Comments on: Dana White’s curious admission about Mirko Cro Cop

By: Dave

Dave — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 21:15:33 +0000

>>I noticed that neither Jackson nor White seemed to mention words like “apology”, “sorry”, “wrong” or something like that when discussing the fact that Jackson endangered other people’s lives (and possibly caused a woman to lose her child).>>>

Curiously enough, the same can be said for people discussing this stuff on the net. It is astounding. I don’t care if Rampage maintains it isn’t his fault, it would be classy to sa he is sorry for her loss. I mean, a woman lost her unborn child, regardless of MMA Bloggers thinking she is a gold digger, yanno?

By: D. Capitated

D. Capitated — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 18:49:35 +0000

I am suspicious when any fighter gets paid a flat fee instead of a win bonus, because the industry standard is to pay a win bonus.

The “industry standard”? Wow, given how long MMA has been around, that sure is a meaningful statement. If you’re a big name fighter and you’re worth the money, not going for guaranteed money is stupid. It has nothing to do with self confidence and everything to do with your management reminding you of how guys like Anthony Johnson have been jobbed out by ridiculous reffing or what happens when a fight goes to the cards and it leaves your hands.

By: D. Capitated

D. Capitated — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 18:44:18 +0000

When you pay that many millions to people who sue you, I think you can say those are successful lawsuits.

How many millions did Ali get again? You should check that. As for Tyson and his lawsuit, oh, he got a few bills. Not enough to cover his debts though and somewhere between 1/10th and 1/15th of the money he did seek.

By: Ultimo Santa

Ultimo Santa — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 16:59:26 +0000

If a fighter is getting guaranteed cash, all that means is that the figther’s agent and the promoter reached a mutual agreement.

The agreement being, most likely, that the presence of the fighter – win or lose – will bring in X number of PPV buys and dollars at the gate.

Obviously the UFC felt that CroCop was worth paying a cflat fee based on his marketability, or they would have not bothered with him. Don’t read anything more into it than that.

By: Jeremy (not that Jeremy)

Jeremy (not that Jeremy) — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 10:17:51 +0000

I am suspicious when any fighter gets paid a flat fee instead of a win bonus, because the industry standard is to pay a win bonus. It always feels like there is something wrong when none of the compensation is on the line as a result of the fight.

By: Jeremy (not that Jeremy)

Jeremy (not that Jeremy) — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 10:14:48 +0000

Of course fighters prefer guaranteed money. That’s why Tim Sylvia got $800,000 in guaranteed money to “fight” Fedor instead of showing some confidence in himself and taking an honest $500/500 payday.

Of course, that fight was probably destined to not go in the direction of him winning by hook or by crook. Most likely by crook.

By: John

John — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 09:33:31 +0000

I noticed that neither Jackson nor White seemed to mention words like “apology”, “sorry”, “wrong” or something like that when discussing the fact that Jackson endangered other people’s lives (and possibly caused a woman to lose her child).

By: samscaff

samscaff — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 04:50:02 +0000

When you pay that many millions to people who sue you, I think you can say those are successful lawsuits.

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 04:38:43 +0000

There is something wrong with this guy. But at least Quinton Jackson is now in good hands.

By: D.Capitated

D.Capitated — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 03:41:18 +0000

Well, Mirko’s contract included no win bonuses, so that may be a piece of evidence pointing to both parties thinking he might be washed up and that his success was not necessarily guaranteed.

Mirko’s guaranteed money was off the charts for the UFC’s pay scale. Really now, you think a fighter would prefer win bonuses to guaranteed money?