Gripsnhips

Shogun was effin gassed. Griffin's submission, was self admittedly, a poor attempt. But to quote Forrest Griffin, "Fatigue is a real b*tch".

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DROP

That Was Funny That Forrest Won. I Was Kinda Pissed Cause I Lost Money,but It Was Bittersweet Cause I Love An Upset. Forrest Really Looked Good In His Stand Up

eazee

Fighter Payouts from UFC 76----always interesting seeing these. Taveres/Griffin both got an extra 40,000 for Fight of the Night, and F. Griffin got 40,000 for submission of the night.

Keith Jardine ($14,000) def. Chuck Liddell ($500,000)
Forrest Griffin ($44,000) def. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua ($150,000)
Jon Fitch ($44,000) def. Diego Sanchez ($22,000)
Lyoto Machida ($50,000) def. Kazuhiro Nakamura ($20,000)
Tyson Griffin ($24,000) def. Thiago Tavares ($9,000)
Rich Clementi ($24,000) def. Anthony Johnson ($5,000)
Jeremy Stephens ($6,000) def. Diego Saraiva ($3,000)
Christian Wellisch ($14,000) def. Scott Junk ($4,000)
Matt Wiman ($16,000) def. Michihiro Omigawa ($5,000)

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JensenS

Nice to see Tavares pick up a little extra coin for what was a great fight. Whats that, three fights this year for Tyson Griffin, three fights of the night?

bluestater

The payouts always make me feel a little ill. Seeing that some guys have trained for months and months for $3,000, or that Jardine made that much less than Liddell, who he beat, just doesn't feel right.

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UGLY

Yah how does Matt Wiman make more than Jardine. I think they should pay based on where you fall on the fight card with a 150,000 minimum for a main event fight and a no more that a 150,000 dollar difference than your opponent and then down from there with a minimum of 10,000 per fighter no matter where you are on the card for PPV. On spike I couldnt tell you.

eazee

I'm sure Jardine has an old contract. They try to sign the fighters to long-term contracts, so I'm sure when he was signed Jardine wasn't thought to be close to a contender. He is in for a huge raise whenever it runs out. Not that I think about it, he probably has a few more fights left on his contract. Dana will not put a fighter into a fight in which it could make him a top contender, if he's in the last fight of his contract. This is why Arlovski has gone for so long w/o fighting, he has 1 fight left and they haven't been able to renegotiate.
Stiil it's ridiculous that he is the main event of a PPV, wins and gets paid 14k. I know he gets more for sponsors and stuff but still......

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bluestater

But as crazy as it is for Jardine, think about Diego Saraiva. He trained for months for $3K, and he likely doesn't have the sponsors that Jardine has. After taxes, that's maybe 2K for a few months work? If he's working out 30 hours a week, for three months, that's around $8.33 an hour, before taxes. He'd make much more working for UPS, plus he'd have health care!

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UGLY

Hopefully some of these guys get paid to train at the gym they workout at.

I am sure Diego doesnt have sponsors with all the crazy shit that comes out of his mouth.