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Originally Posted by Agamemnon
He probably got paid 100k or something to do the fight. He looked to be in worse shape than his last fight with Ortiz. Smiling and dancing going to the ring was very un-Shamrock-like, it seemed like he knew he was going in to lose. No idea why he'd want to go out like that though, so I'm assuming maybe money was a factor. Not sure what those guys get paid, but I wouldn't be surprised if Ken/Tito were pulling in 6 figures a year at least.
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According to this article, he'll get paid around $1 million this year for doing 4 fights.
http://www.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=news.detail&gid=3516
Translated into more tangible financial terms, his first two fights in 2006 alone were sufficient to place Ortiz’s compensation among the top percentile of U.S. annual household incomes. When you add in the payday for tomorrow night’s bout, as well as the December title fight with Liddell, his 2006 prize money will fall just shy of one million dollars.
By the way, that article has some very candid words from Tito in it. He talks of his troubles with Dana White, hos relationship with the fans, his relationship with Jenna Jamieson etc.. It was a good read.