Am I the only one not interested in seeing Silva vs GSP?

MMALOGIC - 

^ The mom and pop store down the street isnt giving him 15 mil... it's guys like gatorade, under armour, etc... those who are printing money and have huge marketing budgets (good economy or bad).

GSP is like the manny pacqioa of Canada.  He's voted #1 canadian athlete I believe last year or the year before.  UFC stars get more in site fees than most other athletes short of the most popular guys.  Jon FItch is turning down $500 for half a day because it's not enough.... JOHN FITCH?!

But having said that I agree... it's not 15m a year.  It's most likely the total value of all the deals combined and im sure the duration of most last more than a year.

fair enough, but thinking these "huge companies" are "printing money" and have a never ending marketing budget is unrealistic imo.

they are 100% affected by the economy and they 100% have budgets they adhere to, strictly.

especially the publically traded companies (Gatorade/ PepsiCo & UnderArmour).

ausgepicht - 

As usual the BJ fans come out of the woodwork to slag GSP. Anderson doesn't want to fight Jon Jones EVER. GSP doesn't want to fight Anderson YET. There WERE rumors that Andy walked around at 230#s. You guys are pretending those rumors , true or not, didn't exist. You have selective memory because you still wwake up in cold sweats in the middle of the night crying about GSP smashing BJ twice. GSP is a far better fighter than BJ, just deal with it an get into recovery.

What exactly does it matter if Anderson  walks around at 234, provided he makes his weight class 50 pounds lighter, and perhaps even less if its a catch weight fight?  Of what consequence are those 50 pounds + that are taken off during camp?  I mean Joe Diesel Riggs used to walk around well over 300 pounds and he went all the way down to welter weight.  Was there any issue what so ever with the 130 pounds + advantage that he would have had if he never lost the weight?  If anyone knows about being 2 couple of weight classes above their weight class when they are "walking around" it is Georges.  Afterall, he comes down from light heavyweight to fight at welter weight and I don't think anyone sees anything wrong with that.  I'm in support of Georges avoiding this fight and just staying put at 170 but this walking weight excuse is just making him look bad.  Look no further than all the negative responses on this thread.  

Cyril Jeff - 

MMALOGIC - 

^ The mom and pop store down the street isnt giving him 15 mil... it's guys like gatorade, under armour, etc... those who are printing money and have huge marketing budgets (good economy or bad).

GSP is like the manny pacqioa of Canada.  He's voted #1 canadian athlete I believe last year or the year before.  UFC stars get more in site fees than most other athletes short of the most popular guys.  Jon FItch is turning down $500 for half a day because it's not enough.... JOHN FITCH?!

But having said that I agree... it's not 15m a year.  It's most likely the total value of all the deals combined and im sure the duration of most last more than a year.

 

fair enough, but thinking these "huge companies" are "printing money" and have a never ending marketing budget is unrealistic imo.

they are 100% affected by the economy and they 100% have budgets they adhere to, strictly.

especially the publically traded companies (Gatorade/ PepsiCo & UnderArmour).

true but if you're targetting Canada there are very few guys who are better to represent your brand than GSP.  It's like being a big fish in a small pond kind of thing.  Whereas a guy like Jon Jones is a small fish in a big pond.

MMALOGIC - 

Cyril Jeff - 

MMALOGIC - 

^ The mom and pop store down the street isnt giving him 15 mil... it's guys like gatorade, under armour, etc... those who are printing money and have huge marketing budgets (good economy or bad).

GSP is like the manny pacqioa of Canada.  He's voted #1 canadian athlete I believe last year or the year before.  UFC stars get more in site fees than most other athletes short of the most popular guys.  Jon FItch is turning down $500 for half a day because it's not enough.... JOHN FITCH?!

But having said that I agree... it's not 15m a year.  It's most likely the total value of all the deals combined and im sure the duration of most last more than a year.

 

fair enough, but thinking these "huge companies" are "printing money" and have a never ending marketing budget is unrealistic imo.

they are 100% affected by the economy and they 100% have budgets they adhere to, strictly.

especially the publically traded companies (Gatorade/ PepsiCo & UnderArmour).

true but if you're targetting Canada there are very few guys who are better to represent your brand than GSP.  It's like being a big fish in a small pond kind of thing.  Whereas a guy like Jon Jones is a small fish in a big pond.

I don't know man, maybe you're right...

here's FoxSports: "Canada's Highest Paid Athletes of '11-'12":

http://sports.ca.msn.com/other/photos/canadas-highest-paid-athletes#image=11

maybe they just missed him?

djones - 

Am I the only one not interested in seeing Silva vs GSP?

lol @ Anderson weighing 234 pounds and GSP being 188.

