Jones' age is the reason why i'm so impressed with him. win or lose against shogun there will be a Bones era like there was penn or gsp. just a matter of when, it could even be going on right now but time will tell. all i know is if he's champ at his age and only getting better he could hold the belt for a LONG time.
UFC 126: Silva vs. Belfort
- Thread starter Chuy Savedra
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I hear you, but here's my take:
The benefit of winning big and impressively, outweighs the risk of anything that Banuelos could have possibly done to him. The guy has 1 knockout in his last 10 fights...he's not exactly a KO artist.
I understand being more disciplined, but nobody who saw Miguel Torres fight for the first time Saturday will likely be checking for him again.
Most of us here will, because we know the guy is an elite fighter...but 1st impressions are the most important, and I think a big KO or submission win would have benefitted him much more than a boring decision.
UFC 126 salaries: Belfort ($275K), Griffin ($275K), Silva ($200K) are top earners
Despite his main-event loss, Vitor Belfort ($275,000) and co-main-event winner Forrest Griffin ($275,000) were the top earners at UFC 126. Both topped UFC middleweight champ and main-event winner Anderson Silva ($200,000).
MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) today requested and received the list of paydays from the Nevada State Athletic Commission.
The total payroll for the event, which took place at the Mandalay Events Center in Las Vegas, was $1.305 million.
The event's main card card aired on pay-per-view, two preliminary-card fights aired on Spike TV, and one prelim bout streamed for free on Facebook.
Silva received no win bonus, but most of his pay likely came in pay-per-view revenue and other, non-traditional bonuses. Belfort, meanwhile, would have earned an additional $100,000 as a win bonus if he would've earned the victory.
Four fighters reached six-figure base paydays, including Jon Jones ($140,000), who earned a title shot with a victory over Ryan Bader.
The full list of paydays included:
Champ Anderson Silva: $200,000 (includes no win bonus)
def. Vitor Belfort: $275,000
Forrest Griffin: $275,000 ($150,000 win bonus)
def. Rich Franklin: $75,000
Jon Jones: $140,000 ($70,000 win bonus)
def. Ryan Bader: $20,000
Jake Ellenberger: $32,000 ($16,000 win bonus)
def. Carlos Eduardo Rocha: $8,000
Miguel Torres: $56,000 ($28,000 win bonus)
def. Antonio Banuelos: $9,000
Donald Cerrone: $36,000 ($18,000 win bonus)
def. Paul Kelly: $19,000
Chad Mendes: $19,000 ($9,500 win bonus)
def. Michihiro Omigawa: $8,000
Demetrious Johnson: $10,000 ($5,000 win bonus)
def. Norifumi Yamamoto: $15,000
Paul Taylor: $36,000 ($18,000 win bonus)
def. Gabe Ruediger: $8,000
Kyle Kingsbury: $20,000 ($10,000 win bonus)
def. Ricardo Romero: $10,000
Mike Pierce: $28,000 ($14,000 win bonus)
def. Kenny Robertson: $6,000
Despite his main-event loss, Vitor Belfort ($275,000) and co-main-event winner Forrest Griffin ($275,000) were the top earners at UFC 126. Both topped UFC middleweight champ and main-event winner Anderson Silva ($200,000).
MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) today requested and received the list of paydays from the Nevada State Athletic Commission.
The total payroll for the event, which took place at the Mandalay Events Center in Las Vegas, was $1.305 million.
The event's main card card aired on pay-per-view, two preliminary-card fights aired on Spike TV, and one prelim bout streamed for free on Facebook.
Silva received no win bonus, but most of his pay likely came in pay-per-view revenue and other, non-traditional bonuses. Belfort, meanwhile, would have earned an additional $100,000 as a win bonus if he would've earned the victory.
Four fighters reached six-figure base paydays, including Jon Jones ($140,000), who earned a title shot with a victory over Ryan Bader.
The full list of paydays included:
Champ Anderson Silva: $200,000 (includes no win bonus)
def. Vitor Belfort: $275,000
Forrest Griffin: $275,000 ($150,000 win bonus)
def. Rich Franklin: $75,000
Jon Jones: $140,000 ($70,000 win bonus)
def. Ryan Bader: $20,000
Jake Ellenberger: $32,000 ($16,000 win bonus)
def. Carlos Eduardo Rocha: $8,000
Miguel Torres: $56,000 ($28,000 win bonus)
def. Antonio Banuelos: $9,000
Donald Cerrone: $36,000 ($18,000 win bonus)
def. Paul Kelly: $19,000
Chad Mendes: $19,000 ($9,500 win bonus)
def. Michihiro Omigawa: $8,000
Demetrious Johnson: $10,000 ($5,000 win bonus)
def. Norifumi Yamamoto: $15,000
Paul Taylor: $36,000 ($18,000 win bonus)
def. Gabe Ruediger: $8,000
Kyle Kingsbury: $20,000 ($10,000 win bonus)
def. Ricardo Romero: $10,000
Mike Pierce: $28,000 ($14,000 win bonus)
def. Kenny Robertson: $6,000
In the interview with Helwani he said his gameplan was to frustrate him with the jab until Banuelos shot, then he'd sprawl and go for a choke. But Banuelos never shot. He said the old Torres would've gone nuts once he heard the boos and tried to finish the fight, but he's a new fighter and he's going to fight his own fights from now on.
