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Originally Posted by HitterD
Good point. For now, though, it must be quite tough for these fighters to make a dime fightings as a career. I guess this is why so many fighters are getting endorsements from Xyience etc... this must help a bit.
I scrolled down in the article a little bit more. Diego Sanchez made $24000 for a fight in 2005. He is making much more than some veteran fighters. I guess this may be a trend. The TUF fighters will be getting paid more becasue they are well known, even if they arent the best fighters.
No wonder the "old UFC" guys are angry!!
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I think the TUF guys are also the ones being set up to be the future stars of the sport, TUF I, II, III were all young guys getting into their prime. I think the point of TUF was to introduce us to all the guys who will be the next Ortiz/Lidell/Coutoure. A lof of the existing guys in their late 20's/30's don't have the same 'value' because they're older and weren't on TUF... so the lay-fan doesn't have a clue who they are, though they're more experienced than any of the TUF fighters.