Why UFC Fighters Are Broke - Documentary 

Agreed

I agree. But it does look better with no sponsors

Its not even a look thing anymore. They could have criteria and other ways for making it more appealing. But how much money does Endeaver lose in assets annually for no longer offering big name companies big advertisements exclusive that doesn't often have a competitor on the same card.

They can have their own sponsors. The only stipulation is The walk to the cage, inside the cage, and the walk from the cage. SO they have all of fight week to do press displaying their sponsor. They can also do TV ads year around. Watching this video shows the UFC is taking care of the fighters way better than any other promotion including 80% of boxers.. So y'all idiots get off the band wagon and look at the facts.

​@Trucker231610 yes but a sponser pays 10x the amount to wear it while fighting compared to pre fight/post fight

You think he plays cards with his bosses money?

What a tool Dana is a scumbag

What boss

@joedimaggio1259 Ari Emmanuel, the Board of Directors, the financial duty owed by operating in the best financial interest of the shareholders considering the UFC is part of a publicly traded company and so on. So I know people love spinning that yarn that none of the UFC fighters get paid anything and that it’s all flowing over to Dana as the nefarious thief taking the pot because it sure is a much cooler story than the boring realities that have been stated endlessly by essentially everybody ever involved with the UFC that push against the narrative in so many ways about fighter pay and the boring basic fundamentals of operating a business that actually has an obligation of operating in a fashion that has a chance of reaching a profit and providing a return to shareholders. For one people often make their argument simply looking at the reported payouts from athletic commission disclosures despite it being long established that fighters almost always earn more than the disclosures indicate since the disclosures disclosure have never reflected any of the bonus pay fighters earned which is often well above their show/win money would get disclosed. Or court document showing exact amounts higher name fighters earned prior to the endeavor sale that was disclosed as $500K but was actually $5-6M. Or even Dana being such a greedy bastard that prior to the sale that stopped it paid a fighter like Liddell $400K a year to hold a BS job to try to help him remain retired to protect his health. But everybody loves to argue by using the minority of top paid boxers who earn absurd guarantees for PPV cards that end up losing huge sums of money to the point that the long standing providers of boxing for decades have exited the sport entirely and almost all major name fighters almost only box in Saudi who will subsidize the immense losses and use that as the standard of the fairness of what UFC fighters earn. The boring reality is only the slim majority of boxers earn the extreme paydays people point to, those events almost always lose huge money, the average fighter in the UFC makes more than the average pro boxer, and surprisingly when you need to profit from your events you can’t guarantee somebody $30M and then sell less than 100K in buys like Ngannou and Fury did and remain in business without somebody subsidizing your endless losses.

What Dana White does with the money he earns is irelevant.. 3 men took the UFC basically from hell and turned it into a Sport and and something thats so far ahead of the fucking game it would take something pretty amazing to even compare.. Its not even an apples and oranges game. 2% of UFC revenue for fighter pay is still more money as a whole than these wonton promotions talkin shit about they pay 50%. ..... 50% of nothing will always be NOTHING!. Do they offer anything else? Ufc offers many diff professional services thru a free World Class Facilty. Those people whom provide those services and therapy dont come w/o a cost. As a business owner. I dont care if you think Dana Whites greedy a dickhead or how you feel. Noone can disrespect him for what its taken from him to put the UFC in a Premier World Class position.. As with anything in life, If you suck, your pay reflects it. If you make a Company revenue you will reap the rewards thru negotiating the right contracts, financially, if you invest and not run thru money living outside of your means" youll be sucessful. This shits all ABC type stuff. The UFC imo falls between Sports/Entertainment category. If you attract the publics eyes,Your loyal to the business,.You build relations, Youll be on top of the heap. Is Mcgregor one of my favs? naw. Has he done alot for mma hell ya and i respect that in him. Has he invested,made wise decisions with his revenue. Of course. Will he ever hurt financially . I dont forsee it. My point is in my rambling is. Not everyone in the fight game wil be sucessful rich and famous. You must plow a path to sucess. I mean literally fuckin plow a path. And Dana White gives back to his fighters and the community in ways others apparently dont pay attention or see simply because its Danas business whether he chooses to discuss it or not. Just remember its a fighters goal to grasp all he can. Its the UFC as a business whos there to do exactly the same. Its not a share your wealth world in business.Dana has numbers ran constantly and i dont believe he will ever risk the UFC as being less than World Class over a few bucks pay or pay lesa than any other promotion pays. The percentage talk is horse shit. 50% sounds great but only is 50% is above the 5% UFC offered. And its not close.. just throwing numbers out there above so no drama . People almost gets locked into positions they really dont want to be in, stop think , weigh out options prior to making yourself miserable or homeless. America offers alternatives, choices, options. Move on if its not cutting it for you personally.

