I USED TO BE THE BIGGEST WWF FAN EVER,,,,VINCE I THOUGHT BACK THEN WAS THE BIGGEST BUSINESS MAN...I MOVED ON TO UFC GETTING OLDER THEN 13 YRS OLD LIKING TO FIGHT EACH OTHER IN SCHOOLS U KNOW...EVERYONE DOES IT NOW A DAYS...BUT IN OUR DAY GROWING UP IN THE 90S WHEN THE MMA SPORT REALLY CAME TO LIGHT....WAS ONE OF THE BEST TIMES OF THE FIGHTS OF ALL TIME....LISTEN U KNOW WE'VE ALL SEEN UFC FIGHTS ALONE THAT PUT SOME OF THE BIGGEST BOXING LEGEND FIGHTS EVER....UFC IS THE FUTURE PERIOD DANA = BEAST
Dana knows Vince is a master at dominating his whole sport. So it doesn't surprise me that Dana went to Vince for some advice. Dana is a master himself for make the UFC rise to the top and completely destroying all the other companies. Vince did the same thing during the WWF's rise to power. This is why they respect each other greatly.
Ariel Helwani may be the only real Reporter. He's Smart, He's Well Spoken, He's has great questions and always pushes the anwswers in the most respectful way. I SALUTE YOU SIR.
You gotta pay some respect to the camera man though haha, love when he pulls in at 5:54 and puts the pressure on Dana, got Dana stuttering & uncomfy as he was obviously caught off guard with alistair's comments, and you can tell he was hiding something that happened.
oh lol......i read the title as Allistair Overeem Meeting with Vince Mcmahon lol.....i knew nothing would happen...but i was still alot more excited until it just ended and i realized i was wrong lol
This sums it up - Dana just sings Silva's praises for his achievements - then Helwani points out Siva's base wage was $129K when you consider that a fighter typicaly trains for about 3 months for a fight - with all the trainers/training fee's medicals etc etc - that is nothing for all the blood sweat and tears.
Machida didn't want "Anderson Silva money." He wanted 200k. Anderson makes 200k base, but he also makes PPV cut and likely locker-room bonuses from Dana for a good performance. The bulk of Anderson's purse comes from the PPV cut. Machida is NOT asking for PPV cut... just the 200k. Dana completely got this wrong.. and is only making it worse by claiming Machida is disrespecting Anderson. They are very close friends, I doubt Anderson feels disrespected at all with Machida. Get a clue Dana.
Hey Ariel, you should get a pulse on Batista to see if he's still trying to become an MMA fighter. A guy of his size would be very interesting to watch doing his thing in the octagon(Hopefully, not getting killed).
lol funny how in retrospect Gustaffson now is 10x a bigger draw than Franklin. Not to disrespect him, because of course in 2011 things were much different.
Dana and Vince have a great respect for each other because they are of the same breed of business man. Ruthless. Triple H's comments recently was such a dumb move and out of respect for Vince, All Dana had to say about it was "It seems his father in law is finally letting him talk in public. He'll learn soon not to say stupid shit like that". Instead of bashing the WWE he just gave a jab at Triple H. I think one day we'll see the UFC and WWE working together in some form.
DANA WHITE U R THE MAN. THANKS 4 ENTERTAINING US AND FOR BEING SUCH A DOWN TO EARTH COOL GUY. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. WE GOT YOUR BACK HERE DOWN UNDER. HOPE U BRING MORE HARDCORE FIGHT CARDS DOWN UNDER.
You're probably right. While Dana White respects Vince and the WWE, he does not want to work with the WWE. There has been a chance recently with Brock Lesnar coming back to the WWE and Dana turned it down. He wants to keep UFC as a completely separate entity since they are both entirely two different forms of entertainment.
@BrothaSin07 he defeated nogueira in his prime, crocop in his prime, arlovski in his prime, mark coleman in his prime, ricardo arona , babalu sobral i mean those guys were the very best at that time...
I have a love hate relationship with Dana. At first I liked him then started to hate him and now I am starting to really like him lol. THANK YOU DANA FOR UFC 137!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@Garuda1337 dude, they didnt offer him fighting Machida again, they offered him that sweedish guy and he said 'no' because he wants to fight top notch guys like Machida.
it would be CRAZZZZYYYY if somehow tito ortiz beats rashad ,gets who ever loses from rampage and jones beats one of em gets a title shot and defends the title at least once !!!!
