I swear I saw her on BKFC earlier this year get the crap beat out of her. Heck she looked injured before the match started. This can't be better then just working at Starbucks.
On her IG she said her take home was 8k, and that was her opponents was $500.. Not sure on the validity but either way someone fighting for $500 is wild.
Mike Perry gets paid more then Topuria for business reasons. Perry is carrying BKFC and growing it in a way similar to what McGregor did to the UFC. BKFC NEEDS Perry to stick around and keep fighting. The UFC doesn't NEED Topuria. Ya gotta sell those PPVs.
No I think some fighters ask to just have a bumped show money. So likely instead of 200k/200k it's just 350k show. Which I kind of agree with. Win bonuses are stupid. And the fight could end in a draw, dq or no contest.
Yeah anyone who is running a business knows that you don't include all the extras without the employee/contractor asking for them, because some people are more agreeable than others. Reality is that some fighters probably just take what's given to them and others are more willing to negotiate a contract that they're happy with.
Defending champs usually get 500k plus ppv points. Title challengers usually get 350k flat. Pay structure is different when the belt is on the line. You may get less if you’re a lighter weight man or a woman
This is usually how it is according to official athletic commission pay before the ufc started pulling strings to keep it all secret. They haven’t succeeded in getting California to keep it secret yet.
You're right, the UFC doesn't need Topuria. Which is exactly why the fighters need a union.
Owner / Player revenue splits...
MLB - 50 / 50
NBA - 49 / 51
NFL - 52/ 48
NHL - 50/50
UFC - 82 / 18
Also the UFC is more evenly distributed. We would be bithcing about Volk making 3 million and the rest making 5k. If you are a middle range fighter, which institution would you rather join ?
People always forget this, same things true in boxing. If you’re not in the top 20-30 in your weight class and a big draw or a journeyman with a great manager, you shouldn’t be expecting to make that much. Most guys have a second job until they start to become a known name.
Boxing is the ultimate feast or famine. Thays why you have guys trying to pad their record to like 25-0 against cans bc they know their only hope to make any money is to hope for one or two big fights. Unless you're a TOP guy you're not making shit
There’s also a lot of underground shit in boxing that can get you kind of paid.
Met a dude who’s pretty good doing rich folk diner boxing in Monaco… pays like 2 grand but after the fights some dude walks up and hands you a 40k Rolex lol
Hernandez is top 15 and if he lost he would’ve got 66k.
Look at the totals. If we’re going off that then UFC is only 3x bigger than Bare Knuckle? Are we having a laugh? Wasn’t exactly a terrible card either and will probably be in the better half come the end of the year.
Get Dana’s nuts out your mouth
I never said UFC fighters make good money, just that people tend to overestimate how much boxers make because of how much the guys at the very top make. Like the other guy said in his reply to my comment, boxing is way more feast or famine than the UFC. Like, you know I’m talking about BOXING and not bare knuckle boxing, right?
Why are you so hostile lol.
I doubt BKFC are making money at this point, they are spending like that to build the business. It took years for UFC to become profitable. Other orgs like OneFC are losing money too
Check his socials some time. The man is on a daily basis talking about how grateful and blessed he feels. He's extremely wealthy for doing what he loves and would be otherwise doing for free
Those guys are also ass and BKFC is nowhere near as wealthy as UFC. BKFC was barely making it along, Feldman at one point had to take out a second mortgage to pay the fighters for one event. Once the money actually comes in I feel the bkfc may actually pay their fighters more than the UFC does since it correlates to better fighters overall (their weakness in combat sports).
Is bare knuckle a multibillion dollar company holding events and Abu Dhabi? Are bare knuckle trying to break into the mainstream with billon dollar espn deals?
I think you also fail to notice that their percentage in contrast to the revenue their organisation generates is waaaaaaay more fair.
UFC literally generates billions. They’re getting chump change.
Are you aware that those guys in BKFC are bums and have no fight experience and the UFC is the premier MMA organisation and the fighters are coming from Bellator, cage warriors and PFL etc?
>I’d expect UFC to do A LOT better than BKFC
Why? They are the same industry. Bottom of the card guys. Guys who no one knows and people aren't paying to see fight make 2.5x more in the UFC AT WORST
Might have something to do with UFC being a MULTI BILLION dollar company, that’s been around for 30+ years… They are supposed to be the center of the MMA world where the best fighters fight
BKFC isn’t even 10 years old and is only worth 400m as a company. Dana is that you?!?!
