Fund Raiser for Injured UFC Fighter Corey Hill
by Kid Nate on Dec 16, 2008 9:29 AM EST
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TUF veteran Corey Hill snapped his leg at the "Fights for the Troops" event last week. The injury was horrific and will require Hill to lay off from fighting for 12 to 18 months. That's a long time to go between paychecks.
Presumably the UFC's health insurance is paying for his surgery and rehab, but Corey has a family to support. So his team mates at Gracie Tampa have started a get well fund to help out:
Gracie Tampa's - Corey Hill Get Well Fund
Please help Corey get through his leg surgery and recovery. All donations are greatly appreciated and will help Corey with his medical bills and provide for his wife and three children through this holiday season.
Do what you can.
UPDATE: For those who don't feel professional athletes merit assistance, lets remember that Corey gets paid $8000 per fight (plus $8000 win bonus) and only fought three times this year, going 1-2. That's $32,000 gross, not net. After he pays his trainers, fees, etc, I'd be surprised if he brought home $25,000.
He won't be working in the UFC next year and I doubt his job prospects are particularly good until he recovers from having his shin bone snapped in half.
These guys fight for our entertainment. Have some MMA community spirit.
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They should do something a little more creative than that. Why not offer free “lessons” or rolling sessions for lead donations or something.
Pretty tough to ask people to donate, when they’re having trouble putting food on their own table in the holiday season, let alone when it’s for someone who’s a “professional athlete”.
by The_Gaijin on Dec 16, 2008 9:33 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
A professional athlete who makes $8000 per fight and only fights three times a year.
by Kid Nate on Dec 16, 2008 9:37 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Hence...
…why I put “professional athlete” in quotation marks.
All I’m saying is that it’s tough optically to ask for people to donate their tightly stretched dollars to someone who’s doing a dream job, fighting in the UFC – a lot of people will probably think, “why would I donate money to a UFC fighter?”.
by The_Gaijin on Dec 16, 2008 11:33 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
But hey, if you want to make me out to be some Scrooge bad-guy, go ahead, but that was far from my point.
by The_Gaijin on Dec 16, 2008 11:34 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
sorry, that wasn’t my intention, just trying to clarify while Hill is worthy of support.
by Kid Nate on Dec 16, 2008 12:10 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
We don’t know the full amount each fighter makes due to the UFC’s policy of handing out locker-room bonuses. And I would be very surprised the UFC didn’t take cut a check to Corey’s family to help them out for the next couple of years. After all, Dana doesn’t like negative PR.
by MMAEruption on Dec 16, 2008 12:00 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Why would you put professional athlete in quotations?
by tanner4life on Dec 16, 2008 9:44 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
The link isn’t working for me—anyone?
by obsessedwithsports on Dec 16, 2008 9:53 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
fixed sorry.
tried to go directly to the pay pal page but it doesn’t seem to want to let me do that.
by Kid Nate on Dec 16, 2008 11:25 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Kid Nate
If you don’t mind, I’m going to c/p this on my blog. I’m sure Corey could use whatever is raised, even if it’s only a couple of thousand
http://mma4real.net/
by Tha Realness on Dec 16, 2008 10:08 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
With a link of course :)
http://mma4real.net/
by Tha Realness on Dec 16, 2008 10:09 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
how much did he make off endorsements and promotional appearences though?
by DJ Soma on Dec 16, 2008 11:32 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Being so new to the sport
Probably not much in endorsements / sponsorships at all.
I’m also fairly certain that the UFC doesn’t have medical insurance for their contracted fighters; I seem to recall Dana White going on record recently as something that was proving nigh-on impossible for them to provide on a cost/benefit basis i.e. the premium was crazy high etc.
If that turns out to be true, then it’s down to Hill’s own insurance… and he’s going to need all the help he can get.
by VikingPhotography on Dec 16, 2008 11:36 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I think they have ins on stuff that happens in the cage. I think it’s required by the AC, I could be very wrong though. I just think they can’t give them PPO coverage for training injuries and stuff like that.
by szucconi on Dec 16, 2008 11:45 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Isn’t it a requirement for getting a promoter’s license that you have to post bond for both insurance and purse purposes?
by The_Gaijin on Dec 16, 2008 11:51 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
The UFC paid for the eye surgery Anthony Johnson needed.
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by lovingmma25 on Dec 16, 2008 11:59 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Yeah..
and as the above story says…
Presumably the UFC’s health insurance is paying for his surgery and rehab, but Corey has a family to support.
