make a career change.
The weather is here, I wish you were beautiful
BINGO!!!
they chose their profession. it’s proven, perform and get a pay increase!
cameramen are probably making 60-100k a year and I’m sure they work for a union, not UFC, so they don’t “show up once a month” they film other shit moron!
If they make 30/40K for shpwing up once a month
then sign me up right now.
"I like being punched... I like... punchin'" ~Gray Maynard
"A black belt only covers two inches of your ass, you have to cover the rest" ~Royce Gracie
Is that a number you just made up in your head or do you know how much the camera men actually make? Camera men are much more important than you obviously think.
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by PSYQO78 on Feb 16, 2010 3:52 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
that was to sac not you dubs
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by PSYQO78 on Feb 16, 2010 3:54 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
I haven't seen you get like that in a long time Dubs.
I was having this same conversation with some guys yesterday.
OD is incredibly handsome, coureagous and self sacrificing in his endeavour to educate me on MMA and evolve my primitive understanding of the sport; I salute you sir.
FUCK YOU TITO!
For me will be the greatest moment in Coleman’s career and almost the only reason why im glad i watched this card.
GSP is the man!
by Pour out a lil liquor on Feb 16, 2010 3:14 PM EST reply actions
I was wondering who was gonna comment, expected Worbry
Do you guys think that the venue allows the UFC to come in for free?
Camera men, production staff, lawyers etc need to get paid too. It’s not just the 18 guys on the card! I guarantee you that (with sponsors) even the guys in the first fight are making 6 figures over the course of the year.
You want a cause, go picket Mcdonalds, they make 100 times the money UFC does and pay a million times less.
is the UFC a business or are they not allowed to make money?
Dont give me the PPV revenue argument either, do you think cable/satellite providers put ppv;’s on tv for free? UFC gets 40% of ppv money!
i agree but...
only 40 percent? I have no idea what percentage they get but i would have thought it was more.
GSP is the man!
by Pour out a lil liquor on Feb 16, 2010 3:31 PM EST up reply actions
I really doubt most of these guys make 6 figures
especially these guys fighting 3-5 times a year for 5-10k a fight; sponsorships pay the trainers/camps for them, maybe they get lucky and go injury free so no doctor bills for a year and the guy probably takes home 40-60k in a year. You’ve got a handful that can make % of PPV profits, market their own clothing line and secure spots in advertising but the vast majority are probably making just enough to get by.
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by O damn he got caught on Feb 16, 2010 3:39 PM EST up reply actions
how often are they at a "station" casino?
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by PSYQO78 on Feb 16, 2010 4:02 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
yeah because the fertittas own the strip casinos moron!
what a joke
yes they get 40% of ppv
they r independent contractors, they can write training etc right down to tape off
and yes dubs, A-AAA baseball players are notoriously underpaid and living together with side jobs. I lived in Port Charlotte for years (have spring training there) and the teams were always sending flyers asking for people to let young players stay in their homes because they couln’t afford apartments
kev i come in peace
but compare ufc to the other major sports not mcdonalds. Theres been a lot of talk about the ufc patscall since the hh thread and i do see anybody ackknowledgeing that ufc does not get the worlds top athletes. I understand lesnars a freak, but i guarentee you there are plenty of athletes in the nfl and other sports that would be good fighters if they had trained for that sport. If the ufc isnt competitive with the major sports there tring to pass then they will lose out on the best athletes. lesnar only came to mma after he made millions elsewhere. Dont you think we as fans deserve to see the top talent in the world on the stage we love. When i was in highschool all the scrawney kids took wrestling and all the athlestes in the school played football. Things are changeing and mma is more popular but athletes want to be paid for there talentt.
Bas Rutten: He has a black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.
Stephen Quadros: Yes, well many of the fighters
have a black belt.
Bas Rutten: Yes, but in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu you cant
buy your belt like in say, Tae Kwon Do.
Stephen Quadros: Do you have any belts?
Bas Rutten: I have a brown belt in Tae Kwon Do.
by DrewMoney$$$ on Feb 16, 2010 6:18 PM EST up reply actions
patscall? *payscale
sorry im at work
Bas Rutten: He has a black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.
Stephen Quadros: Yes, well many of the fighters
have a black belt.