Seems relevant to point out that Tito already makes more than double what Machida makes. This interview suggests Machida was the greedy one, but if comparing him to Anderson Silva is relevant, why does Dana not have a problem giving Tito Ortiz "Anderson Silva" money? In fact, Ortiz makes what Machida and A. Silva make combined per fight. Why is that fair?
@bosnianpro1 then why did you say and i quote "jones would of kicked his ass" implying that they were to fight, if you meant if he were to fight jones then why didn't you say that in the first place. Kind of misleading..
@BarackMcBush Its not actually a rule. Its just something he says to make the fighters fight hard. The bottom line is if the fighter has a lot of fans and puts on exciting fights he'll stay. This is a smart move by Dana. Look how well it worked on Tito.
I wonder what him and Vince McMahon were talkin about. I always thought somethin cool could happen if the two of them were able to work together on a side project.
@theEdinero That is mostly true. But this doesn't really answer the question of why Anderson Silva doesn't get Tito Ortiz money. A. Silva hasn't lost a fight since 2006, Tito has won only ONE fight since 2006. If Machida didn't get the fight because he isn't worth A. Silva money, it doesn't make sense to give the fight to somebody who is asking for more than double that amount. Either way, its a decent matchup, Rashad hasn't fought in a long time, and last time Rashad & Tito met it was a draw.
Gustaffson's 11-1. His only loss was to Phil Davis, and Davis was about to fight Rashad. Rich Franklin needs to get off that pedestal he's on and take any fight he can get because he's not gonna beat the Anderson Silva's and Jon Jones' of the world... Tito could make this fight interesting vs. Rashad if he fights like he did vs. Bader... "Bigfoot" Silva is so much bigger than Overeem's replacement, Cormier. Overeem pulling out is pretty much a green flag for Silva to advance to the finals.
Ariel: "Hey Dana, can I stay in your hotel room for a while?" Dana: "Sure buddy, just watch the teeth this time, ok? And turn that camera off, I got enough haters as it is."
@spaniardmale77 I'm aware Anderson gets some sort of PPV bonus in addition to his fight purse, which is why he usually doesn't get a win bonus. I haven't been able to find specifics on what this deal is, only wild speculation. Where did you find the figures? I'd love to see them for myself. Thanks bud. "Only based salary" for Tito is 450,000. How nice of him to give away his ppv revenue, what a guy. Anyway, details aside, Rashad/Tito seems a great matchup, hard to call who wins.
@TheDubeo Thats cool, sorry didnt read all your comments to see your overall point...I certainly dont hate any fighter period and never judge based on culture...I put "Jap" so I can squeeze in the reply..and some japanese fighters were or are good no question but most of the ones 185 and up were not good..One guy Ive always respected was Sakuraba, he is a legend foresure. Most fans judge on records and that was my point really not saying they didnt fight anyone good.
but Brock already returned to the WWE and then left(but him leaving may be kayfabe) but there's some rumors he might return to the UFC since he was on UFC 146 i think he was there to see either frank mir getting his ass kicked or maybe to see what challenge he would have in case he actually got to fight JDS
@ThatKidMTL23 Pride may have had big events as far as attendance, but they never came close in PPV buys which is where the company makes most of the money...The only guy who got more in strikeforce was Hendo..Diaz will be making the same if not more in the UFC...Saying Anderson is the only guy getting paid what he's worth tells me you know nothing..GSP-2.6 mil last fight..Lesnar-5.4 mil last 2...Couture-12mill last 4..Chuck-17 mil last 4..forget fight purse..ppv bonus covers most of that.
@piratebri Dana said that they did not come back with we want a little more of this, or some of that, or some more money to do this bc its short notice...they directly said... "WE WANT ANDERSON SILVA money" after they agreed to it 4 days before. And if u are confused, machida has also acknowledge that they directly came out and asked for anderson silva money. Meaning that they tried a big time negotiating ploy bc they thought they had Dana at a bad spot. They did not say, double our salary etc.
@DXpac20 Good observation. To be honest I said it because of people saying that Silva was getting his ass whooped when Chael did nothing the whole fight than wrestle.
