Exclusive Lorenzo Fertitta Interview, Part 2

[@marvinh8953]

Damn Lorenzo sincerely laughed at 19000

[@SixT4]

5:37 I love how Lorenzo insta looks away, like he couldn't be any happier the interview is done.

[@warghost1400]

19 grand? Lolz that what the fertita bros drop in a restaurant bill not including tip

[@jg323LA]

theres people that make over 10 million a year but did he say they are fighters?

[@Empress816]

This guy is a Boss.

[@youartoyube]

my left ear enjoys this!

[@wormeffectx7035]

Previous generation is in to boxing because of Rocky movies. But kids that was born the same day Rocky 5 was released is 32yo today

[@un3rgr0und]

Only the top boxers make big money all of the lesser knowns make a few hundred fighting on ESPN Fight Nights or whatever...there are pay scales, MMA as it grows will keep paying out more, boxing is never going to change

[@yellowsneakers234]

An intelligent man with a shitload of money.....you can't be much more powerful than that.

[@josh1212121]

i love how he looks away at the end. lol

[@vitor1271]

why wasn't the interview longer, he seemed to be ready to answer more questions, you should be more prepared, mate, tsc tsc tsc

[@kanguesso]

I wonder who these guys are that make well over $10 Mil a year without sponsorships that Lorenzo is talking about. Maybe Anderson, GSP, and Lesnar? i don't know about that. That statement seems hard to believe. Most of these fighters in the UFC now, especially the top fighters like GSP, Anderson and others fight 2 times a year at the most. Are they really making $5 Mil a fight already without any sort sponsorship? I don't know.

[@ThisThingGoesFaster]

The fighters who make $10+ million are the ones who draw huge on PPV. I would guess that Brock Lesnar would be the highest paid UFC fighter, simply because he easily draws the most buys. While he makes somewhere around 400K for the fight, he can easily make 5 mil plus when he gets his ppv shares.

[@Stochena]

@phatz631 you have to think about sponsors,locker room bonuses which is oftenly given by the ufc.

[@TY-rv1jw]

Lorenzo a bad ass boss.

[@risefromtheashes6623]

My right ear is lonely

[@piratebri]

Lorenzo is a smart dude. Deserves every dollar he's made. The naysayers back when they bought it are probably so bitter that they sweat vinnegar.

[@drgoodspd]

@JasionJones yeah, but if fighters get paid more... PPV gets more expensive, and so do UFC tix...

[@philseddo]

The awkward looks on Lorenzos face when the guy says he only makes $19,000

[@MMAoracle]

The fighters arent underpaid. It's a complete mistunderstanding of salary structure. In the UFC they spread the wealth, so everyone makes a fair share, not just two fighters, like in boxing. In a boxing ppv card, mayweather or pacman or someone like that, could make almost 50 million per fight, whereas the rest of the fighters that night makes nothing. So people say, how come GSP isnt making 50 mill? Well, because the UFC couldnt run like that, and mma couldnt have become what it is today.

[@phatz631]

lorenzo can say "we dont know" what we talknig about..but i seen what zuffa made in a pay per view and what they paid out to the fighters on that card and it was like 5 times more i i remember right..and some fighters..main draws make plenty of money that's true but what about the lower end of the cards fighters..you think 10k is good salary for a fighter who can only fight 3 to 4 times year?u know their expense training camps,training partners,supplements etc,.please

[@JoeWillettSports]

@JasionJones Well he is just saying that people who don't know what the fighters are really making shouldn't be commenting on what fighters are making

[@phatz631]

@MMAstokke yea but only a few bonuses can be handed out..you could have a hard fight and another fight on the same card alil more exciting gets the fotn bonus..your SOL.. then what?

[@Immortalsyn83]

@CLOVERCITYY15 You can also do some simple math to see how much an event made, UFC 100 did approximately 1.6 million buys x $50 (low end if they didn't get HD which is another $10) = $80 million. That doesn't include revenue generated by the gate or what UFC makes from its own sponsors. It's not hard to believe people such as Lesnar are making big money. What you are looking at is only a win/loss bonus. Top fighters also earn PPV money, contract, sponsorships, endorsements & incentive bonuses.

[@MrHerpesoner]

like a boss!

[@Immortalsyn83]

@phatz631 Please note the prices listed on wiki are merely a show purse. The real money is made from headlining a PPV event, fighters also have contractual salaries & sponsors. UFC makes money from it's own sponsors; live gate; PPV; merchandise ect. On top of all that, fighters that fight for Zuffa are covered up to $100,000 medical insurance (even for training injuries) which even boxing doesn't do for its athletes.

[@EmceeSpawn]

@signboyy Dana already confirmed that Anderson makes the most money.

[@EmceeSpawn]

@ThisThingGoesFaster Dana confirmed that Anderson makes the most.

[@thebullfrog24]

@JasionJones usually its the keyboard warriors that hate on what they think the fighters get paid. I've seen an interview where jon jones said that he made well over 1 million dollars for the shogun fight.