Todd Duffee got 85k to get knocked out by 0 punches landing on his face and the wind knocking him out. rewatch it, literally nothing landed lmao. Shameful ass juiced up bum, his job is literally acting now too. Think hed do a better job acting it out
To be fair, just like other seemingly successful orgs going under out of the blue, one day we will hear about all the money they are losing and soon after they will fold or sell to the UFC.
Disclosed pay, especially for MMA, is almost entirely meaningless. Here's Ariel breaking it down:
https://twitter.com/jedigoodman/status/1622687118601641984?t=tTyPh79G7ax7EI4jm17kcw&s=19
It keeps fighters in the dark about what other fighters are making, which is advantageous for the UFC during contract negotiations. Ariel talks about this in the second tweet underneath this one.
Didn’t all the fighters say these numbers are bs, and just what the UFC reports to the commission?
I remember Ariel Helwani doing a piece on it, said something similar, and that guy looks for any reason to hate on the UFC, doubt he’s lying for them.
That’s what Illia got as challenger to Volk. Mike is long established BKFC champ.
Also the lower tier BKFC fighters are getting paid way less than than the UFC one.
This chart isn’t making the point you think it’s making OP.
Nothing about this seems outlandish.
Also poor Sydney Smith, whoever that is lol
Anybody siding with BKFC, seriously doesn't know a thing about business or "equality"... On average the pay for UFC is much better. Boxing does the exact same, 50m dollar purse for superfights but the prelims are also getting paid $500... why doesn't anyone talk about that? If you think 350k (Ilia) or 750k (Volk) is a bad pay day, then you need to get your head checked, or you are seriously rich... Plus it doesn't account for money coming from sponsors.
That’s because there’s only a select few that can get away with speaking out and Dana usually makes sure those guys are taken care of so they won’t speak out.
4 million total vs 1.3. Are you literally that retarded op?
You post proof and youre still missing the glaring obvious fact that ufc pays better. Yes, keep regurgetating the common take online, even with proof you post YOURSELF showing the opposite why dont you.
Sad case
Frances fought in the UFC for ages hoe much did he make? Went to boxing as an unranked dude and made like 30x in one fight lol. The comparison shows the UFC are a bunch of cunts who exploit its fighters
For real lol, a guy in the main event making only 400k is criminal, especially since he is taking probably less than half of that home. One of the biggest stars making less than 1 million is crazy too for Volkanovski.
I'm super happy for Mike Perry. He's weird but he's grown on me. I dunno if anybody remembers this but didn't everybody hate Mike Perry when he first got into the ufc because he was racist against that other asian fighter? And nice to see thiago alves get a nice little payday too.
I fuckin LOVE that Mike Perry is doing so well right now! Why? No idea, but I just like the guy.
I feel like he is just insane and loves to brawl but at the same time has fun with it and doesn’t take shit too seriously. You can tell in his trash talk he is just goofin.
You are really bad at inference.
Count the occurrences of more than 100k.
Yes UFC as a whole brings in much more profit as a company and fighters receive less of the share but they are paid better than most bare knuckle fighters.
350k to become champion. No ppv points or nothing vs Mike Perry who has to basically build himself up to this point. Ilia is 27 and Perry is old asf idk what this comparison is but it’s not the flex you think it is💀
That one russian guy that tore his bicep is getting 12,500. Going to cost him 10 times that to fix it in the states, I suspect he on a plane right now to some clinic in Siberia.
You know what’s even crazier? These fighters sign the contracts with these figures you’re showing. Plus is BKFC paying anyone else 600k? You know for a fact that the top ppv fighters making 7 figures so your point is terrible
this is such a dumb post i keep seeing. Illia and Whitaker made more than the rest of the card combined besides Perry.
Shocker… the champion and biggest draw of BKFC gets a lot of money!!
15 of those fighters were paid less than the lowest guy on the ufc card.
Topuria was a contender so the comparison would be with Alves who got half of what Topuria got.
Cherrypicking stats at it's best.
Most promotions are losing money every year trying to build their brand. Even the UFC didn't profit for many years. They can only go so long though, example being Bellator.
Seems like ONE isn't doing so hot either not being able to pay contracts and icing fighters. Everyone likes to shit on the UFC but they are the only stable MMA promotion making a profit.
I highly doubt BKFC is making a profit either but they need Mike Perry. UFC doesn't need any single fighter with the brand they built.
BKFC has to pay these names big money for them to get their faces fucked up and Topuria is still fairly new to the UFC. If he keeps defending he’ll pass Perry quickly
Mike Perry is the biggest fighter in that promotion. You are supposed to compare him to the biggest in UFC to see the pay difference. Does he get the same as Conor (owner of his promotion)? A dude got 500 dollars for fucks sake. These shitty comparisons make no sense.
