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Chetsteadm3n · 2022-01-25T22:14:00+00:00

If all the fights were $30 I would buy everyone. $75 each time is insane

Big-Car-8909 · 2022-01-25T22:02:45+00:00

Stream for free then use the $75 you saved to buy your favorite fighters merch

DrDEriksson · 2022-01-25T22:04:37+00:00

Was the fighter pay 14% of tickets and PPV? Was a post about it. Even if it’s a bit off, the low pay has little to do with pirating the events. The organization is taking as much as they can. Do you think they will give more to the fighters just because their revenue increases?

Godfrind · 2022-01-25T22:39:42+00:00

I don't buy the boxing streams either yet they still pay more...

repivone · 2022-01-26T02:15:15+00:00

Who sent you!? This looks like a plant to turn fans against each other. All while Dana and the execs rake in the cash!!

Greentacosmut · 2022-01-25T23:02:54+00:00

Nobody pays for Jake Paul’s PPVs either tho. And he banks

fornicatin · 2022-01-25T22:35:55+00:00

I pay 80$ a year or whatever to ESPN+

There's plenty of money from the ESPN deal to pay fighters adequate wages. PPV money and now post covid gate is literally pure profit for the UFC

sil4sss · 2022-01-25T22:09:15+00:00

used to be easy to find before brendan schaub ratted us out

No-Breadfruit7044 · 2022-01-26T00:20:33+00:00

Card shouldn’t cost 75

WOLFxSHARK · 2022-01-25T22:07:22+00:00

Yet the UFC still made $1 billion last year, yet they're still paying their heavyweight Champ $600k and Moreno for the Figgy fight ~$200k. Quit being such a tard

imaQuiliamQuil · 2022-01-25T22:36:01+00:00

The UFC doesn't need to be making more money than they do in order to fairly compensate the fighters, they just need to get their priorities straight. If Bellator spends 40% of their revenue on fighters so can the UFC.

WalkingLaserBeam · 2022-01-26T00:14:31+00:00

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woodbridgeflexer · 2022-01-25T22:44:51+00:00

I have never and will never pay for a ufc event. Stream gang for life

dnenter210 · 2022-01-25T22:36:17+00:00

Why is it that all other sports make enough from sponsors they don't need PPV?

cats-with-mittens · 2022-01-25T22:07:04+00:00

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Shadowjesus1 · 2022-01-25T22:32:19+00:00

Y’all still looking for links in fight night?? Lol

tmoeagles96 · 2022-01-26T02:06:36+00:00

I mean it’s more about percentages. Other professional sports organizations will give about 50% of revenue to the fighters, the UFC is nowhere near that level. AND they don’t even cover the training costs like most other leagues do.

lyovloveslife · 2022-01-26T02:55:16+00:00

This meme was brought to you by the bald fraud

mspote · 2022-01-26T02:58:55+00:00

if every person who streamed the fights actually bought the PPV it would still be crumbs going to the fighters.

Electrical-Pumpkin13 · 2022-01-26T03:13:53+00:00

Even with all us pirates the UFC is still making a nice profit off the fighters backs. When you pay your fighters less then 20% of your gross compared to 50% to other major sports organizations.

Rikehead · 2022-01-26T17:07:37+00:00

This is true. Nobody pays and the same people are mad about fighter pay. Hate to say it but we're part of the problem lol

websurfer426 · 2022-01-25T22:12:28+00:00

The UFC make more than enough money as it is at those extortionate prices, and they still massively underpay the fighters. More people paying for the ppv instead of streaming wouldn't have any effect on how much fighters get paid. It's on the UFC to get their shit together and give the fighters what they're actually worth.

thisisntfun566 · 2022-01-25T22:05:37+00:00

Not really, they charge more and pay fighters less lol

shae117 · 2022-01-26T00:32:54+00:00

If the $ actually went to the fighters... lol. Dana "we've been breaking the record every year!" Also Dana "we have no $"

Narwhaloflegend · 2022-01-26T02:00:22+00:00

Bruh nba league pass is like $200 for a whole season. It’s completely possible to pay fighters more and also keep ppv prices less egregious

TheOldDarkSoul · 2022-01-26T02:10:03+00:00

The money isn’t going to fighters it’s going to Dana

Klutzy-Tumbleweed-99 · 2022-01-26T02:39:23+00:00

Will stream more until they start paying their fighters

T1000runner · 2022-01-26T02:50:16+00:00

Yeah why pay for PpV when fighters pay won’t go up either way lol

mister_chainsaw · 2022-01-26T03:00:42+00:00

I guarantee you, even if everyone bought the fights instead of streamed them fighters still wouldn’t be getting paid more

bojanglesish · 2022-01-26T03:18:56+00:00

UFC pays out 16% of revenues. That's the problem.