[@Immortalsyn83]

@CLOVERCITYY15 UFC is making tons of money, enough to afford its roster of fighters off its network sponsors alone. Ticket sales easily cover incentive bonuses & event costs. His brother runs the business, you can't fault him for being part of a family business. That was an old interview with BJ back when he went into K-1 in 2004. UFC just got the big Fox/FX network deal a few months ago as well as acquiring most of the top competition in MMA. Lesnar is probably the highest, fighting Reem next.

[@Immortalsyn83]

@phatz631 That is merely a show purse, zuffa fighters make contract salary too.

[@Throwaguey]

i agree im 19 and i dont like boxing at all

[@phatz631]

@Altairograph under card fighters salarys are sometimes as low as 5 thousand..most a guy can fight is 4x a year.thats 20k an entire year,,,your average fast food employee makes that dude..wtf u talking about?? just saying..

[@JasionJones]

So people are keyboard warriors for sharing their opinions on fighters getting under paid?

[@bullen180]

looks like Mel Gibsons brother

[@phatz631]

@Immortalsyn83 i wrote this long time ago and forget exactly what i was saying..but if i remember right it was that your average..average fighter..don't make nothing..not headliners..they do okay..but even them should make more..but your undercard fighter only makes average 5 or 6thousand a fight..thats no more than 24k a year,..u can make more at mcdonalds..and even those fighters should make more money..period..

[@bossman510]

Boxers are over paid! MMA fighters are under paid!

[@EmceeSpawn]

@signboyy he makes more than that.

[@JasionJones]

@shonuffLA Thats totally irrelevant to what I'm saying.

[@thesashworth]

all except Fedor whom right earned about $1.5US M against Hendo - That is the only reson he never fought in the UFC cos he disnt wanna get paid 100,000$ per fight and have to give half of his sponsorship to UFC. Beleive what you want but that is the fact - you may well have herd Dana cos I heard im say in severel interviews - we dont deal with managers we deal with fighters - because fighters dont realise they jsut signed 7 fights in 2 yrs regardless if they are the champ they sill get 100K$

[@KeaneUndertheIronSea]

@bossman510 True, BUT most Boxers are not over paid, Most MMA fighters are actually paid fairly for there performance. There are only Two Overpaid Boxers as of late which are Floyd and Pacquiao. That said where is Boxing today? they pay those two huge sums of money cause they are the only names that can still carry their sport where as MMA more especially UFC has tones of names and can still pay out good money to the fihgter who work for it.

[@Immortalsyn83]

@CLOVERCITYY15 Lesnar makes over 3 million per fight which doesn't include PPV generated revenue.

[@thetrooper42]

@Bestmoviealive Doubt it, he only makes 200,000-300,000 a fight.

[@tranznationpix]

This Old Man Thinks, He's Steve Jobs!

[@shonuffLA]

@JasionJones if you r typing on a keyboard and never steped in the cage to at least spar then yes

[@lionheartstanza]

Anderson Silva money!

[@JasionJones]

@secret212000 I guess you're right.

[@scaifedogg]

good interview questions but the interviewer was as dull as watchin paint dry

[@IvanOfficial01]

@bossman510 Boxers are under paid and over paid.

[@Immortalsyn83]

@CLOVERCITYY15 I am sure Anderson Silva in compensated nicely, his last event was viewed by over 30 million homes in Brazil alone. UFC gets paid nicely by Fox / FX their major network sponsors as well as plenty of mainstream sponsors that pay them to host events. You are still living 10 years in the past... Wake up its 2011 & Zuffa is now over a billion dollar organization from dominating the PPV industry! MMA fighters are on their way towards boxer type of salaries. Give Zuffa another 10 years.

[@Alpinex105]

19 000 what the fuck? Part time?

[@sdeevG]

@TerryMMA85 LOL. He was a millionaire long before the brothers bought the UFC. What you talking about? If the fighters don't have a problem with their income, why won't you guys just stfu?

[@comiclander]

@JasionJones keyboard warriors are the people who think that they are fixing the world with their opinions on their keyboard even when the 99% of them are just average people that havent achive their goals in life.

[@sergeko2623]

They don't know what reality is cause they don't know what reality is. (not me). Not lauthing

[@SammyBoyy300]

@JasionJones Have a cry

[@JasionJones]

@SammyBoyy300 Cool.

[@CLOVERCITYY15]

@thesashworth ok so lets kick men unconcious and elbow, and knee them in the face ..........anderson silva doesnt even make a qt. of what mayweather makes......flloyd makes 40 million a fight...anderson pobably only makes a million if that

[@JasionJones]

@theneco91 Prove it.

[@damienford5667]

Show the numbers no way more then boxing stop lying LO’ I said tht

[@j3ss3l33]

this interview looked so fake

[@jg323LA]

@sdeevg nick diaz and rampage want to go to Boxing.. Anderson Silva has boxed before... regardless to the revenues off payperview and front gate sales. UFC is cheating these "ENTERTAINERS/FIGHTERS" of what they deserve.

[@KaratekaKid]

19 000... ew

[@shanelebrocq]

Holy shit 19000 i made that from december to now the 15th !!! sheesh you americans are being robbed !

[@outdoorsman715]

boxing is dumb