Event financials for UFC, Strikeforce, WSoF, Bellator in Florida
John S. Nash obtained event financial records from fight promotions in Florida over the past few years that were formerly public before Florida bill HB 775 took effect.
John S. Nash from BloodyElbow obtained event financial records from fight promotions in Florida over the past few years that were formerly public before Florida bill HB 775 took effect on July 1. Below is a sampling of the events that Nash compiled.
They don’t include all the sources of revenue for a promoter, such as foreign television sales, sponsorship deals, or rebroadcast rights. Nor, outside of taxes and fighter payouts, does it mention the costs for a promoter, which in the case of the UFC and WSOF shows includes their own television productions in addition to the marketing and other live event production costs that all promoters incur. The fighters purses are also incomplete, not including the UFC’s bonus awards ($160,000 total officially awarded at UFC on FX 3 and $200,000 total for UFC on FOX 11), nor other potential bonuses (signing bonuses, discretionary, etc).
Nash lists:
•The gross amount paid for sale or lease of broadcasting, television or motion pictures rights, less any state or federal taxes;
•Gross amount received for tickets sold, less taxes;
•Gross amount received by promoter or concessionaire from sales of souvenirs, programs & concessions, less taxes; and,
•Total amount of contracted fighter pay for the event (including win bonuses).
Strikeforce: Miami, January 30, 2010
Broadcast, Television – $700,000
Tickets – $301,424.60
Souvenirs, Programs, Concessions – $8,003
Payout – $469,600
UFC on FX 3, June 8, 2012
Broadcast, Television – $1,290,323
Tickets – 310,475.63
Souvenirs, Programs, Concessions – Third party, no amount given
Payout – $423,500
Bellator 72 July 20, 2012
Broadcast, Television – $35,000
Tickets – $54,686.76
Souvenirs, Programs, Concessions – $2,758.52
Payout: $252,750
Bellator 94 March 28, 2013
Broadcast, Television – $112,973
Tickets – $74,356.00
Souvenirs, Programs, Concessions – $5,926.22
Payout – $216,500
Golden Boy Live: Charlo-Rodriguez, October 14, 2013
Broadcast, Television – $22,500
Tickets – $16,056.48
Souvenirs, Programs, Concessions – $35,575.34
Payout – $63.500
WSOF 6, October 26, 2013
Broadcast, Television – Barter agreement with NBC, $0
Tickets – $30,611.96
Souvenirs, Programs, Concessions – 0
Payout – $278,000
WSOF8, January 18, 2014
Broadcast, Television – Barter agreement with NBC, $0
Tickets – $61,437
Souvenirs, Programs, Concessions – 0
Payout – $257,000
UFC on FOX 11, April 19, 2014
Broadcast, Television – $2,272,000
Tickets – $1,553,737.50
Souvenirs, Programs, Concessions – $522,383.35
Payout – $974,000
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