UFC 183: Silva vs. Diaz - Page 9

UFC 183 payouts and salaries:

Anderson Silva: $800,000 ($600,000 to show, $200,000 to win)
Nick Diaz: $500,000
Silva def. Diaz via unanimous decision

Tyron Woodley: $139,000 ($65,000 to show, $65,000 to win, and $9,000 penalty from Gastelum)
Kelvin Gastelum: $30,000 (Given $21,000 after penalty)
Woodley def. Gastelum via split decision

Al Iaquinta: $36,000 ($18,000 to show, $18,000 to win)
Joe Lauzon: $36,000
Iaquinta def. Lauzon via technical knockout

Thales Leites: $48,000 ($24,000 to show, $24,000 to win)
Tim Boetsch: $52,000
Leites def. Boetsch via submission

Miesha Tate: $76,000 ($38,000 to show, $38,000 to win)
Sara McMann: $25,000
Tate def. McMann via majority decision

Derek Brunson: $50,000 ($25,000 to show, $25,00 to win)
Ed Herman: $47,000
Brunson def. Herman via technical knockout

John Lineker: $35,700 ($14,700 to show including penalty for not making weight, $21,000 to win)
Ian McCall: $22,300
Lineker def. McCall via unanimous decision

Rafael Natal: $58,000 ($29,000 to show, $29,000 to win)
Tom Watson: $16,000
Natal def. Watson via unanimous decision

Diego Brando: $24,000
Jim Hettes: $16,000
Bout was scrapped due to Hettes' illness, but both men received show money

Ildemar Alcantara: $32,000 ($16,000 to show, $16,000 to win)
Richardson Moreira: $8,000
Alcantara def. Moreira via split decision

Thiago Santos: $26,000 ($13,000 to show, $13,000 to win)
Andy Enz: $8,000
Santos def. Enz via technical knockout

The total disclosed payroll for UFC 183 was $2.08 million.

Keep in mind the salaries listed above do not include fight bonuses, sponsorships, percentages and other unofficial payments. It also does not include deductions for expenses such as insurance, taxes, etc.

For example, the promotion often hands out extra cash for "Fight of the Night" and "Performance of the Night" bonuses.

500k for Diaz WWHAAAAAAAAAT

How much did alvez make?

interesting how in UFC 182, Jones only got 500K (way less than silva) and cormier only got 90K (WAY LESS than diaz)

On February 02 2015 20:37 Raidern wrote: How much did alvez make?

Here's the an updated list.

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The total disclosed payroll was $2,142,000.

The full UFC 183 payouts included:

Anderson Silva: $800,000 (includes $200,000 win bonus)
def. Nick Diaz: $500,000

Tyron Woodley: $139,000 (includes $65,000 win bonus)*
def. Kelvin Gastelum: $21,000*

Al Iaquinta: $36,000 (includes $18,000 win bonus)
def. Joe Lauzon: $36,000

Thales Leites: $48,000 (includes $24,000 win bonus)
def. Tim Boetsch: $52,000

Thiago Alves: $84,000 (includes $42,000 win bonus)
def. Jordan Mein: $22,000

Miesha Tate: $76,000 (includes $38,000 win bonus)
def. Sara McMann: $25,000

Derek Brunson: $50,000 (includes $25,000 win bonus)
def. Ed Herman: $47,000

John Lineker: $35,700 (includes $21,000 win bonus)+
def. Ian McCall: $22,300+

Rafael Natal: $58,000 (includes $29,000 win bonus)
def. Tom Watson: $16,000

Ildemar Alcantara: $32,000 (includes $16,000 win bonus)
def. Richardson Moreira: $8,000

Thiago “Marreta” Santos: $26,000 (includes $13,000 win bonus)
def. Andy Enz: $8,000

* – After missing weight Gastelum fined 30 percent of purse, which was awarded to Woodley
+ – After missing weight, Lineker fined 30 percent of purse, which was awarded to McCall

Now, the usual disclaimer: The figures do not include deductions for items such as insurance, licenses and taxes. Additionally, the figures do not include money paid by sponsors, which can oftentimes be a substantial portion of a fighter’s income. They also do not include any other “locker room” or special discretionary bonuses the UFC oftentimes pays. Additionally, they don’t include any pay-per-view revenue some top fighters receive.

For example, as previously reported, UFC officials handed out additional $50,000 UFC 183 bonuses to Boetsch (“Fight of the Night”), Alves (“Performance of the Night”) and Leites (“Fight of the Night” and “Performance of the Night,” for $100,000 total).

In other words, the above figures are simply base salaries reported to the commission and do not reflect entire compensation packages for the event.

On February 02 2015 17:08 Spitfiree wrote: 500k for Diaz WWHAAAAAAAAAT

Too little?

This is pretty random guesswork but a conservative estimate would be that the UFC makes something like $35,000,000 to $50,000,000 in revenue off of a card like this. I certainly hope you don't think $500,000 for one of their biggest draws is too much. I also don't think Diaz made $500,000 he likely made several million with his PPV cut.

On February 03 2015 05:34 Nazgul wrote: Show nested quote + On February 02 2015 17:08 Spitfiree wrote: 500k for Diaz WWHAAAAAAAAAT Too little? This is pretty random guesswork but a conservative estimate would be that the UFC makes something like $35,000,000 to $50,000,000 in revenue off of a card like this. I certainly hope you don't think $500,000 for one of their biggest draws is too much. I also don't think Diaz made $500,000 he likely made several million with his PPV cut.