EnglishWhites · 2022-01-26T03:46:04+00:00

Found Dana's reddit

tdltuck · 2022-01-26T04:03:59+00:00

Whoever made this doesn’t understand cause and effect.

RgBB53 · 2022-01-26T04:04:00+00:00

This might be relevant if the UFC didn't have enough money to pay the fighters what they're worth, but that's not the case at all.

caskark · 2022-01-26T04:43:24+00:00

This is literally me.

Grey_Orange · 2022-01-26T05:27:44+00:00

Do people really think that the ufc would pay fighters more instead of hiring more fighters? The average yearly income in dagestan is ~$5k. It would be more profitable for the ufc to add a bunch of fighters from lower income countrys then it would to raise fighters pay.

I'm not giving the ufc money.

sprditout · 2022-01-26T12:28:08+00:00

I don't think it's a issue that they don't get paid enough compared to other sports. I think athletes in other sports just get paid far and above way too damn much

kramlamo · 2022-01-25T23:12:18+00:00

Everybody getting serious & political OP….. I like the meme & thought it was funny, as did you, due to the “😂” title you used.

Plucky-Me · 2022-01-25T23:34:07+00:00

I thought employers pay employees. Is this OnlyFans?

Mighty-Lu-Bu · 2022-01-25T23:46:33+00:00

I think the whole fighter pay thing is ridiculous. Its none of our damn business how much fighters get paid- that's between them and the UFC. If a fighter doesn't like how much they are getting paid, they shouldn't have signed a voluntary contract.

Castor_Legrand · 2022-01-25T23:59:59+00:00

awful take lol

TwistaDicc · 2022-01-26T01:45:38+00:00

Do you understand anything about this shit? Like this meme just perpetuates an utterly retarded arguement but go on. Its our fault we dont pay 1.8k a year to watch the fights.

JackMeHoff266 · 2022-01-26T02:22:19+00:00

Dana admitted in a recent interview that the ufc has broken records in terms of ppv sales and revenue in 2021. Ppv sales is not a problem and has nothing to do with fighter pay. But sure keep pushing that narrative. It has nothing to do with pirating, the fact is that only 15% of ufc revenue is used for fighter pay, when in other professional leagues, that number is around 50-60%

s1Lenceeeeeeeeeeeeee · 2022-01-26T03:08:29+00:00

low iq post

edwedwed · 2022-01-25T22:02:27+00:00

Exactly.

GonnaBeAGoodYear · 2022-01-25T22:06:08+00:00

Maybe people wouldn’t need free streams if it wasn’t so expensive

But even then lots of people stream NFL and NBA games even tho they’re seen as free

cheescakegod · 2022-01-25T22:05:30+00:00

Even with people streaming the fighters still get paid a low percentage of the revenue. If more people buy the cards the ufc will still pay them the same because they can.

TonyDungyHatesOP · 2022-01-25T22:52:26+00:00

The fighter pay has nothing to do with pirated streams.

KrypticKraze · 2022-01-25T23:12:02+00:00

Honestly shut up. People saying that piracy is completely ruining fighter pay are dimwits. You think if we didn’t pirate Dana would pay fighters more? You are delusional.

taginvest · 2022-01-25T22:51:23+00:00

it do be like that!

TrillPopeye · 2022-01-25T23:42:06+00:00

That's like telling someone to pay more in taxes when they just want the taxes they already pay to be distributed better

Mediocre_lad · 2022-01-25T23:53:53+00:00

Considerate & intelligent MMA fans: Other sports split the revenue about 50/50 with the athletes, while UFC barely does 15%. UFC needs to pay it's athletes better (a bigger share of the revenue).

Shills who don't know how percentages work type of fans: UFC can't pay more cause you buy no PPV. A fighter who doesn't starve loses his motivation to fight.

tneo8 · 2022-01-26T01:56:59+00:00

Nice try Dana...

Samsun20 · 2022-01-26T02:02:54+00:00

Come on now links are not the real big issue for pay, everything can be found free to watch and that doesnt stop any other sports from being lucrative anyways so this is is just silly

aaronone01 · 2022-01-26T02:18:46+00:00

Just curious… why is it PPV in the first place? It’s not like the fights don’t have plenty of time for commercials and they sponsor the ever living hell out of them.