This isn’t about the medical bills…it’s about money to buy…you know…food. And pay rent/mortgage and keep the lights on…etc.
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by Brent Brookhouse on Dec 16, 2008 12:07 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Honestly, from the looks of it, I don’t know if Corey Hill ever spends very much on food. :)
by Rundownloser on Dec 16, 2008 12:37 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
haha...
this is your chance to help move his weight up a bit…
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by Brent Brookhouse on Dec 16, 2008 12:39 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Wow...
I’m surprised that such a large segment of our readers would bitch about him getting some financial help. If you don’t think he needs it and don’t want to help out…just don’t. It doesn’t have to be such a big deal
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by Brent Brookhouse on Dec 16, 2008 12:38 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Agreed
Hill shattered his leg fighting on a free show to raise money for the troops, he probably won’t be working for a year and a half, and Nate was simply offering a way to help out if you want to.
Jesus, guys.
by jebushchrist on Dec 16, 2008 1:52 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Again...
I’m not saying people shouldn’t support him or that it’s not a worthy cause. ALL I was trying to point out is that it could be a very tough sell asking the average “Joe Six Pack” to donate money to a UFC fighter – someone who they likely view as a professional athlete who is in the “NFL of MMA” and that they think is making “pro athlete money”.
My suggestion was that his gym/team could be in a position to offer incentives to “lead donors” (at least locally) to give money, because all they would have to give up in return is some time in the gym.
The amount of over-dramatics from a few of you is a bit much.
by The_Gaijin on Dec 16, 2008 2:05 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Again...
I don’t see anything ‘overly dramatic’ here. Did you see his leg? I think that was dramatic enough. And no one is selling anything – he provided a link and said ‘do what you can’.
by jebushchrist on Dec 16, 2008 2:18 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
If you don’t have any money, click back on your browser and go read something else. It’s really bizarre that you’d essentially discourage those of us that might.
by Blackout612 on Dec 16, 2008 9:28 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Wow...
Glad to see everyone missing the point here. Anyways, NOT trying to discourage donations at all – but if you’re dumb enough to think that based on my comments then I think we need up some donations for you to get a proper education.
by The_Gaijin on Dec 16, 2008 11:16 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
You're an idiot
You headed off the comments by saying that you think there needs to be more creativity to elicit monetary support for a noble cause. Nevermind education, you need to find some dignity.
by Blackout612 on Dec 16, 2008 11:46 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah because saying fan’s might be questioning why they’re donating money to someone they normally pay to watch fight is calling into question a noble cause.
Clearly no charities in these tough economic times have had to come up with creative ways to elicit donations given that there’s thousands of charities asking for people’s rapidly declining money available for charity. Nope never…I don’t sit on several charity committees at my law firm and have to think of dozens of “creative ideas” to get people’s charity dollars because people just freely give to every single charity – including one for a professional athlete.
Get a clue before you try to insult someone when you know nothing about what you’re trying to talk about you goof.
by The_Gaijin on Dec 17, 2008 10:30 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I have noticed a lot of the readers here have a problem in general when it comes to complaining about fighters lack of pay. Many get defensive and run to support the UFC. I have never seen such a lack of empathy for the star performers and their salary or in this case, lack of benefits/income.
It’s truly bizarre. Yes, let’s all support the big corporations..after all they only contributed greatley to our current economic crisis!
by lbk on Dec 16, 2008 5:13 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
The current economic crisis was caused by government interference, not big corporations.
Bolts from the Blue // People who have time on their hands will inevitably waste the time of people who have work to do.
by Richard Wade on Dec 16, 2008 5:51 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
This economic crisis was caused by everybody in the US: the government for using both regulation and deregulation to promote an unsustainable housing policy, the corporations for using predatory loans and letting mindless optimism make them blind to their shortsightedness, and the American people for allowing frenzied consumption to trump good money managing and savings. It was a perfect storm that we all had a hand in creating.
by Rundownloser on Dec 16, 2008 6:12 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
The banks made those loans due to pressure from the government.
Bolts from the Blue // People who have time on their hands will inevitably waste the time of people who have work to do.
by Richard Wade on Dec 17, 2008 2:43 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Dat’s… dat’s no good. The SEC sure as shit could’ve afforded to do some more ‘interfering’ over the last eight years (hell, let’s make it twenty so they could’ve caught Bush’s insider training).
by subo on Dec 16, 2008 7:48 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Their “interfering” caused it all in the first place.