@theEdinero Indeed. He should be, but meh, I guess it does boil down to the fighter's management's negotiating skills more than the fighter's fight skills in the big picture. Oh well, I guess that's really between Zuffa, Machida, Ortiz & A.Silva. I'm still stoked to see Ortiz fight Rashad, should be a good scrap.
overeem would not do good in boxing at his weight class, but i dont know why dana would mention overeem vs werdum, of course his hands don't look that good when hes constantly worried about being taken down, and thats why his takedown defense was awsome that night and his hands didn't look to good, dana would be better off mentioning overeems cardio/chin in question
Tito took the fight so he could have a convenient excuse for when he loses. Guaranteed he says: "I came into this fight with no break and didn't have a full camp, injury, blah, blah, blah" when he loses.
@dukeslaps Good point but I still think he's partly right. Those moments when Werdum did stand up, he had a few moments when he was actually winning exchanges. Sure, he'd pull guard right away, but even those few seconds where he was winning or at least hanging in there, he made Overeem look bad. Either way though, Overeem should not become a boxer.
@ThePostPwner because Machida said he ain't fighting because it was a lot of risk and such a short time for preparation such as Dana wanted him to move to the US right away but his training partners didn't have Visa etc
rich franklin: fuck that dana, i wanna fight the best...!!! dana white: ok rich, i under stand. i'll call anderson silva right away... rich franklin: fuck you dana...i retire...
I hope shogun beats forrest and we have a shogun vs machida 3 OMG i think shogun will make machida think if he needs anderson money or not after that fight
@TheJonBlank hahaha. Please What the Serra fight did to GSP is make him a more tactical (safer) fighter. Respect is important. Kinda like the respect that Dos Santos showed Carwin. He def stuck to his game plan there. But until someone shows that they can handle Jon Jones' unpredictable fighting style, the way he uses his reach, his athleticism, and his wrestling he doesn't need to lose to be a better fighter. He rises to challenges. His fight with Shogun was his best performance
Maybe alot of the fans will now finally realize these fighters (especially top guys) make way more money than thier fight purse...Silva and Machida are about 150 k apart in fight purse but ppv bonus they are probably miles apart and the real reason is Anderson is making alot more money is cause he's a much bigger draw. Its not based on accomplishments cause Brock is the highest paid mma fighter.
They seem so friendly...feels like a lifetime ago
I think it's awesome that a fighter's standing in the UFC is related to Dana White's relationship with them. Fairest thing ever.
13:37 minutes OMG!!! What a great interviewer he is. Taking every dime and thought out of Dana white like a true champ! go hawani!!
I USED TO BE THE BIGGEST WWF FAN EVER,,,,VINCE I THOUGHT BACK THEN WAS THE BIGGEST BUSINESS MAN...I MOVED ON TO UFC GETTING OLDER THEN 13 YRS OLD LIKING TO FIGHT EACH OTHER IN SCHOOLS U KNOW...EVERYONE DOES IT NOW A DAYS...BUT IN OUR DAY GROWING UP IN THE 90S WHEN THE MMA SPORT REALLY CAME TO LIGHT....WAS ONE OF THE BEST TIMES OF THE FIGHTS OF ALL TIME....LISTEN U KNOW WE'VE ALL SEEN UFC FIGHTS ALONE THAT PUT SOME OF THE BIGGEST BOXING LEGEND FIGHTS EVER....UFC IS THE FUTURE PERIOD DANA = BEAST
man i love these dana white interviews - so much good info.
Klitchkos are cure for insomnia?! Hahahahaha Great stuff!
Top right corner 2:30
hey bro do u remember making this comment?
Dana knows Vince is a master at dominating his whole sport. So it doesn't surprise me that Dana went to Vince for some advice. Dana is a master himself for make the UFC rise to the top and completely destroying all the other companies. Vince did the same thing during the WWF's rise to power. This is why they respect each other greatly.
Ariel Helwani may be the only real Reporter. He's Smart, He's Well Spoken, He's has great questions and always pushes the anwswers in the most respectful way.
I SALUTE YOU SIR.
I love the way Dana says he hurt his toe at 6:15
Thank you dana white Boxing & MMA, two different sports. Boxing Bout: MMA fighter vs Boxer, Winner Boxer. MMA bout: Randy vs Toney, Winner Randy
You gotta pay some respect to the camera man though haha, love when he pulls in at 5:54 and puts the pressure on Dana, got Dana stuttering & uncomfy as he was obviously caught off guard with alistair's comments, and you can tell he was hiding something that happened.