I'd say its pretty damn much, as Floofy said DC got 90k and JBJ 500k and they sold OVER 750,000 PPVs. Diaz is not that huge of a PR attraction for them to pay 500k wow, I would understand if tons of people watch the card just because of him, but i highly doubt that, its Silva that got people to watch the card.
Anyway what i mean is, Diaz is far less skilled than many other fights, and his story is too old for people to care => he doesn't deserve such big payment, not to mention he hasn't fought since GSP like 2 years ago
He has this sense that tells him he deserves a title, any title because of the things he s achieved, and he doesn't even understand how delusional he is :/

• Diaz was a huge reason for why people watched this card.
  
• It makes no sense to compare base salary of fighters that are a part of the PPV cut.
  
• DC might be on the end of his contract or in the middle of one and is worth a lot more than that now. Still DC is nowhere near as big of a draw as Diaz.
  
• Diaz sat out for two years claiming retirement and as a result he was able to get a fair/better deal out of the UFC. Fighters have no negotiating power and Diaz' move was super risky.
  
• You can't compare what these guys make with your own value of money either I get the feeling you just think $500,000 is a lot of money. It doesn't matter what it means to you.
  
• Guaranteed all those guys make far more than $500,000 and are still heavily underpaid.

Diaz was the reason I cared about the main event. Now that the fight is over, we can look back and see he was the reason the fight had any entertainment.

Anderson won, but he was moving backwards most of the time, and didn't initiate much offense aside from a couple clean body kicks. Even if Diaz threw more punches, he probably would've lost a split-decision.

On February 03 2015 05:34 Nazgul wrote: Show nested quote + On February 02 2015 17:08 Spitfiree wrote: 500k for Diaz WWHAAAAAAAAAT Too little? This is pretty random guesswork but a conservative estimate would be that the UFC makes something like $35,000,000 to $50,000,000 in revenue off of a card like this. I certainly hope you don't think $500,000 for one of their biggest draws is too much. I also don't think Diaz made $500,000 he likely made several million with his PPV cut.

Hm I think your numbers are prob way off on how much the UFC makes.

Let's say they did 550k PPV buys.

550k x 55 = 30,250,000

Cable PPV provider takes half right off the top.

15,125,000 + 4.5 million gate = 19,675,000

Then you add in sponsorship's etc. But I doubt those even cover things like advertising, arena fee's, hotel costs, flights,, commission costs etc.

I kinda doubt Diaz made several million for this fight. Huge stars like GSP & Silva were estimated to make roughly 5 million on cards where they sold almost a million PPVs. I kinda doubt Diaz will be making several million as the 2nd draw on a card that I doubt will break 600k ppvs.

My random guesstimations would be something like Diaz will walk away with slightly over a million, and Silva slightly over 3 million.

500k is high by UFC standards but actually pretty low by professional athlete standards. Random nobodies in other major sports make 500k.

On February 03 2015 16:06 Stim_Abuser wrote: Show nested quote + On February 03 2015 05:34 Nazgul wrote:   On February 02 2015 17:08 Spitfiree wrote: 500k for Diaz WWHAAAAAAAAAT Too little? This is pretty random guesswork but a conservative estimate would be that the UFC makes something like $35,000,000 to $50,000,000 in revenue off of a card like this. I certainly hope you don't think $500,000 for one of their biggest draws is too much. I also don't think Diaz made $500,000 he likely made several million with his PPV cut. Hm I think your numbers are prob way off on how much the UFC makes. Let's say they did 550k PPV buys. 550k x 55 = 30,250,000 Cable PPV provider takes half right off the top. 15,125,000 + 4.5 million gate = 19,675,000 Then you add in sponsorship's etc. But I doubt those even cover things like advertising, arena fee's, hotel costs, flights,, commission costs etc. I kinda doubt Diaz made several million for this fight. Huge stars like GSP & Silva were estimated to make roughly 5 million on cards where they sold almost a million PPVs. I kinda doubt Diaz will be making several million as the 2nd draw on a card that I doubt will break 600k ppvs. My random guesstimations would be something like Diaz will walk away with slightly over a million, and Silva slightly over 3 million.

By my account of revenue that includes the PPV cut for the cable provider so you'll easily make it that way. I know they pay a lot for that but it's still the UFC paying them and us paying the UFC.

I would be shocked if Diaz didn't make a huge amount for this. The whole situation just screams him getting an incredible deal.

The only serious negotiating power a UFC fighter has is retirement in his prime and that is what he did. Got a new agent too. Then he fought Anderson.

Okay, I actually didn't quite make my point clear. Overall its natural that professional athletes make such amount of money considering they are probably the top 0,01% of all athletes that tried. Anyways thats not the point. I'd say Diaz is heavily overpaid @ UFC standards since the difference in salaries between people that would get just as much popularity, but are actually quite better fighters earn far less at least from the official report, but that is where my point loses value as I didn't how that the PPV cut matter that much, but you explained that Nazgul so I get it now :/

I can picture what his new agent said to him

"Nick Diaz, you should stop being hit in the face so much, you should be hit in the face less, and they should pay you more! Are you following me Nick Diaz?"

Then Nick Diaz's eyes lit up.

"Yes! I should be getting punched in the face less, and they should pay more!"

The lightbulb just turned on, it was the start of something special.

Breaking:

Silva popped for roids.

Diaz for weed (who cares)

JESUS FUCK

Sick.

Diaz gets $500k for his show-money and also gets his loss overturned due to Silva getting popped. However, I've never seen both fighters fail a test, so I can only assume this will be treated like other cases.

Does that mean I get my money back??

A reddit thread a bout it: http://www.reddit.com/r/MMA/comments/...nderson_silva_and_nick_diaz_fail_ufc/

apparently a guy tried to raise suspicion about Silva taking stuff years back, but got called a hater, and it kinda faded, not sure if it's true or not:

http://www.mixedmartialarts.com/threa...ilvas-Closet-SyringeGate/?&page=1