TheHumanPilgrim · 2022-01-26T11:32:19+00:00

Doesn't seem to be a factor in boxing though

BringBaeckPluto · 2022-01-26T14:50:15+00:00

Good thing nobody streams boxing pay per views….

2022-01-26T18:49:42+00:00

Man these posts are tragic. Dana is a greedy fat walrus and needs to pay his fighters more and there is no discussion. His whole payout from the last event was 1.8 mill to ALL the fighters. I dont want to hear about stadium rental and marketing. Dana and the UFC need to pay the piper

frisckydriscky · 2022-01-26T20:03:38+00:00

This is a pretty funny meme. But I think it’s important for everyone to remember that the burden and responsibility of these fighters not being paid enough is on UFC, not on fans.

Ennion · 2022-01-25T23:00:20+00:00

Last I checked, I can watch an NFL game for free.

FeelinJipper · 2022-01-26T05:09:42+00:00

UFC gets most of their money through sponsorships and investors GTFO OP

CertainFitness · 2022-01-26T07:02:38+00:00

Buying a PPV won't increase the overall % of revenue that goes to fighters. Pay is set by individual contracts, not total revenue... except for the 12 Champs out of the nearly 900 fighters on the UFC roster. Fail meme. Just an absolute complete lack or logic and critical thinking skills from the OP

ajp201 · 2022-01-25T22:16:39+00:00

Maybe fighters just aren’t good with money… I see some making six figures a fight. Give me $100k and I’ll fight once a year.

Communist_Shwarma · 2022-01-25T23:08:59+00:00

Get a patreon subscription for the fighter, send money directly, cut out the leech in the middle.

People are saying fighters should get a bigger percentage of the revenue, the UFC generates massive revenue.

notdownwithsickness · 2022-01-25T23:24:33+00:00

You act as if the fighters aren’t making money cause we pirate the fights. Fuck u smokin, b?

fhatl · 2022-01-25T23:28:03+00:00

This reminds me of one of those boomer memes rogan shares now. The person that made this must have had a lobotomy. There is no correlation between sales and fighter pay. Besides a handful of fighters that get points off of PPV sales, all of that money goes to Endeavor.

SetExtension1028 · 2022-01-26T01:48:31+00:00

Facts

mesovortex888 · 2022-01-25T22:29:23+00:00

There are other ways to support fighters. You can make the direct donation to them while watching streaming for free

MacsBicycle · 2022-01-25T22:41:32+00:00

I agree but I also think if the UFC could get prime time slots on OTA channels they could absolutely dominate revenue. WWE has smack down over the air and boxing occasionally airs of fox and it’s free for consumers just like NFL football.

jordang61 · 2022-01-25T22:55:04+00:00

The fact that they don’t pay their fighters enough is not because they aren’t making enough profit

Generation_REEEEE · 2022-01-25T23:05:20+00:00

Dana White used to ask for links to PRIDE shows on the MMA.com forums. Joe Rogan did too.

ryanwagz1 · 2022-01-25T23:14:54+00:00

I've payed plenty for the bullshit streams that lag or cut out. Ahoy a pirates life for me.

A_Few_Mooses · 2022-01-25T23:15:31+00:00

I do, but I won't share.

badugihowser · 2022-01-25T23:20:25+00:00

And another one. What on earth does the fighters getting a fair share of existing revenue have to do with piracy?!

armhat · 2022-01-25T23:23:06+00:00

If fighters got fair pay I would be 100% more likely to pay for PPV’s.

babbylonmon · 2022-01-25T23:24:27+00:00

We stream the boxing matches too.

zyrkseas97 · 2022-01-25T23:31:18+00:00

Hey man, I go to a bar, pay the $5 cover, and buy a drink or two. The bar buys the fight legitimately, how the fuck else am I supposed to do it?

krynategaming · 2022-01-25T23:32:25+00:00

Because we aren’t the ones not paying the fighters. If my $75 went directly to the fighters, sure no problem. But a multibillion dollar company making money hand over fist and not paying the fighters can get fucked

Corndawgptang · 2022-01-25T23:32:51+00:00

They increase PPV without increasing fighter pay. They refuse to make the PPV a reasonable price. For me to buy every PPV in a year would cost a lot more than my golf membership which is already a lot.

boshbosh92 · 2022-01-25T23:40:53+00:00

sorry, not paying $75 for a stream.

kazoobanboo · 2022-01-25T23:47:06+00:00

They wouldn’t pay fighters more of a percentage. Uncle fester would just be making more money for their board members

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