Bolts from the Blue // People who have time on their hands will inevitably waste the time of people who have work to do.
by Richard Wade on Dec 17, 2008 2:43 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Why are we talking about this? Shit, I wish I never clicked into the thread and just followed the link. People are trying to rally around a fighter that has suffered an unfortunate setback in his career and livelihood. How this turned into a conversation about who is to blame for the state of our economy and how the UFC underpays people is beyond me..
by Blackout612 on Dec 16, 2008 9:30 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Good point. This thread should go back to being about Corey Hill. I won’t contribute to the threadjack any further.
Bolts from the Blue // People who have time on their hands will inevitably waste the time of people who have work to do.
by Richard Wade on Dec 17, 2008 2:44 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I wouldn’t be surprised if Dana cut him a check to help him out. Im not saying don’t donate I’m just saying.
by Discman2 on Dec 16, 2008 12:43 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
I wonder what the disability insurance premiums would be for a pro fighter.
by toxic on Dec 16, 2008 1:39 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
I just got laid off, but I’m going to try to pitch a few bucks towards the fund.
That beings said, $32,000 does not include endorsements.
by subo on Dec 16, 2008 1:45 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Also doesn’t include taxes. Being such a new fighter, I think it would come out as a wash. Unless he is filing in FL, no income tax.
by szucconi on Dec 16, 2008 1:56 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I’m just saying $32k doesn’t tell the whole story – it’s like saying Keith Jardine made $14,000 to beat Chuck Liddell. Wholly inaccurate.
I’m still going to help out Corey, though. Colorado MMA for life.
by subo on Dec 16, 2008 2:10 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, thats fine. I was just making another point.
by szucconi on Dec 16, 2008 2:20 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
No state income tax. Florida residents still pay federal income tax like everybody else.
by FRANKIE on Dec 16, 2008 6:12 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Well that is true. Unless you are Wesley Snipes, then you don’t have to pay anything, you just have to go to jail.
by szucconi on Dec 16, 2008 6:38 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Couple years in the clink for eight digits? Where the fuck do I sign up?
by subo on Dec 16, 2008 7:49 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
How does the UFC make over $100 Million
An event and it can’t take care of its fighters? I’m so perplexed.
by EazyEismydad on Dec 16, 2008 5:36 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
The fighters DEF need a union of some sort.
by lbk on Dec 16, 2008 5:53 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Dude..
Where in this story does it say that they haven’t taken care of him? His gym is making certain that he’s taking care of.
by Blackout612 on Dec 16, 2008 9:33 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Because Gracie Tampa is the UFC...
brilliant.
by The_Gaijin on Dec 16, 2008 11:17 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Again...
You clearly have poor comprehension.. Where in this story does it say that the UFC has not offered their support? That’s a general inquiry, and by no means directed at the one guy that’s galavanting around here saying he wants someone to show him how to execute an armbar to provide a two dollar paypal donation to a man that is poised to be out of his livelihood for 18 months.
by Blackout612 on Dec 16, 2008 11:49 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Just in case you missed it...retard.
Yeah because saying fan’s might be questioning why they’re donating money to someone they normally pay to watch fight is calling into question a noble cause.
Clearly no charities in these tough economic times have had to come up with creative ways to elicit donations given that there’s thousands of charities asking for people’s rapidly declining money available for charity. Nope never…I don’t sit on several charity committees at my law firm and have to think of dozens of "creative ideas" to get people’s charity dollars because people just freely give to every single charity – including one for a professional athlete.
Get a clue before you try to insult someone when you know nothing about what you’re trying to talk about you goof.
by The_Gaijin on Dec 17, 2008 10:31 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
And again...since you're so brilliant
Eliciting “Lead donations” by offering something means, you don’t offer something for $2 donations, but you try to encourage $100, $250, $500, $1000 donations – (lead donations) – to ignite the charity.
I wouldn’t presume someone with limited intelligence to get that though.
by The_Gaijin on Dec 17, 2008 10:33 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Moving up in weight won’t help make any difference. Adding more muscle or fat won’t strengthen his bones. Besides, the fighters at 170 hit harder than the lightweights which would put him at even more risk of freak injuries like this.
by MMAEruption on Dec 16, 2008 6:08 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
I think it is terrible what happened, but there are many athlete’s that have had to change careers due to injuries. There is a certain amount of risk involved in being an MMA fighter and I wish him a speedy and safe recovery.
by Rxcrider on Dec 16, 2008 8:43 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
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