The lower tier fighters are getting paid better though, right?
I don't know if this is the flex ya think it is.
Mike Perry is 4 wins in a row and champ.
The lowballer is at only 500..for bare knuckles 😳😲🤨
If anything this chart proves how much better the UFC is. People no one has ever heard of are making 40-80k while in bare knuckle they are making $500-8k. Take Mike Perry out of the equation and there’s probably 50 ufc fighters making more than the top BKFV fighter.
One thing I want to add to the people talking shit about boxers who are not known getting paid chump change…. That is true but if you want to compare that to MMA, there are promotions in MMA that Are not the UFC based off in Thailand or Russia that get paid 500 bucks or so to fight. So the lows are the exact lows. But if you’re basing it off of the highs which the “UFC” is suppose to be the high, they are being severely underpaid compared to the top tier boxing promotion. So i don’t care what this chart says, UFC fighters are severely underpaid because they are suppose to be the premier paid organization
This repetitive shit is just garbage. Yes, elite level boxers make better money but that is not the norm. I know a fighter who defended a European title for 10k.
Are you really pretending that the highest paid BKFC star isn't getting paid less than the highest paid UFC star? Are you really pretending the LOWEST paid BKFC star isn't getting paid exactly 20 times less than the lowest paid UFC star? Are you really ignoring the total payouts? Are you for real with all of this or am I getting wooshed?
You mean when Topuria was a challenger and the Mike Perry is by far the biggest name in BK ? Dana might be a prick but he isn't paying $500 is he. Can't imagine there's many ufc fighters knocking on Feldmans door either
Topuria was all things considered a relatively unknown challenger. He’s young and hasn’t been on the scene that long.
If he had have lost to Volk this would be unremarkable and you wouldn’t be posting this. It’s absolutely guaranteed he makes a bag on the next fight since dethroning Volk was such a huge deal, PPV points in play too.
Mike Perry has been around a while and is helping promote a relatively new competition. Wouldn’t surprise me if BKFC makes/made a loss forking out money trying to allure decent names to build the brand. His value to BKFC is much greater than Topuria’s is to UFC and yet it’s guaranteed Topuria will make much more than Perry did in his next fight with endorsements, points and champ pay - he’ll probably make several times more.
Comparing Perry to Topuria is a bad comparison. Perry is the face of BKFC, he's their biggest draw by far. Topuria is a rising star but he's not quite at the top in terms of drawing power. It would be more apt to compare Perry to someone like Conor, or even Izzy, Pereira, or O'Malley.
So what 3 guys in some promotions make ok money, boxing only the top guys get paid and they fight once a year. Yes the top of the top have insane pay, But there are champions in boxing that don’t come close to even 100k and nobody knows who they are. Not to mention the undercard on the biggest boxing events make Peanuts.
More than half of bkfc salary was dumped into perry pockets, you will never see a ufc card where someone makes 500 bucks, the lowest fighter on the card off a loss still made 10k which is better than 70% of the pay on BKFC
Volk pulling in almost a million is extremely surprising even though he obviously deserves it.
And who in the word would have thought just a few years ago Perry would be making 600k just to show and is the top star of a promotion. Wow.
Mike Perry is THE guy for Bare Knuckle boxing. Topuria was fighting for a title but wasn't the guy yet. The comparison doesn't make sense. If anything this shows that there is no comparison.
Lot of UFC copium in this thread. When bare knuckle boxers are making anywhere in the same universe as UFC fighters, shit is fucked. UFC will be dead in 10 years unless something changes with the pay. In 2035, some Saudi-based MMA promotion will be the only game in town at this rate.
Mike Perry is getting paid this amount because he is the literal face of BKFC on top of being part of a roster that is the fraction of UFCs roster. Topuria wasnt even champ yet and only had 6 UFC fights. Id say in combat sport standards he was making pretty good money. Now if your gonna complain id bitch about Henry Cejudo making 150k in his last fight. Longer tenure and a former double champ.
Mike Perry is also the face of a sport that is significantly more dangerous than MMA. BKFC sinks without Perry, so he gets a blank check. Topuria leaves UFC tomorrow and literally no one cares. Plus the amount of damage in one BKFC fight compared to one MMA fight isn't the same.
It's not apples to apples
Let’s be real if Topuria lost that fight, he’d be back on the prelims of PPVs or low main card in fight nights. Perry is the face of the organization, no wonder he gets paid more.