I think its REALLY REALLY obvious the 15 Million number would include his PPV %, which isnt part of his 'fight purse' and is a variable

Cyril Jeff - 

MMALOGIC - 

Cyril Jeff - 

MMALOGIC - 

^ The mom and pop store down the street isnt giving him 15 mil... it's guys like gatorade, under armour, etc... those who are printing money and have huge marketing budgets (good economy or bad).

GSP is like the manny pacqioa of Canada.  He's voted #1 canadian athlete I believe last year or the year before.  UFC stars get more in site fees than most other athletes short of the most popular guys.  Jon FItch is turning down $500 for half a day because it's not enough.... JOHN FITCH?!

But having said that I agree... it's not 15m a year.  It's most likely the total value of all the deals combined and im sure the duration of most last more than a year.

 

fair enough, but thinking these "huge companies" are "printing money" and have a never ending marketing budget is unrealistic imo.

they are 100% affected by the economy and they 100% have budgets they adhere to, strictly.

especially the publically traded companies (Gatorade/ PepsiCo & UnderArmour).

true but if you're targetting Canada there are very few guys who are better to represent your brand than GSP.  It's like being a big fish in a small pond kind of thing.  Whereas a guy like Jon Jones is a small fish in a big pond.

 

I don't know man, maybe you're right...

here's FoxSports: "Canada's Highest Paid Athletes of '11-'12":

http://sports.ca.msn.com/other/photos/canadas-highest-paid-athletes#image=11

 

maybe they just missed him?

that list illustrates salary.  I dont believe it includes endorsement money.  since GSP didnt fight in 19 months i doubt he'd be on that list.

MMALOGIC - 

Cyril Jeff - 

MMALOGIC - 

Cyril Jeff - 

MMALOGIC - 

^ The mom and pop store down the street isnt giving him 15 mil... it's guys like gatorade, under armour, etc... those who are printing money and have huge marketing budgets (good economy or bad).

GSP is like the manny pacqioa of Canada.  He's voted #1 canadian athlete I believe last year or the year before.  UFC stars get more in site fees than most other athletes short of the most popular guys.  Jon FItch is turning down $500 for half a day because it's not enough.... JOHN FITCH?!

But having said that I agree... it's not 15m a year.  It's most likely the total value of all the deals combined and im sure the duration of most last more than a year.

 

fair enough, but thinking these "huge companies" are "printing money" and have a never ending marketing budget is unrealistic imo.

they are 100% affected by the economy and they 100% have budgets they adhere to, strictly.

especially the publically traded companies (Gatorade/ PepsiCo & UnderArmour).

true but if you're targetting Canada there are very few guys who are better to represent your brand than GSP.  It's like being a big fish in a small pond kind of thing.  Whereas a guy like Jon Jones is a small fish in a big pond.

 

I don't know man, maybe you're right...

here's FoxSports: "Canada's Highest Paid Athletes of '11-'12":

http://sports.ca.msn.com/other/photos/canadas-highest-paid-athletes#image=11

 

maybe they just missed him?

 

that list illustrates salary.  I dont believe it includes endorsement money.  since GSP didnt fight in 19 months i doubt he'd be on that list.

 

Sidney Crosby:

< $2,000,000 per year

Source: Sidney Crosby to sign richest endorsement deal in NHL history

Ken Campbell

Multiple sources have confirmed to THN.com that Pittsburgh Penguins superstar Sidney Crosby is on the verge of signing the richest endorsement deal in NHL history.

Crosby’s new deal with Reebok is said to be worth almost $10 million over the next seven years. Crosby’s agent, Pat Brisson, would not discuss the financial aspect of the deal and said it is not completed yet, “but things are going in the right direction.”

Sources say the deal is for between five and seven years and will pay him $1.4 million a season. That would make Crosby easily the highest-paid player ever in terms of endorsements. Considering Crosby also has endorsement deals with Bell, Tim Hortons and Gatorade, it’s guaranteed the new deal would pay him in endorsements alone more than the NHL’s average salary of $2.1 million.

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nobones -  GSP shrunk a little I believe he is under 190 lbs. now. No way Anderson goes beyond 230 lbs. with any regularity. I've heard from multiple sources he starts camp around 220 lbs.

His nutritionist said he started camp for Sonnen weighing at 209lb.

By the way, as long as everyone wants to quote the absurd things both sides say, Anderson's trainer Camoes said he would need a year to move up to LHW to fight Jones and would have to gain weight to 230, while GSP walks around at around 207.