UFC 160 May 25th

[Luke]

My analysis of the fight:

Thiago Silva fucking sucks.

So does your mom

[edman5555]

After watching him fight Hendo and Antwain Britt I am not a hundred percent convinced. He seems to throw big haymakers. Granted, they land but I could see Thiago outstriking him.

[Vandelay]

After watching him fight Hendo and Antwain Britt I am not a hundred percent convinced. He seems to throw big haymakers. Granted, they land but I could see Thiago outstriking him.

uhhh...Thiago has some of the worst striking in LHW division. It is awful. only pause for concern is the layoff.

[edman5555]

He almost put away rashad evans...

[Vandelay]

Yea a gassed evans who is chinny at best. He gets outstruck in almost every one of his fights. Nedkov, gus, vera, machida. He throws looping punches, has a suspect chin, and simply tries to brawl with people.

[Vandelay]

Maybe he doesnt have some of the worst striking in LHW, but it's not good.

[Ludo]

Mark Hunt's toe:

[poopoo333]

The top two winners at UFC 160 were also the top two disclosed earners.
UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez and former champ Junior dos Santos won the feature bouts at Saturday night's event at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, setting up an expected trilogy fight.
Velasquez earned a flat fee of $400,000 for his first-round finish of Antonio Silva. Dos Santos took home $240,000 for his third-round knockout of Mark Hunt, which includes a $120,000 win bonus.
The Nevada Athletic Commission released the list of disclosed paydays Tuesday. These do not include any potential pay-per-view percentage bonuses, promotional fees, or discretionary bonuses given out by the company, which are not publicly disclosed.
They also don't include the evening's announced fight bonuses. Dos Santos and Hunt won fight of the hight; T.J. Grant knockout of the night and Glover Teixeira submission of the night. Each bonus winner won took home an additional $50,000.
Total gate revenues for the event were $1,533,000.
Full salary list:
Cain Velasaquez $400,000
Antonio Silva $75,000
Junior dos Santos $240,000 (includes $120,000 win bonus)
Mark Hunt $160,000
Glover Teixeira $48,000 ($24,000 bonus)
James Te Huna $30,000
T.J. Grant $50,000 ($25,000 bonus)
Gray Maynard $45,000
Donald Cerrone $82,000 ($41,000 bonus)
K.J. Noons $41,000
Mike Pyle $84,000 ($42,000 bonus)
Rick Story $27,000
Denis Bermudez $28,000 ($14,000 bonus)
Max Holloway $14,000
Robert Whittaker $30,000 ($15,000 bonus)
Colton Smith $15,000
Khabib Nurmagomedov $28,000 ($14,000 bonus)
Abel Trujillo $8,000
Stephen Thompson $16,000 ($8,000 bonus)
Nah-Shon Burrell $9,000
George Roop $26,000 ($13,000 bonus)
Brian Bowles $19,000
Jeremy Stephens $48,000 ($24,000 bonus)
Esteven Payan $10,000

[SPX]

Why the fuck is JDS making so much less than Cain? He's been in the UFC LONGER than Cain and both have held the belt!

[Ludo]

Why the fuck is JDS making so much less than Cain? He's been in the UFC LONGER than Cain and both have held the belt!

Because Cain is the champion. JDS made $400,000 when he defended against Velasquez at UFC155.

[poopoo333]

Why the fuck is JDS making so much less than Cain? He's been in the UFC LONGER than Cain and both have held the belt!

Cain made his debut at UFC 83.

JDS made his debut at UFC 90

[SPX]

Well my ass knew who JDS was long before I knew who Cain was.

[zY|]

Contracts. How do they work?

[Luke]

This should tell you something about how crappy the UFC pays fighters:

When discussing Cain Velasquez's $400K UFC purse, please recall Jack Dempsey made $1 million to fight Georges Carpentier— way back in 1919!

[MMA_scientist]

^^ that's pretty crazy. Cain is the HW champion of the universe, and he earns far less than the league minimum in the NBA. In 2010, the league minimum was $473k. It really is quite pathetic. I could understand it 6 or 7 years ago as the UFC was still making its way, but it gets major coverage now, it is pretty absurd how little they pay the fighters.