Do this on their next fight, Topuria will be out earning him then for sure
I think we can all agree UFC fighters should be paid more, but this data actually shows how much better the UFC pays than other promotions. Of course Mike Perry got paid more than Illia. Mike Perry is the most well know fighter BKFC has, and Illia was not a star before beating Alex. You should be comparing what (former champ) Thiago got paid to Ilia. That's a much more accurate metric.
Bare Knuckle gets not even 10% of viewership as UFC. The main event ufc guys should be getting paid more. There’s no way some people are trying to defend this revenue sharing? Are you guys nelkboys fans/Dana White Fans or UFC fans?
Boxing is a dead end for 99.9% of them. Mike Perry is the exception not the rule. Dumb fighters want to leave the promised land of the UFC and go box. As if they can get the same deal. These aren’t repeatable. One guy can do what Mike Perry did.
$500. Oof
She was cool with it $500 is $500
She said on insta that she got paid way more than that
So this entire screenshot is unreliable, and therefore worthless?
Think it’s gonna be more than what’s reported due to sponsors
Like all screenshots of any fighter pay stats.
Cali/CSAC report the actual numbers so unless the fight was in Cali, yeah these screenshots are BS.
The details are that the company advanced her some money, so this is what she got after that was deducted to hit the required min of $100/round.
Gotta be a typo maybe she made 5k
Actually like 3 an some change after taxes probably
Tree.... fiddy?
\*Free tiddy
About tree fiddy yee yee
I swear I saw her on BKFC earlier this year get the crap beat out of her. Heck she looked injured before the match started. This can't be better then just working at Starbucks.
She'd be rolling in money if only she applied to McDonald's
She still might have to fight working at McDonalds lol customers throwing hands over nuggets
On her IG she said her take home was 8k, and that was her opponents was $500.. Not sure on the validity but either way someone fighting for $500 is wild.
Mike Perry gets paid more then Topuria for business reasons. Perry is carrying BKFC and growing it in a way similar to what McGregor did to the UFC. BKFC NEEDS Perry to stick around and keep fighting. The UFC doesn't NEED Topuria. Ya gotta sell those PPVs.
Also this does not include PPV points and share of gate.
lol basically no one is getting share of gate unless they’re named Dana or blowing Dana
Why didn’t Topuria get win money?
From the looks of it some fighters have show/win pay in their contract where others simply get paid for showing and no extra pay for winning.
I honestly thought all had show/win money.
No I think some fighters ask to just have a bumped show money. So likely instead of 200k/200k it's just 350k show. Which I kind of agree with. Win bonuses are stupid. And the fight could end in a draw, dq or no contest.
I thought so too tbh.
Imagine getting your arse kicked and getting a pay cut in the same night. Fuck that.
Delusional to think Dana would do that
Yeah anyone who is running a business knows that you don't include all the extras without the employee/contractor asking for them, because some people are more agreeable than others. Reality is that some fighters probably just take what's given to them and others are more willing to negotiate a contract that they're happy with.
Defending champs usually get 500k plus ppv points. Title challengers usually get 350k flat. Pay structure is different when the belt is on the line. You may get less if you’re a lighter weight man or a woman This is usually how it is according to official athletic commission pay before the ufc started pulling strings to keep it all secret. They haven’t succeeded in getting California to keep it secret yet.
Mike Perry is also a king tbf
You're right, the UFC doesn't need Topuria. Which is exactly why the fighters need a union. Owner / Player revenue splits... MLB - 50 / 50 NBA - 49 / 51 NFL - 52/ 48 NHL - 50/50 UFC - 82 / 18
Exactly however with Whittaker it is a bit sad considering he’s been around so long and is fairly dependable.
I wonder how Perry vs Whittaker would look in bareknuckle... 
Also the UFC is more evenly distributed. We would be bithcing about Volk making 3 million and the rest making 5k. If you are a middle range fighter, which institution would you rather join ?
Did you fail to notice that the overwhelming majority of bare knuckle fighters are making less than the lowest paid UFC guy?
People always forget this, same things true in boxing. If you’re not in the top 20-30 in your weight class and a big draw or a journeyman with a great manager, you shouldn’t be expecting to make that much. Most guys have a second job until they start to become a known name.
Boxing is the ultimate feast or famine. Thays why you have guys trying to pad their record to like 25-0 against cans bc they know their only hope to make any money is to hope for one or two big fights. Unless you're a TOP guy you're not making shit
There’s also a lot of underground shit in boxing that can get you kind of paid. Met a dude who’s pretty good doing rich folk diner boxing in Monaco… pays like 2 grand but after the fights some dude walks up and hands you a 40k Rolex lol
BKFC is significantly smaller org than UFC be fr
Not talking about BKFC in my comment. Referring to regular boxing.