Bas Rutten: Yes, but in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu you cant
buy your belt like in say, Tae Kwon Do.
Stephen Quadros: Do you have any belts?
Bas Rutten: I have a brown belt in Tae Kwon Do.
by DrewMoney$$$ on Feb 16, 2010 6:23 PM EST up reply actions
im here kev sorry was trying to buy car etc
the fighters are underpaid. SF has to pay for all the sam things. Yet when anyone asks how they manage to do so and still pay the fighters equal or close to what UFC does, no one has an answer. They omit this comment and ignore it cause they no better but won’t admit it.
worbanizer
by daniel worby on Feb 16, 2010 7:25 PM EST up reply actions
dana is smart, he just needs a reason to improve
nfl salaries increased when the nfl started losing the top guys to afl like joe namath. even our man hershal walker went to the ufl for more money and he was the top college player coming off a heisman win. Strikeforce is going to change mma for the better. Dan henderson was just the begining, dana had the money to pay him but new every other fighter would want more when there contract was up so he had to let hendo walk. As soon as SF gets a substantial amount of the top talent Dana will begin to cave. Unless the fighters get a union this is there only hope…
Bas Rutten: He has a black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.
Stephen Quadros: Yes, well many of the fighters
have a black belt.
Bas Rutten: Yes, but in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu you cant
buy your belt like in say, Tae Kwon Do.
Stephen Quadros: Do you have any belts?
Bas Rutten: I have a brown belt in Tae Kwon Do.
by DrewMoney$$$ on Feb 16, 2010 7:33 PM EST up reply actions
packers had the lowest avg of any team
the nfl avg is about double that and they also have the most players per team of any sport.
its hard to say how much the fighters deserve when we dont know ufc’s profits, but cant we agree that ufc dosnt have the deepest talent pool and needs to get it if there going to be the worlds top sport? so how will they get it without paying the cash?
Bas Rutten: He has a black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.
Stephen Quadros: Yes, well many of the fighters
have a black belt.
Bas Rutten: Yes, but in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu you cant
buy your belt like in say, Tae Kwon Do.
Stephen Quadros: Do you have any belts?
Bas Rutten: I have a brown belt in Tae Kwon Do.
packers actually have 5th lowest
but the highest was oakland at 150million, either way players in that league avg about 750k anfdthe players paid lower are barely on the field and theres about 60guys per team. There is a reason why joe highschool athlete decided its in his best interest to play football over train for mma. the next brock lesnar is currently in 8th grade, he’s 60lbs bigger then anyone his age, and the local highschool football coach has already had dinner at his house 5 times. UFC needs to swing things in there favor. the improvements in state regulation have helped, TUF has made them mainstream, and now they need to capitalize on there hard work and take the lead and get the best athletes. When kids matt stafford sigining for 70 million before even playing 1 down they think to themselves that its there best option.
Bas Rutten: He has a black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.
Stephen Quadros: Yes, well many of the fighters
have a black belt.
Bas Rutten: Yes, but in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu you cant
buy your belt like in say, Tae Kwon Do.
Stephen Quadros: Do you have any belts?
Bas Rutten: I have a brown belt in Tae Kwon Do.
by DrewMoney$$$ on Feb 16, 2010 7:16 PM EST up reply actions
thats 150million for the whole team..
Bas Rutten: He has a black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.
Stephen Quadros: Yes, well many of the fighters
have a black belt.
Bas Rutten: Yes, but in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu you cant
buy your belt like in say, Tae Kwon Do.
Stephen Quadros: Do you have any belts?
Bas Rutten: I have a brown belt in Tae Kwon Do.
by DrewMoney$$$ on Feb 16, 2010 7:16 PM EST up reply actions
PDUB
NBA lost 70 million last year an is looking like a lockout is the answer soon soooo..
worbanizer
the economy is killing the nba this year
but it aint hurting the ufc.
Bas Rutten: He has a black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.
Stephen Quadros: Yes, well many of the fighters
have a black belt.
Bas Rutten: Yes, but in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu you cant
buy your belt like in say, Tae Kwon Do.
Stephen Quadros: Do you have any belts?
Bas Rutten: I have a brown belt in Tae Kwon Do.
by DrewMoney$$$ on Feb 16, 2010 11:23 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
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