Seagal made Machida and Andy drill it a lot, but it's not something he created like he's been saying. Bas did it against Frank Shamrock back in Pancrase. Go to 17 seconds
and just to prove I'm a bigger fight nerd than Joe Rogan ("I've never seen anyone in any combat sport get a front kick KO"), here's Kohiruimaki KOing a guy with a teep in K-1
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and just to prove I'm a bigger fight nerd than Joe Rogan ("I've never seen anyone in any combat sport get a front kick KO"), here's Kohiruimaki KOing a guy with a teep in K-1
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Despite his main-event loss, Vitor Belfort ($275,000) and co-main-event winner Forrest Griffin ($275,000) were the top earners at UFC 126. Both topped UFC middleweight champ and main-event winner Anderson Silva ($200,000).
MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) today requested and received the list of paydays from the Nevada State Athletic Commission.
The total payroll for the event, which took place at the Mandalay Events Center in Las Vegas, was $1.305 million.
The event's main card card aired on pay-per-view, two preliminary-card fights aired on Spike TV, and one prelim bout streamed for free on Facebook.
Silva received no win bonus, but most of his pay likely came in pay-per-view revenue and other, non-traditional bonuses. Belfort, meanwhile, would have earned an additional $100,000 as a win bonus if he would've earned the victory.
Four fighters reached six-figure base paydays, including Jon Jones ($140,000), who earned a title shot with a victory over Ryan Bader.
The full list of paydays included:
Champ Anderson Silva: $200,000 (includes no win bonus)
def. Vitor Belfort: $275,000
Forrest Griffin: $275,000 ($150,000 win bonus)
def. Rich Franklin: $75,000
Jon Jones: $140,000 ($70,000 win bonus)
def. Ryan Bader: $20,000
Jake Ellenberger: $32,000 ($16,000 win bonus)
def. Carlos Eduardo Rocha: $8,000
Miguel Torres: $56,000 ($28,000 win bonus)
def. Antonio Banuelos: $9,000
Donald Cerrone: $36,000 ($18,000 win bonus)
def. Paul Kelly: $19,000
Chad Mendes: $19,000 ($9,500 win bonus)
def. Michihiro Omigawa: $8,000
Demetrious Johnson: $10,000 ($5,000 win bonus)
def. Norifumi Yamamoto: $15,000
Paul Taylor: $36,000 ($18,000 win bonus)
def. Gabe Ruediger: $8,000
Kyle Kingsbury: $20,000 ($10,000 win bonus)
def. Ricardo Romero: $10,000
Mike Pierce: $28,000 ($14,000 win bonus)
def. Kenny Robertson: $6,000
Now, the usual disclaimer: The figures do not include deductions for items such as insurance, licenses and taxes. Additionally, the figures do not include money paid by sponsors, which can oftentimes be a substantial portion of a fighter's income. They also do not include any other "locker room" or special bonuses the UFC oftentimes pays. They also do not include portions of the pay-per-view revenue that some top-level fighters receive.
For example, as previously reported, UFC officials handed out additional $75,000 UFC 126 bonuses to Silva (KO of the Night), Jones (Submission of the Night), and Cerrone and Kelly (Fight of the Night).
In other words, the above figures are simply base salaries reported to the commission and do not reflect entire compensation packages for the event.
MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) today requested and received the list of paydays from the Nevada State Athletic Commission.
The total payroll for the event, which took place at the Mandalay Events Center in Las Vegas, was $1.305 million.
The event's main card card aired on pay-per-view, two preliminary-card fights aired on Spike TV, and one prelim bout streamed for free on Facebook.
Silva received no win bonus, but most of his pay likely came in pay-per-view revenue and other, non-traditional bonuses. Belfort, meanwhile, would have earned an additional $100,000 as a win bonus if he would've earned the victory.
Four fighters reached six-figure base paydays, including Jon Jones ($140,000), who earned a title shot with a victory over Ryan Bader.