Dana is the man.
Hurry up and get Overeem into the UFC already, we all want to see it!
Gustafsson vs rich Franklin wow that would have been an interesting match up.
oh lol......i read the title as Allistair Overeem Meeting with Vince Mcmahon lol.....i knew nothing would happen...but i was still alot more excited until it just ended and i realized i was wrong lol
Looking back over 10 years, what an interesting fight Rich Franklin vs Gus would’ve been….
This sums it up - Dana just sings Silva's praises for his achievements - then Helwani points out Siva's base wage was $129K when you consider that a fighter typicaly trains for about 3 months for a fight - with all the trainers/training fee's medicals etc etc - that is nothing for all the blood sweat and tears.
Machida didn't want "Anderson Silva money." He wanted 200k. Anderson makes 200k base, but he also makes PPV cut and likely locker-room bonuses from Dana for a good performance. The bulk of Anderson's purse comes from the PPV cut. Machida is NOT asking for PPV cut... just the 200k. Dana completely got this wrong.. and is only making it worse by claiming Machida is disrespecting Anderson. They are very close friends, I doubt Anderson feels disrespected at all with Machida. Get a clue Dana.
Hey Ariel, you should get a pulse on Batista to see if he's still trying to become an MMA fighter. A guy of his size would be very interesting to watch doing his thing in the octagon(Hopefully, not getting killed).
Ariel Helwani is such a good interviewer. Love his style.
lol funny how in retrospect Gustaffson now is 10x a bigger draw than Franklin. Not to disrespect him, because of course in 2011 things were much different.
Dana and Vince have a great respect for each other because they are of the same breed of business man. Ruthless. Triple H's comments recently was such a dumb move and out of respect for Vince, All Dana had to say about it was "It seems his father in law is finally letting him talk in public. He'll learn soon not to say stupid shit like that". Instead of bashing the WWE he just gave a jab at Triple H. I think one day we'll see the UFC and WWE working together in some form.
"Listen" - Dana White
Damn I wish I coulda been a fly on the wall in Mcmahons office with Dana, I wanna know what they were talking about.
i like dana, he shoots straight, does not play politics
DANA WHITE U R THE MAN. THANKS 4 ENTERTAINING US AND FOR BEING SUCH A DOWN TO EARTH COOL GUY. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. WE GOT YOUR BACK HERE DOWN UNDER. HOPE U BRING MORE HARDCORE FIGHT CARDS DOWN UNDER.
You're probably right. While Dana White respects Vince and the WWE, he does not want to work with the WWE. There has been a chance recently with Brock Lesnar coming back to the WWE and Dana turned it down. He wants to keep UFC as a completely separate entity since they are both entirely two different forms of entertainment.
So true what Dana say's about the 'Anderson Silva Money' situation.
@BrothaSin07 he defeated nogueira in his prime, crocop in his prime, arlovski in his prime, mark coleman in his prime, ricardo arona , babalu sobral i mean those guys were the very best at that time...
GO GSP.. GO CANADA GO!!. MAKE US CANADIANS PROUD GSP IN OCTOBER!!!
I have a love hate relationship with Dana. At first I liked him then started to hate him and now I am starting to really like him lol. THANK YOU DANA FOR UFC 137!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@Garuda1337 dude, they didnt offer him fighting Machida again, they offered him that sweedish guy and he said 'no' because he wants to fight top notch guys like Machida.
I Respect Dana So Much He Says It How It Is No Bullshit He Says Whatever He Feels Like Saying .... Top Man!!!!
awesome interview
looking forward to seeing Ebersole fight again!!
[most famous quote]..........." we'll see what happens " - dana white
it would be CRAZZZZYYYY if somehow tito ortiz beats rashad ,gets who ever loses from rampage and jones beats one of em gets a title shot and defends the title at least once !!!!
Seems relevant to point out that Tito already makes more than double what Machida makes. This interview suggests Machida was the greedy one, but if comparing him to Anderson Silva is relevant, why does Dana not have a problem giving Tito Ortiz "Anderson Silva" money? In fact, Ortiz makes what Machida and A. Silva make combined per fight. Why is that fair?
not afraid to ask the tough questions either!
man that sucks that thiago silva is suspended, cause he would of been a great fill in for franklin
Ariel Helwani - best MMA interviewer around PERIOD.