Bonnar.

He died of a fentanyl overdose not because the UFC didn't pay him enough

@@tmzz3609no one said anything about how he died. He was in one of the most impactful fights of all time. Use your brain

@@tmzz3609he said absolutely nothing too do with him besides rip, and you then toss his addiction and struggle into it? Wow , dirtbag comment of the month, maybe even the year so far 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

@@tmzz3609 I think its a prescription pain ki11er. He was probably on oxy for years...

Thanks brother!

True, love that it showed both sides

That quote was taken out of context. He was talking about being able to bring ideas to life.

How a pimp talks to his women 😂

But thats also life no?

just like casino does

Just like boxing

Just like life... so what

😢 feel so bad!

The entitlement is a new generation thing... not everyone is marketable... it's also the fight game... gotta fight to be the best.. don't sign the CONTRACT then

How many people play basketballs and how many became NBA stars? That's life. Not everyone can be a star.

​@@FlipNasty1 It's not Fight and get paid it's sell tickets and get paid

That is such a great point, yes I agree the new fighters should get more since a camp can cost a lot of money. And yeah mma journalism needs improvement. The thing is, they know all of this stuff and even more but their job isn't always about the truth its about selling stories, some sad stuff really.

Yes, he shits on Dana and the ufc more than others but honestly there is truth in what he says. I agree journalism should be unbiased but fighters in the ufc should get more not only the stars should be payed accordingly.

cos dana is evil.

Im glad you liked it! The dudes is actually just one guy, me 😅 stick around, Max Holloway documentary coming out in the next few days

@@bloodsportfilms count me in my guy. I'll be there.

Wow!!! You committed 30 minutes of your busy life!! Amazing!

Yeah Show Time made so much money huh😂😂 they don’t make enough revenue or sell enough ppvs; they weren’t profitable😂

Hey, I’M 61 years old and only watch MMA. But I’m not sure I still think the fighters are underpaid. To be honest, I’m not 100% sure I really understand what the takeaway was from this video. Seemed to me that they were saying the UFC pays pretty well. Anyway, I just love the game. If I had to do it all over again, I’m pretty sure I would give MMA a try. But, alas, that ship has sailed... ...had a grease fire, an outbreak, and a mutiny, THEN hit the iceberg and sank.

I’m 72 and it pisses me off too

I’m 37 and I really don’t give a sh!t, they couldn’t care less about me and what I make or if I risk my life in a dangerous job so why would I care or any fan for than matter?

You can tell that made it real and she didn’t want to say his name. Talk about last resort. And still, he hasn’t revived any major psychological help(at least publicly). I can’t imagine it all of a sudden just got better. Just better at hiding it.

​@@pittsburghbob69I seen him on Rampages pod recently and he still seemed a bit out there..even for Tony.. I really hope the best for him. It really wasn't that long ago he was on a 12 fight win streak..and (mostly) loved by the fans. I remember hearing that phone call before and I agree with your take..she didn't want to do that..must be awful.

El cucuy

man what a story, I wish you all the best my friend!

Don’t forget, McGregor really made his most money in a non-UFC boxing match with Mayweather. I think the rumor was that a purse of more than $100 million was paid each fighter. I do t know the economics, I think Dana White allowed McGregor to fight Mayweather, and then promoted the fight and took a cut for himself and or the UFC. It was a pretty amazing financial outcome.

​@@HalFraseryes, Dana and UFC took a cut off Conor's Paycheck. Francis on the other hand didn't have to give anything to Dana

Yep you are right

But if you don't like it, don't sign it. That's why it's called a negotiation

They also got grabbed by the b*lls. Remember when Conor was frustated that the UFC didn't give him fights

The idea of a promotion investing to build the name and brand of a fighter they don’t have over a longer period of time to see a return on is fairly silly, hence why all the major promotions operate that way. Even in boxing that idea of full freedom doesn’t really exist.

Welcome aboard!

Very interesting point! So like a strike for a UFC ppv event in order to increase pay?

