Has there been any indication of what Tito’s asking for? I’m guessing it would be in the multi-millions per fight, which he probably could have gotten if he hadn’t been tied up with that last fight on his UFC contract and had been able to jump on the Affliction gravy train early.

I might be wrong but I think he was getting $900,000 under his Zuffa contract ? If he thinks he is worth more then that he is mistaken in my eyes. There is no way a hurting up and coming company like affliction or Elite XC can afford to give him that type of loot but he wants way more then that now. I think it was rumored he was asking for something like a cool 2 million a fight now when he was talking to Elite and Affliction. Come on now Tito lets get real !!!!

He probably got a number from Randy, 6-10 million per fight. Maybe Tito & Randy should get together and start a company. They both seem to think they have all the answers and all the draw a company can need. I bet Tito would say he’s doing this for the fans as well.

$5million-ish per title fight in the future, but it won’t be the near future, and it won’t be with this collection of promotions.

The UFC is the only organization that can realistically afford those kinds of payouts, and since that’s the case, there’s literally no reason for them to do so. MMA has a long ways to go with things like merchandise tie-ins before the revenue will exist to support the types of paydays boxing has.

Besides, I may be naive, but I think a long-term beauty of our sport is that unlike boxing, we enjoy multiple excellent fights per card. I’m actually disappointed when I only get two or three entertaining fights in MMA, whereas in boxing I’m pleasantly surprised when the main event delivers, and if there’s any value whatsoever on the undercard, I’m thrilled (I still remember Cley Bay vs. Etienne!).

I think that these factors make it almost impossible for promotions/organizations such as Zuffa to rationalize making huge payouts to these guys any time soon. Entertainment isn’t the only value, of course, and we want legitimacy in our ‘titles,’ but ultimately it comes down to why the promotions make their money. You need a few recognizable stars for the casual fans, but I don’t think that means you cut them in for half of the PPV take.

This is why I wrote about Tito Ortiz needing to make the move to HW.

The cash cow that was MMA and new start up orgs over paying for names is going to stop real soon. In my opinion the fighters pay scale in the near future is going to go start climbing down or stay at the level it is at now ? It has to there is just no way new up start Orgs and existing organizations can keep paying these fighters what they want with out putting themselfs in the Red.New Organizations will see what over paying for fighters has done to other orgs in the past. I think you are already seeing the market for fighter pay going down now with Tito taking so long to get signed and Affliction cutting back on fighters and pay for there second card. Even the UFC uses there take it or leave it stance alot more lately when it comes to contract talks.

Mark Cuban doesn’t like MMA that much.

lol the Bonds/Ortiz comparison is pretty retarded. I think maybe Cofield got absorbed by the UFC spin machine.

Regardless of who he ends up with, Ortiz will still be making more than 99 percent of his peers because he is still a bigger draw than them.

Honestly, as most people have stated, UFC is the best place for Tito. And i think the UFC could really promote the bad blood between Dana and Tito.

I also like the thought of Tito at HW, in any promotion.

How much does Jena pay him?