@bosnianpro1 then why did you say and i quote "jones would of kicked his ass" implying that they were to fight, if you meant if he were to fight jones then why didn't you say that in the first place. Kind of misleading..
@JKCNinety have silva and gsp fought???
@BarackMcBush Its not actually a rule. Its just something he says to make the fighters fight hard. The bottom line is if the fighter has a lot of fans and puts on exciting fights he'll stay. This is a smart move by Dana. Look how well it worked on Tito.
Dana and Vince talked about Pleasure...hahaha
I wonder what him and Vince McMahon were talkin about. I always thought somethin cool could happen if the two of them were able to work together on a side project.
Ariel always got the great interviews!!
Dana: it was like looking into a mirror!!!! when meeting vince my idol!!!!! i also wanna be just like him!!!!!!!
I bet Skippy flashed into Dana's mind when asked about Philly, haha
anderson silva and fedor are basically in the same weight class
@theEdinero That is mostly true. But this doesn't really answer the question of why Anderson Silva doesn't get Tito Ortiz money. A. Silva hasn't lost a fight since 2006, Tito has won only ONE fight since 2006.
If Machida didn't get the fight because he isn't worth A. Silva money, it doesn't make sense to give the fight to somebody who is asking for more than double that amount. Either way, its a decent matchup, Rashad hasn't fought in a long time, and last time Rashad & Tito met it was a draw.
The UFC should sign hector lombard.
rogerio nogueira vs. rich franklin would be a good fight.
Gustaffson's 11-1. His only loss was to Phil Davis, and Davis was about to fight Rashad. Rich Franklin needs to get off that pedestal he's on and take any fight he can get because he's not gonna beat the Anderson Silva's and Jon Jones' of the world... Tito could make this fight interesting vs. Rashad if he fights like he did vs. Bader... "Bigfoot" Silva is so much bigger than Overeem's replacement, Cormier. Overeem pulling out is pretty much a green flag for Silva to advance to the finals.
ariel is the best interviewer ever!
Ariel: "Hey Dana, can I stay in your hotel room for a while?"
Dana: "Sure buddy, just watch the teeth this time, ok? And turn that camera off, I got enough haters as it is."
@wildwolves8 he's in the conversation for sure. hasn't had a real loss in 7 years and is the longest reigning champ in UFC history
Rich Franklin vs. Phil Davis? Thumbs up if it would be a good match up.
@spaniardmale77 I'm aware Anderson gets some sort of PPV bonus in addition to his fight purse, which is why he usually doesn't get a win bonus. I haven't been able to find specifics on what this deal is, only wild speculation. Where did you find the figures? I'd love to see them for myself. Thanks bud.
"Only based salary" for Tito is 450,000. How nice of him to give away his ppv revenue, what a guy.
Anyway, details aside, Rashad/Tito seems a great matchup, hard to call who wins.
i want to see carlos condit vs urijah faber
Ariel why are u cutting out the volume on cussing? It's as REAL AS IT GETS.
Hughes vs. Sanchez... wow
@TheDubeo Thats cool, sorry didnt read all your comments to see your overall point...I certainly dont hate any fighter period and never judge based on culture...I put "Jap" so I can squeeze in the reply..and some japanese fighters were or are good no question but most of the ones 185 and up were not good..One guy Ive always respected was Sakuraba, he is a legend foresure. Most fans judge on records and that was my point really not saying they didnt fight anyone good.
but Brock already returned to the WWE and then left(but him leaving may be kayfabe) but there's some rumors he might return to the UFC since he was on UFC 146 i think he was there to see either frank mir getting his ass kicked or maybe to see what challenge he would have in case he actually got to fight JDS
@ThatKidMTL23 Pride may have had big events as far as attendance, but they never came close in PPV buys which is where the company makes most of the money...The only guy who got more in strikeforce was Hendo..Diaz will be making the same if not more in the UFC...Saying Anderson is the only guy getting paid what he's worth tells me you know nothing..GSP-2.6 mil last fight..Lesnar-5.4 mil last 2...Couture-12mill last 4..Chuck-17 mil last 4..forget fight purse..ppv bonus covers most of that.