@@bloodsportfilms exactly lol i dont think Itll ever happen though

​@@youssefhamidi8152 we never know honestly 🤷🏽‍♂️ the NFL players did it in the past maybe the UFC fighters will someday

That would be so stupid if they did that UFC could cut all the small irrelevant fighters who dared to try to ruin their ppv and where do they go than no where cause they don't have big enough names and all the big fighters would get fined from the UFC for not applying to the ppv that they signed on there own contract and fans wouldn't side with them a small amount will but not the majority remember when Jon Jones refused to fight at ppv and they were forced to cancel it the UFC fans piled on him angrily I like your morals but not the idea a more better solution is fighters to get big in the UFC and when that are huge then threaten to leave so the UFC can offer more expensive payment it what Francis f,ed up on he should taken the Jones fight and than if he won be the biggest and most wanted free agent.

​@@KyleDadngannou still got that fury fight though hes done pretty well in the end

Thank you!

I agree, it's not too loud, but 10% quieter would be better

100% if u fight for a living your either desperate or slightly insane at least

​@@user-ol8ri4lb7dor you can't do an office job without feeling dead inside

Well said, mate. This is sadly all too rare. No ready-made opinions, no spin, no left or right wing agendas. As Det. Joe Friday used to say, “Just the facts.” Documentaries should ALL be like this. Well done!

Glad you enjoyed!

Glad you enjoyed it!

Welcome aboard!

Thank you so much 😀

women athletes everywhere reading this 0_0

Former UFC Champion Randy Couture is Advocating For the Ali Act To Be Amended Legislated Into MMA.

UFC back in the day, charged every sponsor 100k to be able to even get a chance to sponsor them on their show.

My pleasure!

Thank you!

But the other promoters they need to do just as good as UFC because will just out bid them

@@reginaldmerriweather4713 The Bellator President Scott Coker is in Favor of the Ali Act.

Randy is a dummy and so are you. You capitalized evert word of your post. The Ali Act would ruin MMA as it did boxing.

Agreed. Fighter pay will go up significantly

The ufc spends millions a year to keep it from coming to mma

Who is your friend?

Bonnar begged dana to pay to save his life and he didn't. Yet he still says thanks to Bonnar and Forrest for kickstarting his career

@@slicingonions4398 I can’t stand that guy but you reap what you sow

Why cause g he e took their money ?

that's a good point, basically provide employee benefits!

This is incredibly uninformed

​@@TheTrayainform us

When a fighter is under contract for a fight all their medical expenses are covered. All their travel is covered.

So...If they got payed more they could afford all of that

Thanks! 😁

Glad you think so!

Glad you think so!

Glad you enjoyed it

Thank you sir! Time will tell :)

Much appreciated!

Wow

I love the sport, but I find it increasingly difficult to support the business. I can’t in good conscience support a business that trade’s profits for a persons well being.

No.. clearly you were born after the 90s

Much appreciated!!!

That's the problem that the only thing they can do is fighting. they're very often from the street and can't do anything else and the most importent aspect a majority of them don't know nothing about doing a showbiz or they completly don't have a laverages in negotations. Because for them is like the life-saving opportunity that's why they fighting for low-prices. Sorry for english

Exactly! I’m currently not earning as much owning my small business as I would be at a 40 hr per week job, It’s my decision to keep trying - I get so tired of people whining

Thanks! 😃

Basically before the Reebok deal fighters could get companies to put ads on their kit and these fighters would ge money from the company. Werdum said he use to get up to 150k$ per fight by getting these sponsorships. The UFC banned that and now the fighters can only wear the outfits provided by the UFC. And the UFC are the ones receiving money from Reebok . They do give to the fighters but very little, something like from 2k to max 24k which is a huge difference.

@bloodsportfilms Well, I'm sure you understand the symbolism of wearing the traditional outfit of your basic martial art. If both opponents would do something similar, then that would emphasize that the UFC Octagon is THE spot where martial arts are tested against each other. That was the original concept of MMA. But money speaks louder than tradition. 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♀️🤷

My father was a boxing coach, in the eighties I remember some fighters making $500.00, the most I believe was mabe $3000.00 and that was traveling from SC to Atlantic city, we had a cruiser weight fight buster Douglass.

You're welcome!

The UFC back in 2021 had about the same amount of fighters than Bellator. Close to 500 fighters for each company. This research was made by a reporter where these numbers were taken from legal documents due to their lawsuit. But for those 1 and done fighters thats tough to find out since it can happen in every company. By now the UFC has more fighters tho, Dana mentioned at least 600 a few weeks ago.

the nil pays about 50% and they have over 1600 players