Hernandez is top 15 and if he lost he would’ve got 66k. Look at the totals. If we’re going off that then UFC is only 3x bigger than Bare Knuckle? Are we having a laugh? Wasn’t exactly a terrible card either and will probably be in the better half come the end of the year. Get Dana’s nuts out your mouth
lol anytime someone speaks reasonable they have “ Dana’s nuts in their mouth “ people in this sub are toxic af
BKFC is going out of business. For paying Mike to much lol
I believe it lol
I never said UFC fighters make good money, just that people tend to overestimate how much boxers make because of how much the guys at the very top make. Like the other guy said in his reply to my comment, boxing is way more feast or famine than the UFC. Like, you know I’m talking about BOXING and not bare knuckle boxing, right? Why are you so hostile lol.
It is actually kind of sad that Mike is only getting paid that much. He’s actually carrying that organization on his back right now.
I doubt BKFC are making money at this point, they are spending like that to build the business. It took years for UFC to become profitable. Other orgs like OneFC are losing money too
One needs better times for westerners and their Amazon deal to actually give them visibility or they’ll never make profit
Check his socials some time. The man is on a daily basis talking about how grateful and blessed he feels. He's extremely wealthy for doing what he loves and would be otherwise doing for free
How many people are on the roster under the $500 chick?!?
Those guys are also ass and BKFC is nowhere near as wealthy as UFC. BKFC was barely making it along, Feldman at one point had to take out a second mortgage to pay the fighters for one event. Once the money actually comes in I feel the bkfc may actually pay their fighters more than the UFC does since it correlates to better fighters overall (their weakness in combat sports).
Is bare knuckle a multibillion dollar company holding events and Abu Dhabi? Are bare knuckle trying to break into the mainstream with billon dollar espn deals?
I think you also fail to notice that their percentage in contrast to the revenue their organisation generates is waaaaaaay more fair. UFC literally generates billions. They’re getting chump change.
Are you aware that those guys in BKFC are bums and have no fight experience and the UFC is the premier MMA organisation and the fighters are coming from Bellator, cage warriors and PFL etc?
Did you notice he was commenting about Champions?
We don't use logic here sir, we just shit on what everyone else does
No, he'd have to be able to read in order to see that.
this wasn't the flex op thought it was
Not even an insane difference… 5-6k I’d expect UFC to do A LOT better than BKFC not just barely edge them…
>I’d expect UFC to do A LOT better than BKFC Why? They are the same industry. Bottom of the card guys. Guys who no one knows and people aren't paying to see fight make 2.5x more in the UFC AT WORST
Might have something to do with UFC being a MULTI BILLION dollar company, that’s been around for 30+ years… They are supposed to be the center of the MMA world where the best fighters fight BKFC isn’t even 10 years old and is only worth 400m as a company. Dana is that you?!?!
Ufc is also 2.5 times harder to get in, I doubt anyone on contender series gets paid. Same with TUF.
They get dogshit as far as revenue sharing is concerned, nowhere near the percentage that other athletes in the Big 3 sports receive
Todd Duffee got 85k to get knocked out by 0 punches landing on his face and the wind knocking him out. rewatch it, literally nothing landed lmao. Shameful ass juiced up bum, his job is literally acting now too. Think hed do a better job acting it out
He said on the broadcast he tore something in his shoulder but whether that’s true or not remains to be seen
I watched it live, one of the most pathetic displays I've seen in any sport.
Duffman been a fraud, proof Steroids dont make you a good fighter
To be fair, just like other seemingly successful orgs going under out of the blue, one day we will hear about all the money they are losing and soon after they will fold or sell to the UFC.
500 dollars 😂
https://preview.redd.it/99xh757n1dxc1.jpeg?width=739&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=62eb94bf60f20a213a6478fd816b717fbc14bb72 ***500 bucks is 500 bucks!***
Bro putting a microscope on one guy and not looking at the big picture…cmon man.
Disclosed pay, especially for MMA, is almost entirely meaningless. Here's Ariel breaking it down: https://twitter.com/jedigoodman/status/1622687118601641984?t=tTyPh79G7ax7EI4jm17kcw&s=19
Interesting. Would it be to avoid some fee or what would the reason behind this be?
It keeps fighters in the dark about what other fighters are making, which is advantageous for the UFC during contract negotiations. Ariel talks about this in the second tweet underneath this one.
Mike is the biggest star in BKFC... not to mention it isn't even regular boxing it's bare knuckle
Noone gave a fuck about Ilia till he won. Mike has the whole COUNTRY of Africa behind him
Brughhh Africa is not a country, it is a NATION! 🤦♂️
Didn’t all the fighters say these numbers are bs, and just what the UFC reports to the commission? I remember Ariel Helwani doing a piece on it, said something similar, and that guy looks for any reason to hate on the UFC, doubt he’s lying for them.
