Fedor wants 2 million per fight.

[AJAX]

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It seems Gary Shaw isn't willing to spend that much on Fedor and are offereing him less then half that plus ppv sales. I'm not sure we'll see Fedor anytime soon unless he lowers his demands besides Mark Cuban paying him and then Paying Couture for a super fight it just isn't worth it. Not to mention Finkel has recently said Fedor will need a warm up to get used to the cage and elbows etc. I'm not sure anyone will anti up to see Fedor in another circus fight.

I'm really starting to loose respect for this guy, I don't think he really wants to fight anymore. He hasn't had a meaningfull fight in a long time. Even Tim Syvia just wants to fight the best, what does Fedor really want?

[ufoalf]

I'm really starting to loose respect for this guy...

You say that exact same thing every single post about Fedor. You keep on starting to lose respect for him.

[AJAX]

it's started and ongoing because I think this carnival he has been going through will end eventually but yet it continues with no end in sight.

[younghypnotiq]

i think he should make a lot more then 2 million u kidding? hes one of the best. all top fighters should

[AJAX]

i think he should make a lot more then 2 million u kidding? hes one of the best. all top fighters should

yes, of course and all the org's will be bankrupt as well. If Gary Shaw thought it was worth it he would do it in a second just so Dana couldn't get him.

[younghypnotiq]

umm u kidding? lets look at ufc 70 iight?
-Gabriel Gonzaga ($60,000) def. Mirko CroCop ($350,000)
-Andrei Arlovski ($160,000) def. Fabricio Werdum ($80,000)
-Michael Bisping ($24,000) def. Elvis Sinosic ($8,000)
-”Lyoto” Ryoto Machida ($40,000) def. David Heath ($6,000)
-Cheick Kongo ($40,000) def. Assuerio Silva ($8,000)
-Terry Etin ($12,000) def. Matt Grice ($3,000)
-Junior Assuncao ($6,000) def. David Lee ($2,000)
-Alessio Sakara ($20,000) def. Victor Valimaki ($3,000)
-Jess Liaudin ($6,000) def. Dennis Siver ($3,000)
-Paul Taylor ($8,000) def. Edilberto Crocota ($4,000)

thats 834,000 dollars spent on all those fighters the gate got 2.6 milion plus PPV sales there making alot might as well just increase te fighters slaeries. BTW i didnt realize they said the combined salaries and i added all of them together myself lol

[Mob]

Let me first say that I think that MMA fighters are generally underpaid.....no, CRIMINALLY underpaid in comparison to boxers and other athletes.

However,...the scale for now is what it is...and Fedor hasn't fought a real challenge since he beat CroCop three or four years ago.

It should depend on who he fights, period. And lets face it,..the heavyweights aren't very deep.

So demanding 2 mill. per fight is asinine to say the least.

Not only aren't there very many quality heavys out there,....Fedor hasn't faced any challenge in years.

[theunderdog]

2 mil is too much. i he asks for that much, then he'll never fight again

[Bystander]

i like how fedor fights and IMO, he's the best MMA heavyweight fighter today. Asking for 2M per fight at this point of his career would probably too much since he hasn't plied his trade in the UFC let alone US.

The better thing to do IMO is to first ink a short term deal with UFC, get into a couple of High impact fights or win the UFC belt right away, then begin to talk about real money.

But that's just me...

[Boyd]

im not a Fedor hater but jesus it seems like he has no intrest in big fights. anytime something comes up, he seems to price himself out.

[AJAX]

I agree, he get's more satisfaction beating up invalids in Sambo tourny's. Any body who is serious about fighting wouldn't have done what he has the last 2 years.

[sugarngold]

Fedor is the one doing the fighting. He has the right to set his price. Of course, if he manages to keep himself out of meaningful fights, then his career can only continue to suffer as he slips out of MMA's public eye.

[Polymath]

Let me first say that I think that MMA fighters are generally underpaid.....no, CRIMINALLY underpaid in comparison to boxers and other athletes.

However,...the scale for now is what it is...and Fedor hasn't fought a real challenge since he beat CroCop three or four years ago.

It should depend on who he fights, period. And lets face it,..the heavyweights aren't very deep.

So demanding 2 mill. per fight is asinine to say the least.

Not only aren't there very many quality heavys out there,....Fedor hasn't faced any challenge in years.

Good points :good

UFC events are making huge money, more that boxing events at which the headliners are earning more than 2ml.

[Donut62]

Some of you have no idea how economics work. You don't set the price, the market does. You are worth whatever someone is willing to pay you. So far, no one is willing to pay what they want. UFC threw the cash on the table but wouldn't meet the other compensation Fedor and his team wanted.

[AJAX]

your name suits you

[achillesthegreat]

Who do we support in such a situation? People not giving Fedor what he wants or Fedor!

I think Fedor is asking for something that can easily be provided however it opens a can of worms with fighters pay rates.

