How to make money from fights without rules. Everyone is fighting. An excursion into history: an illegal boxing match of champions without gloves

• COMPETITIONS
• FIGHTERS
• MIXED MARTIAL ARTS

This article is devoted to safety during competitions in mixed martial arts. It outlines the main points related to the organization and participation in mixed martial arts competitions at various levels.

• Organization of safety measures during athletics competitions
• The influence of sambo wrestling on the training of employees of the State Fire Service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia

"Mixed Martial arts"(eng. MMA - Mixed Martial Arts) is a type of contact combat sport that uses various striking and wrestling techniques. MMA fights are fought both standing and on the ground (ground). MMA used to be called “fighting without rules”, but this term is outdated, since in martial arts there are rules and regulations that ensure the safety of fighters.

The history of mixed martial arts

The first “fights without rules” or pankration were carried out in the ancient world, in Ancient Greece on Olympic Games, representing a fight where it was possible to deliver various kicks and punches, hold grabs and throws, and perform choking techniques.

Figure 1. Pankration

Already at the end of the nineteenth century, battles could be observed all over the world that took place between representatives various types martial arts At the beginning of the twentieth century, the Gracie family, known throughout the world of mixed martial arts, organized mixed-style fights called the “Gracie Challenge”. Gracie offered anyone who wanted to fight with their fighter, thus they proved to everyone that Brazilian jiu-jitsu is the champion among all world martial arts.

In the second half of the twentieth century, a mixture of different styles was promoted by the famous actor and fighter Bruce Lee, who many years later, the president of the UFC organization for ultimate fighting, Dana White, would call “the father of all mixed martial arts.”

Bruce Lee has repeatedly argued that the best fighter is the one who combines different styles when fighting with an opponent, can freely deliver powerful punches and kicks, has wrestling skills, and representatives of only one type of martial arts, such as boxing, wrestling , karate and others, will be less dangerous, since they are specialists in only one direction.

In the 70s, Japanese Kanji Inoki fought mixed martial arts in his country. The most difficult opponent for him was legendary boxer Mohammed Ali. Inoki's fights interested his friend Satoru Sayama so much that he decided to unite mixed martial arts fighters in the world's first organization, called Shotoo.

Mixed martial arts in the form in which we now see them arose in 1993, when the first fights were organized by the UFC organization. These fights were called “fights without rules”, the fighters entered the octagon to fight without any equipment, protection of arms, legs, head, then there were no restrictions on time and rounds, the fight lasted until a knockout or until the opponent surrendered.

A significant step towards the formation of MMA as an independent sport was made in 2000, when all the basic rules were formulated, which all MMA promotions are guided by today.

The first Russian representative and champion of the UFC was Oleg Taktarov, nicknamed “Russian Bear”.

The President of the MMA Union of Russia today is a multiple world and Russian champion in mixed martial arts and combat sambo Fedor Emelianenko.

Drawing. 2. Russian MMA Union

Fighting tactics have also undergone significant changes: previously fighters entered the ring to prove that their style is the best, now fighters are trying to develop all skills at the same time, to be ready to take the fight, both standing and on the ground.

The place and significance of mixed martial arts in the system of physical education

Mixed martial arts classes improve the impact on the physical and emotional state of the athlete: he develops agility, strength, increases endurance, and the body becomes more flexible. According to medical research, mixed martial arts improves the condition of the circulatory and respiratory systems, engages all human muscles, and accelerates the metabolic process in cells. It follows from this that MMA (mixed martial arts) classes are beneficial for all citizens age categories, since constant training will have effective impact to preserve human health and capacity. Unfortunately, cruelty and violence are the most common phenomena today. Almost all schools of mixed martial arts have their own methods of self-defense; mastering them, a person develops confidence in himself and his abilities, his self-esteem increases, and, consequently, a favorable situation is created for the mental and emotional comfort of the individual. Mixed martial arts classes not only train the body, but also help to gain control over one’s weaknesses, forget about aggression, cultivate fortitude, and learn to live in harmony with oneself. People leave the hall less embittered, leaving their aggression and anger there.