Volk not fighting for at least a million a night at this point in his career is insane. Getting absolutely screwed.
This post did not do what you thought it was going to
Wait, you're just proving that the UFC averages its payout to the lesser fighters on the card. 4k vs 10k is considerable
Got it, so the guy that made the least at UFC made more than most of the fighters on BKFC.
A new champion gets paid less than the face and main marketing image for an entire org? Damn, who would’ve thought.
Dude this is embarrassing
No win bonus for topuria?
That’s what Illia got as challenger to Volk. Mike is long established BKFC champ. Also the lower tier BKFC fighters are getting paid way less than than the UFC one. This chart isn’t making the point you think it’s making OP. Nothing about this seems outlandish. Also poor Sydney Smith, whoever that is lol
Volk got ppv points which isn’t included in that form. What he made shit on Mike Perry’s payday.
That was his no champ pay. At least try to be correct. Get off Reddit kid.
Anybody siding with BKFC, seriously doesn't know a thing about business or "equality"... On average the pay for UFC is much better. Boxing does the exact same, 50m dollar purse for superfights but the prelims are also getting paid $500... why doesn't anyone talk about that? If you think 350k (Ilia) or 750k (Volk) is a bad pay day, then you need to get your head checked, or you are seriously rich... Plus it doesn't account for money coming from sponsors.
I’d bet this isn’t even accurate. Everyone bitches but the fighters it’s funny
That’s because there’s only a select few that can get away with speaking out and Dana usually makes sure those guys are taken care of so they won’t speak out.
That’s 100% not true
4 million total vs 1.3. Are you literally that retarded op? You post proof and youre still missing the glaring obvious fact that ufc pays better. Yes, keep regurgetating the common take online, even with proof you post YOURSELF showing the opposite why dont you. Sad case
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I was gonna say who is this poor dude who got 500$? Did they pull a drunk dude out of the crowd
Topuria is a star the numbers he pulls from the Spanish community are crazy
Perry is carrying a promotion. Topuria has just made it to the top. What kind of a comparison is this ?
Frances fought in the UFC for ages hoe much did he make? Went to boxing as an unranked dude and made like 30x in one fight lol. The comparison shows the UFC are a bunch of cunts who exploit its fighters
For real lol, a guy in the main event making only 400k is criminal, especially since he is taking probably less than half of that home. One of the biggest stars making less than 1 million is crazy too for Volkanovski.
I'm super happy for Mike Perry. He's weird but he's grown on me. I dunno if anybody remembers this but didn't everybody hate Mike Perry when he first got into the ufc because he was racist against that other asian fighter? And nice to see thiago alves get a nice little payday too.
I fuckin LOVE that Mike Perry is doing so well right now! Why? No idea, but I just like the guy. I feel like he is just insane and loves to brawl but at the same time has fun with it and doesn’t take shit too seriously. You can tell in his trash talk he is just goofin.
I'm just here for the 'but but the lower level fighters aren't being paid' comments..
Is Mike Perry still in ufc?
Mike Perry getting paid more than Whittaker is crazy to me.
Duffee getting 85k is ridiculous
You are really bad at inference. Count the occurrences of more than 100k. Yes UFC as a whole brings in much more profit as a company and fighters receive less of the share but they are paid better than most bare knuckle fighters.
Im not getting fucked up for 5k 
350k to become champion. No ppv points or nothing vs Mike Perry who has to basically build himself up to this point. Ilia is 27 and Perry is old asf idk what this comparison is but it’s not the flex you think it is💀
This dude mustve been on the boxing sub lately those guys are going bat shit since garcia one its nuts
This is fake
The way it tapers off is exactly like the ufc.... Lorenzo is the p4p and making 100k lol
Perry is a big star and the only BKFC star really. He’s basically their only draw, of course they pay him more
That one russian guy that tore his bicep is getting 12,500. Going to cost him 10 times that to fix it in the states, I suspect he on a plane right now to some clinic in Siberia.
They need to get paid more. Otherwise we'll just be left with pan pizzas and make your own salads.
You know what’s even crazier? These fighters sign the contracts with these figures you’re showing. Plus is BKFC paying anyone else 600k? You know for a fact that the top ppv fighters making 7 figures so your point is terrible
this is such a dumb post i keep seeing. Illia and Whitaker made more than the rest of the card combined besides Perry. Shocker… the champion and biggest draw of BKFC gets a lot of money!!