Fedor and Couture can easily get 2mil a piece. The fight is HUGE. Fill any stadium and get loads of PPV sales. No prob. Not to mention advertising etc

[truepwrz]

You people should be glad that Fedor is demanding such a salary. If the number quoted is indeed accurate, which I tend too doubt. As pointed out by some of you, MMA fighters are wildly underpaid. The top guys negotiating more lucrative contracts will only force the sport too grow.

Marginally thinning the profit margins of fat cat promoters and corrupt executives/front men will force those same entities into expanding the sport through more creative means.

So, in the end: Everybody wins! Fedor should be seen as a visionary...

its the most intellegent thing i have heard in this thread up to this point

[AJAX]

why do people feel the need to go on a crusade to get the fighters more money, most top guys are all paid well, just watch UFC all access it looks like all the top guys are quite well off. Have you read Fedors last interview, he has no idea about the business side if MMA he just does whatever Finkel tells him is best even if it's not. Look what finkel has done for Fedor the last couple of years....is that the best Fedor could have done?

[sugarngold]

why do people feel the need to go on a crusade to get the fighters more money, most top guys are all paid well, just watch UFC all access it looks like all the top guys are quite well off. Have you read Fedors last interview, he has no idea about the business side if MMA he just does whatever Finkel tells him is best even if it's not. Look what finkel has done for Fedor the last couple of years....is that the best Fedor could have done?

I tend to think fighters should get more money when I look at the post-career lives of some great fighters of the recent past. Although fighters often make more money than most of us on the forum will ever see, they are often exploited by promoters, managers, wives, drugs, you name it, but the end result is the same - they wind up broke. WOrse than winding up penniless, there are many fighters suffering from pugilistic dementia and other ailments as the result of having one too many wars in the ring. Those fighters that give us blood and guts performances often wind up suffering the most physical and mental deterioration in their later years. Their crime? Not losing their money - but for being willing to engage in brutal battles and putting their health on the line every time they do it. They might battle for glory or honor or money - but for us they battle to satisfy our unquencable bloodlust. We want them to beat the wheels off of each other and we very seldom accept anything less than a massacre. We never know when a fighter will become another Benny Kid Paret or Duk Koo Kim, or Gerald McClellan and suffer an irreparable injury inside the ring. How much should those guys be paid? Did McClellan make enough in his career to sustain him throughout the years that he has been crippled following his titanic battle with Nigel Benn? I'm not posing this as a rhetorical question to you - but one for myself. Knowing how so many fighters end up in their twilight years, I can not in good conscience begrudge one single fighter the right to be compensated for putting their life on the line. I've never given ten bucks to Jerry Quarry or Wilfred Benetiz as they wandered the streets in a broken haze - so I say let these men fighting today - be it in MMA or boxing or the WWE earn what they can - while they can. The title to the Cohen brothers' recent academy award winning film says it all - there's no country for old men.

[AJAX]

You can't hold peoples hands through there whole life, smart guys invest there money or spend wisely it's a common sense thing. Heath Herring is getting over 100,000 a fight plus bonuses and sponsers. He is just a contender, how much should they be getting tell me?? how much is enough. I have no prob with fighters getting paid good, good for them they deserve it, but this isn't a charity event these fighters know what they are getting into, the guys at the top make the big money that's the way it works.

[Cormega]

$2 million ain't shit when you consider the money Dana White makes on a card, and then that motherfucker has the audacity to say that he doesn't think Fedor is even close to the best heavyweight in MMA. Get the fuck outta here.

[Cormega]

You can't hold peoples hands through there whole life, smart guys invest there money or spend wisely it's a common sense thing. Heath Herring is getting over 100,000 a fight plus bonuses and sponsers. He is just a contender, how much should they be getting tell me?? how much is enough. I have no prob with fighters getting paid good, good for them they deserve it, but this isn't a charity event these fighters know what they are getting into, the guys at the top make the big money that's the way it works.Fedor is easily worth $2 million a fight when you consider how much money he'd be making for whoever decides to sign him up. Dana is just an arrogant, greedy motherfucker.

[AJAX]

If he was worth it Gary Shaw would have signed him in a second!!! it's that simple

[Cormega]

If he was worth it Gary Shaw would have signed him in a second!!! it's that simpleHe may not be worth it in elitexc (who is?), but Dana could have signed him and still made out like a fat rat.

[AJAX]

He may not be worth it in elitexc (who is?), but Dana could have signed him and still made out like a fat rat.

yes, but if he pays Fedor that, that will change his whole payroll. If Fedor get's 2 mill then Anderson Silva wants 1.5 mill, then Rampage 1 mill and GSP 1mill, etc etc. Dana knows if he does this it will effect the UFC in the future and that's what he's keeping in mind I'm sure.

Do you not think Dana doesn't want him? of course he does and then he could have the Couture-Fedor fight on top of that. It's not just the money anyhow, there is other issues between Finkel and Dana .

[AJAX]

Frank Shamrock and Cung Le split shared 500,00 in their last event with Frank getting 300,00. Don't forget Fedor isn't worth 2 mill in North America yet, Besides hardcore fans no one has had the chance to see him fight so he won't be as big of a draw as you think.