[@heynottheface] Based on the athletes share of revenues the boxing market could be half the size of the MMA market and still pay their athletes in aggregate twice as much as MMA fighters.

MMARefugee@lemmy.world · 10 months ago

[@heynottheface] Based on the athletes share of revenues the boxing market could be half the size of the MMA market and still pay their athletes in aggregate twice as much as MMA fighters.

BasicallyClean@kbin.social · 10 months ago

Gosh, crazy to think about when you look at it like that.

Fizz · 10 months ago

Ufc fighters get like ~10% of the revenue. For comparison NFL players get 50%. It really sucks that these guys get paid so little when they dedicate their life and their bodies to the sport.