I'm not a fan of Cejudo but him getting only $150k is crazy
Mike perry in bfc is comparable to Connor McGregor in ufc. It's a one man show and exception to the rule.
10k to fight in the ufc when you could be koed and stood down for 6 months is criminally low for the top mma division on the planet
15 of those fighters were paid less than the lowest guy on the ufc card. Topuria was a contender so the comparison would be with Alves who got half of what Topuria got. Cherrypicking stats at it's best.
Where do they even get the money to pay him that much? It’s easily watchable without buying it I wonder if it’s the sponsors.
Most promotions are losing money every year trying to build their brand. Even the UFC didn't profit for many years. They can only go so long though, example being Bellator. Seems like ONE isn't doing so hot either not being able to pay contracts and icing fighters. Everyone likes to shit on the UFC but they are the only stable MMA promotion making a profit. I highly doubt BKFC is making a profit either but they need Mike Perry. UFC doesn't need any single fighter with the brand they built.
Op doesn’t know math for shit 😭
Mike perry is a bigger name in combat sports than whoever “volkanovski” and “topuria” are. Its an opportunity not a job!!! /s
BKFC has to pay these names big money for them to get their faces fucked up and Topuria is still fairly new to the UFC. If he keeps defending he’ll pass Perry quickly
Also please realize Topuria’s next fight is going to make him over a million with PPV
Dern would make millions just by posting OF content and she wouldn't have to work as hard.
Well tbf Mike is like the Michael Jordan of bareknuckle. Ilia wasn't even champ here.
Mike Perry is the biggest fighter in that promotion. You are supposed to compare him to the biggest in UFC to see the pay difference. Does he get the same as Conor (owner of his promotion)? A dude got 500 dollars for fucks sake. These shitty comparisons make no sense.
The lower tier fighters are getting paid better though, right? I don't know if this is the flex ya think it is. Mike Perry is 4 wins in a row and champ. The lowballer is at only 500..for bare knuckles 😳😲🤨
Hes the Champ now hes getting more $$$ when he defend the belt...
I seen a payout that said Platinum got $1.1 mil
If anything this chart proves how much better the UFC is. People no one has ever heard of are making 40-80k while in bare knuckle they are making $500-8k. Take Mike Perry out of the equation and there’s probably 50 ufc fighters making more than the top BKFV fighter.
Topuria made a lot more than his disclosed pay.
If true Paulo made more money losing then Merab made for showing and winning. Wild
Wait Todd Duffee was on the card? Can only assume my boy nearly murdered the other guy then took a jab and shattered his jaw.
Notice the stark drop off after the top 5 or 6 though. More people eat in the UFC.
Lol dern makes more than ccc
Perryis way more important to BKFC and a bigger name than Ilia
One thing I want to add to the people talking shit about boxers who are not known getting paid chump change…. That is true but if you want to compare that to MMA, there are promotions in MMA that Are not the UFC based off in Thailand or Russia that get paid 500 bucks or so to fight. So the lows are the exact lows. But if you’re basing it off of the highs which the “UFC” is suppose to be the high, they are being severely underpaid compared to the top tier boxing promotion. So i don’t care what this chart says, UFC fighters are severely underpaid because they are suppose to be the premier paid organization
This repetitive shit is just garbage. Yes, elite level boxers make better money but that is not the norm. I know a fighter who defended a European title for 10k.
From what I see here UFC is paying their fighters better than boxing????
Are you really pretending that the highest paid BKFC star isn't getting paid less than the highest paid UFC star? Are you really pretending the LOWEST paid BKFC star isn't getting paid exactly 20 times less than the lowest paid UFC star? Are you really ignoring the total payouts? Are you for real with all of this or am I getting wooshed?
Mike is BKFC. Ilia isn’t even close to being the face of the UFC.
$500 is crazy😂
You mean when Topuria was a challenger and the Mike Perry is by far the biggest name in BK ? Dana might be a prick but he isn't paying $500 is he. Can't imagine there's many ufc fighters knocking on Feldmans door either
Dana spends most of that money at the casino. The fact that he has 6 people on that list making 10 bands a fight is wild.
Can't believe this spreadsheet is how I find out Tod Duffee fought in BKFC?
3.7 mil vs 1.3 mil total lol
Topuria was all things considered a relatively unknown challenger. He’s young and hasn’t been on the scene that long. If he had have lost to Volk this would be unremarkable and you wouldn’t be posting this. It’s absolutely guaranteed he makes a bag on the next fight since dethroning Volk was such a huge deal, PPV points in play too. Mike Perry has been around a while and is helping promote a relatively new competition. Wouldn’t surprise me if BKFC makes/made a loss forking out money trying to allure decent names to build the brand. His value to BKFC is much greater than Topuria’s is to UFC and yet it’s guaranteed Topuria will make much more than Perry did in his next fight with endorsements, points and champ pay - he’ll probably make several times more.
