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Old 02-06-2007, 03:25 AM   #11
dubb93
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Originally Posted by SirFozzie View Post

Cro Cop looked DOMINANT, but this was a mismatch. Wonder if they are going to give Cro Cop a couple more victims before they through him at Liddell.

I think despite Rampage looking less then brilliant in his win, they're going to fast track him at Sylvia, especially if Couture doesn't beat him at UFC 68.. the HW division is slow right now.

Didn't catch all of that the first time, but you have that completely backwards. Cro Cop is a heavyweight like Sylvia, while Rampage is a LHW like Liddell.

Rampage is just there b/c he KTFO of Chuck a few years ago on a PRIDE PPV. While Cro Cop is there to give the heavyweight division some cred. And the fact that his KO's will be so marketable. BTW, anyone see the payouts for UFC 67?

Title Match & Main Event Fighters

-Anderson Silva: $71,000 (3rd UFC fight; defeated Travis Lutter)

-Travis Lutter: $18,000 (5th UFC fight; lost to Anderson Silva)


Main Card Fighters

-Mirko Cro Cop: $350,000 flat fee (1st UFC fight; defeated Eddie Sanchez)

-Quinton Jackson: $170,000 (1st UFC fight; defeated Marvin Eastman)

-Eddie Sanchez: $30,000 flat fee (2nd UFC fight; lost to Mirko Cro Cop)

-Marvin Eastman: $30,000 (3rd UFC fight; lost to Quinton Jackson)

-Patrick Cote: $20,000 (5th UFC fight; defeated Scott Smith)

-Scott Smith: $12,000 (3rd UFC fight; lost to Patrick Cote)

-Roger Huerta: $12,000 (2nd UFC fight; defeated John Halverson)

-John Halverson: $3,000 (1st UFC fight; lost to Roger Huerta)


Preliminary Match Fighters

-Lyoto Machida: $36,000 (1st UFC fight; defeated Sam Hoger)

-Jorge Rivera: $12,000 (7th UFC fight; lost to Terry Martin)

-Tyson Griffin: $9,000 (2nd UFC fight; lost to Frank Edgar)

-Terry Martin: $8,000 (3rd UFC fight; defeated Jorge Rivera)

-Sam Hoger: $7,000 (4th UFC fight; lost to Lyoto Machida)

-Frank Edgar: $6,000 (1st UFC fight; defeated Tyson Griffin)

-Dustin Hazelett: $6,000 (2nd UFC fight; defeated Diego Saraiva)

-Diego Saraiva: $3,000 (1st UFC fight; lost to Dustin Hazelett)

Disclosed Fighter Payroll: $803,000

*I bolded the three major newcomers who debuted on this card*

Really crazy money Cro Cop got there. Chuck makes 250K a fight, Tito about 200K, Tim Sylvia 120K, Matt Hughes 75K, GSP about 60K, and guys like Diego, Vera, Rashad, Forrest are all around 25-40K a fight.

In fact, the only guy I've seen get that kind of money was a one time thing in the UFC. Royce Gracie got paid 400K to fight Matt Hughes. In other words, without ever having a UFC fight, they made Cro Cop their highest paid fighter BY FAR.

Another fact, the entire payroll for UFC 64 in which Anderson Silva beat Rich Franklin and Sean Sherk beat K-Flo in the title fights was only 209K. He also makes more than GSP-Matt Hughes-Tim Sylvia-Jeff Monson-Brandon Vera-Frank Mir were payed combined to be the 3 headline fights in UFC 65. 350-342

Last edited by dubb93 : 02-06-2007 at 03:38 AM.
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