Did Henderson have an injury going into that fight? He literally did nothing until the fight was stopped due to the freak accident. I was actually shocked that little pitbull was taking it to him.
In Bendos last fight with the UFC he got $51,000 to show and $51,000 to win + 15k Reebok
He said he got a better deal with Bellator so you've got to think there is some kind of undisclosed pay or signing bonus. Also he gets his own sponsors.
So out of curiosity/boredom i wanted to see how Benson Henderson was fairing in Bellator, and then i saw his salary there. He got 75k in his last bout, while in the last bout for the UFC he got 117k...what the actual ****?
No wonder there's a shortage of young talented fighters everywhere, why would anyone want to try MMA when the top 2 organisations pay you shite for willingly getting your brains scrambled.
That's not why. It's the other side. A talented young fighter is lucky to make a grand fighting in any promotion, including Bellator, for a long time. The only hope they have is a TUF spot and a fight or two after it on the UFC's 10 grand system.
As Spite said, Bellator must have gave him a big chunk up front. He's making less in sponsors and I don't really get why UFC wouldn't pay 75/75 as a pay rise from 51/51 for a guy like Bendo. Even if they said "60", they would basically have been saying "15k less for a loss, 45k more for a win" which would be foolish to turn down. Bellator had to do something here.
All the guys though. They don't make enough imo to call it quits on the big time yet. Bendo could be a UFC champ (or could have. He's looked abysmal in Bellator). Matt Mitrione was close to a title shot run once I believe and he's not that old. Rory MacDonald was one of UFC's best and could have fought for a title easily again (Rory less so because he made very little money despite being so high in the ranks). Especially with Bendo and Rory, UFC actually did want them so it's not like Davis or Matt's situation.
One thing to remember with MMA is it's not THAT hard to make it. Some guys in the UFC have only a couple of years under their belt. You compare this to football where guys can be absolute stars as kids and still get sent away (Bale from Arsenal for example). For every top fighter there's probably a couple of hundred bums fighting actively. For every top footballer there's gonna be thousands of hopefuls.
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