@piratebri Dana said that they did not come back with we want a little more of this, or some of that, or some more money to do this bc its short notice...they directly said... "WE WANT ANDERSON SILVA money" after they agreed to it 4 days before. And if u are confused, machida has also acknowledge that they directly came out and asked for anderson silva money. Meaning that they tried a big time negotiating ploy bc they thought they had Dana at a bad spot. They did not say, double our salary etc.
@thetruthis9 I literally laughed out loud at this one! My coworkers are looking at me like I shot the sheriff!
please put tito ortiz vs. chael sonnen(move up to 205)
i more interested in their shit talking to each other...
Put Rich on the UFC 138 card!
@DXpac20 Good observation. To be honest I said it because of people saying that Silva was getting his ass whooped when Chael did nothing the whole fight than wrestle.
Lets root Tito back into title contention.
10 years later >
the nemesis
@DgraymanKicksAss not really because you said that they use razor blades, and i said that it's not 1985 anymore. when they bleed it's REAL blood.
Why didnt rich want to fight Gustaffson. That fight is better than Gustaffson vs Hamill. I cant believe rich turned down that fight.
Jones is not cocky at all, just knows he is good, whats wrong with that?
@theEdinero Indeed. He should be, but meh, I guess it does boil down to the fighter's management's negotiating skills more than the fighter's fight skills in the big picture. Oh well, I guess that's really between Zuffa, Machida, Ortiz & A.Silva. I'm still stoked to see Ortiz fight Rashad, should be a good scrap.
overeem would not do good in boxing at his weight class, but i dont know why dana would mention overeem vs werdum, of course his hands don't look that good when hes constantly worried about being taken down, and thats why his takedown defense was awsome that night and his hands didn't look to good, dana would be better off mentioning overeems cardio/chin in question
Ariel looking sharp, keep the beard
Tito took the fight so he could have a convenient excuse for when he loses.
Guaranteed he says: "I came into this fight with no break and didn't have a full camp, injury, blah, blah, blah" when he loses.
Ariel should plunder the mini bar
@dangflo
Good point.
I only wonder now why he would show that he pays Tito more than Silva.
@dukeslaps Good point but I still think he's partly right. Those moments when Werdum did stand up, he had a few moments when he was actually winning exchanges. Sure, he'd pull guard right away, but even those few seconds where he was winning or at least hanging in there, he made Overeem look bad. Either way though, Overeem should not become a boxer.
Ariel good job dude! Keep up the good work! GO RAMPAGE!
Dana White for president!!!
lol the cure to insomnia
@ThePostPwner because Machida said he ain't fighting because it was a lot of risk and such a short time for preparation such as Dana wanted him to move to the US right away but his training partners didn't have Visa etc
Rich Franklin vs Shogun Rua
Helwani is an Arlovski Fan.
GR8 INTERVIEW
soon vince mcman will be running the UFC...cant wait! i love the WWE.
How soon?
Will Jason "Mayhem" Miller be in UFC Undisputed 3?
rich franklin: fuck that dana, i wanna fight the best...!!!
dana white: ok rich, i under stand. i'll call anderson silva right away...
rich franklin: fuck you dana...i retire...
@TheDubeo While I agree with you to an extent, Overeem would not stand a chance against either of the Kiltchkos or Haye for that matter.
I hope shogun beats forrest and we have a shogun vs machida 3 OMG i think shogun will make machida think if he needs anderson money or not after that fight
nice video length. leet!
vince owns this man.
@TheJonBlank hahaha. Please What the Serra fight did to GSP is make him a more tactical (safer) fighter. Respect is important. Kinda like the respect that Dos Santos showed Carwin. He def stuck to his game plan there. But until someone shows that they can handle Jon Jones' unpredictable fighting style, the way he uses his reach, his athleticism, and his wrestling he doesn't need to lose to be a better fighter. He rises to challenges. His fight with Shogun was his best performance
Ariel Helwani, Dana White's press drone.
Maybe alot of the fans will now finally realize these fighters (especially top guys) make way more money than thier fight purse...Silva and Machida are about 150 k apart in fight purse but ppv bonus they are probably miles apart and the real reason is Anderson is making alot more money is cause he's a much bigger draw. Its not based on accomplishments cause Brock is the highest paid mma fighter.