The full list of paydays included:
Champ Anderson Silva: $200,000 (includes no win bonus)
def. Vitor Belfort: $275,000
Forrest Griffin: $275,000 ($150,000 win bonus)
def. Rich Franklin: $75,000
Jon Jones: $140,000 ($70,000 win bonus)
def. Ryan Bader: $20,000
Jake Ellenberger: $32,000 ($16,000 win bonus)
def. Carlos Eduardo Rocha: $8,000
Miguel Torres: $56,000 ($28,000 win bonus)
def. Antonio Banuelos: $9,000
Donald Cerrone: $36,000 ($18,000 win bonus)
def. Paul Kelly: $19,000
Chad Mendes: $19,000 ($9,500 win bonus)
def. Michihiro Omigawa: $8,000
Demetrious Johnson: $10,000 ($5,000 win bonus)
def. Norifumi Yamamoto: $15,000
Paul Taylor: $36,000 ($18,000 win bonus)
def. Gabe Ruediger: $8,000
Kyle Kingsbury: $20,000 ($10,000 win bonus)
def. Ricardo Romero: $10,000
Mike Pierce: $28,000 ($14,000 win bonus)
def. Kenny Robertson: $6,000
Now, the usual disclaimer: The figures do not include deductions for items such as insurance, licenses and taxes. Additionally, the figures do not include money paid by sponsors, which can oftentimes be a substantial portion of a fighter's income. They also do not include any other "locker room" or special bonuses the UFC oftentimes pays. They also do not include portions of the pay-per-view revenue that some top-level fighters receive.
For example, as previously reported, UFC officials handed out additional $75,000 UFC 126 bonuses to Silva (KO of the Night), Jones (Submission of the Night), and Cerrone and Kelly (Fight of the Night).
In other words, the above figures are simply base salaries reported to the commission and do not reflect entire compensation packages for the event.
UFC 126 officially draws 9,667 for a live gate of $3.6 million
This month's UFC 126 event, which took place Feb. 5 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, officially drew 9,667 attendees for a live gate of $3,605,725.
Nevada State Athletic Commission Executive Director Keith Kizer today emailed the results to MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com).
The attendance figure dropped slightly from the fight-night estimate (10,893), though the gate figure is slightly higher ($3.6 million).
As expected, the gate figure ranks third all-time in UFC-Mandalay Bay Events Center history.
Featuring a middleweight title fight between champion Anderson Silva and hard-hitting challenger Vitor Belfort, UFC 126 marked the company's first event at the Mandalay Bay since February 2010. The event was the UFC's annual Super Bowl-weekend show.
The average ticket price for the show was $372.99.
The sold-out event also generated $45,100 from the 1,046 attendees who viewed the fight via closed-circuit broadcast at Mandalay Bay.
The venue's all-time top UFC gates as compiled by MMAjunkie.com include:
1. UFC 100 (Lesnar vs. Mir II): $5,128,490 gate (10,871 attendance)
2. UFC 79 (St-Pierre vs. Hughes III): $4,994,000 (11,075)
3. UFC 126 (Silva vs. Belfort): $3,605,725 (9,667)
4. UFC 57 (Liddell vs. Couture III): $3,382,400 (11,000)
5. UFC 61 (Sylvia vs. Arlovski II): $3,350,775 (11,167)
This month's UFC 126 event, which took place Feb. 5 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, officially drew 9,667 attendees for a live gate of $3,605,725.
Nevada State Athletic Commission Executive Director Keith Kizer today emailed the results to MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com).
The attendance figure dropped slightly from the fight-night estimate (10,893), though the gate figure is slightly higher ($3.6 million).
As expected, the gate figure ranks third all-time in UFC-Mandalay Bay Events Center history.
Featuring a middleweight title fight between champion Anderson Silva and hard-hitting challenger Vitor Belfort, UFC 126 marked the company's first event at the Mandalay Bay since February 2010. The event was the UFC's annual Super Bowl-weekend show.
The average ticket price for the show was $372.99.
The sold-out event also generated $45,100 from the 1,046 attendees who viewed the fight via closed-circuit broadcast at Mandalay Bay.
The venue's all-time top UFC gates as compiled by MMAjunkie.com include:
1. UFC 100 (Lesnar vs. Mir II): $5,128,490 gate (10,871 attendance)
2. UFC 79 (St-Pierre vs. Hughes III): $4,994,000 (11,075)
3. UFC 126 (Silva vs. Belfort): $3,605,725 (9,667)
4. UFC 57 (Liddell vs. Couture III): $3,382,400 (11,000)
5. UFC 61 (Sylvia vs. Arlovski II): $3,350,775 (11,167)