DFW promises better pay for WEC fighters
UFC president Dana White says bigger paydays are on the way for WEC fighters, at least for the time being….
UFC president Dana White says bigger paydays are on the way for WEC fighters, at least for the time being.
On Saturday, the UFC’s sister organization asks fans to pony up $44.95 for WEC 48 at the ARCO Arena in Sacramento, Calif. – the same price as a UFC pay-per-view card. For the past three years, the WEC has been broadcast on Versus, its cable television partner since Zuffa, LLC purchased the promotion in 2007.
Many observers have noted a disparity in pay between WEC fighters and UFC fighters. However, White said that gap will narrow Saturday – at least temporarily – as the WEC moves from the smaller money in cable television to the dynamic and potentially lucrative world of pay-per-view.
Although White implied WEC headliners won’t share pay-per-view profits like their UFC counterparts, he promised a bump in overall pay.
“What we do in these situations, we have a better grasp of what’s going to happen in a UFC pay-per-view,” he told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) today. “We can actually almost nail the number on what we think we’re going to do.
“This is our first time doing this, so we don’t know how this is going to do. But yeah, the WEC fighters on this card will make more money than they’ve ever made before.”