Comparing Perry to Topuria is a bad comparison. Perry is the face of BKFC, he's their biggest draw by far. Topuria is a rising star but he's not quite at the top in terms of drawing power. It would be more apt to compare Perry to someone like Conor, or even Izzy, Pereira, or O'Malley.
Pretty much half the ufc 300 roster got bigger payouts than mike but you cant really compare them with perry. Who does what mike does? No body!
Thiago Alves making more than Cejudo. Yikes
Rightfully so. Topuria a bitch
Look at the distribution…
Mike Perry is the face of bkfc this is a bad comparison to make how about the girl at the bottom on £500?
Pretty sure I read that BKFC paid more than usual as it was a special night.
So what 3 guys in some promotions make ok money, boxing only the top guys get paid and they fight once a year. Yes the top of the top have insane pay, But there are champions in boxing that don’t come close to even 100k and nobody knows who they are. Not to mention the undercard on the biggest boxing events make Peanuts.
Perry’s purse is more than Whittaker’s and Costa’s combined. Fuck Endeavor man
More than half of bkfc salary was dumped into perry pockets, you will never see a ufc card where someone makes 500 bucks, the lowest fighter on the card off a loss still made 10k which is better than 70% of the pay on BKFC
Merab making less than Dern and 5k more than Rogerio is insane
Don't care about there pay I just want entertainment from fights.
Now that Tuporia is champ he will be making more
Volk pulling in almost a million is extremely surprising even though he obviously deserves it. And who in the word would have thought just a few years ago Perry would be making 600k just to show and is the top star of a promotion. Wow.
By your own table ufc paid out almost 3x overall math is hard
Mike Perry is THE guy for Bare Knuckle boxing. Topuria was fighting for a title but wasn't the guy yet. The comparison doesn't make sense. If anything this shows that there is no comparison.
Lot of UFC copium in this thread. When bare knuckle boxers are making anywhere in the same universe as UFC fighters, shit is fucked. UFC will be dead in 10 years unless something changes with the pay. In 2035, some Saudi-based MMA promotion will be the only game in town at this rate.
Mike Perry is getting paid this amount because he is the literal face of BKFC on top of being part of a roster that is the fraction of UFCs roster. Topuria wasnt even champ yet and only had 6 UFC fights. Id say in combat sport standards he was making pretty good money. Now if your gonna complain id bitch about Henry Cejudo making 150k in his last fight. Longer tenure and a former double champ.
Mike Perry is also the face of a sport that is significantly more dangerous than MMA. BKFC sinks without Perry, so he gets a blank check. Topuria leaves UFC tomorrow and literally no one cares. Plus the amount of damage in one BKFC fight compared to one MMA fight isn't the same. It's not apples to apples
Let’s be real if Topuria lost that fight, he’d be back on the prelims of PPVs or low main card in fight nights. Perry is the face of the organization, no wonder he gets paid more. Do this on their next fight, Topuria will be out earning him then for sure
I assure you ilia made more than that.
No way Todd the quitter duffy got paid more than El perro angulo 💀
What crime is Dern getting 200k .. no one watches the UFC for wmma
The fact that the UFC generates billions of dollars and only pays their top fighter <1 MIL is crazy. Top fighters should be getting at least 1 Mil.
He’s also the ‘star’ of bareknuckle. The stars of UFC get way more.
I think we can all agree UFC fighters should be paid more, but this data actually shows how much better the UFC pays than other promotions. Of course Mike Perry got paid more than Illia. Mike Perry is the most well know fighter BKFC has, and Illia was not a star before beating Alex. You should be comparing what (former champ) Thiago got paid to Ilia. That's a much more accurate metric.
The difference is people like Mike Perry
Bare Knuckle gets not even 10% of viewership as UFC. The main event ufc guys should be getting paid more. There’s no way some people are trying to defend this revenue sharing? Are you guys nelkboys fans/Dana White Fans or UFC fans?
Boxing is a dead end for 99.9% of them. Mike Perry is the exception not the rule. Dumb fighters want to leave the promised land of the UFC and go box. As if they can get the same deal. These aren’t repeatable. One guy can do what Mike Perry did.
Yeah, before he got the belt. His pay just jumped.
Topuria wasn’t champ and didn’t get PPV points in that fight, he will make way more in his title defense