Competition planning

Preparations for mixed martial arts competitions begin well in advance of the event with the preparation of calendar plan competitions and competition regulations. The ideal holding of mixed martial arts competitions largely depends on the timely and high-quality preparation of these documents.

The competition calendar is drawn up by the organization responsible for the competition and in accordance with the following features:

1. The gender of the participants, their age group and athlete qualifications.
2. The number of competitions over the entire period of their holding.
3. Competitions will be held at the same time as last year.

Preparation for the competition

Preparations for mixed martial arts competitions begin long before they begin. Not only the organization responsible for conducting them is involved, but also a panel of judges, a physical education organization, and a mixed martial arts federation. When holding large-scale competitions, an organizing committee is created depending on the size of the competition.

The organizing committee creates credentials commission and a panel of judges.

At the competition site, it is necessary to provide rooms for changing clothes for participants, panel of judges and separately for the competition doctor, for the buffets serving participants, spectators and judges. Provide a room for storing clothes (wardrobe), a sufficient number of washbasins and toilets, etc.

Required condition is the presence of a doctor at competitions; this is necessary for medical examination of competition participants and constant monitoring throughout the competition.

Depending on the level of competition, athletes are tested for the use of prohibited drugs (doping testing).

It is also necessary to organize public order and ensure the safety of participants and spectators of the competition.

Logistics support for competitions

According to the rules of MMA competitions, fights take place in the ring or in an octagonal cage (octagon).

The ring (arena) is equipped with stretched ropes made of soft material. The floor should extend beyond the ropes by 45 cm. Gymnastic mats with a thickness of at least 3 cm are laid on the floor. The platform rises 12 cm above the floor level. On each side of the ring there must be five rows of ropes with a diameter of at least 3 cm, covered with soft material. The distance from the ring surface to the bottom rope is 36 cm. There should be no foreign objects in the ring.

Equipment and protective accessories for fighters:

1. Boxer briefs (shorts).
2. Special gloves with open fingers (such half-gloves allow fighters to box and perform various techniques) to protect their fists.
3. Mouthguard to protect teeth.
4. Groin shell (worn under shorts) to protect the groin.
5. Protective shin guards to protect the shin and foot during impact.

Drawing. 4. MMA competitions

Participation in competitions

Competitions are held in sports facilities, meeting the requirements of the relevant regulatory legal acts in force in the territory Russian Federation and aimed at ensuring public order and the safety of participants and spectators, as well as in the presence of acts of readiness of the sports facility to host competitions, approved in the prescribed manner.

Participation in competitions is carried out only if there is an agreement (original) on life and health insurance against accidents for the participant in the competition, which is submitted to the credentials committee for each fighter. Insurance can be provided at the expense of budgetary and extra-budgetary funds, in accordance with the current legislation of the Russian Federation.

The provision of emergency medical care is carried out in accordance with the order of the Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation dated 08/09/2010 No. 613n “On approval of the procedure for providing medical care during physical education and sports events.”

Mandatory doping control for sports competitions is carried out in compliance with the requirements of the international standard for testing of competition participants, determined by the international anti-doping organization and recognized by the International Olympic Committee.

Each participant in the competition must have a valid medical permit from a sports dispensary or a one-time medical certificate for participation in competitions, which are the basis for admission to sports competitions.

Bandaging of hands and shins, except as permitted by the tournament organizing committee, is prohibited.

It is prohibited to apply any oils or creams to the body.

Fingernails and toenails should be trimmed short.

Bibliography

1. Order of the Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation dated 08/09/2010 No. 613n “On approval of the procedure for providing medical care during physical education and sports events.”
2. Full Contact Fighter August 2001 News Archives/ Fcfighter.com – FULL CONTACT FIGHTER website.
3. http://tigrismma.ru/cto-takoe-mma/ - website of the mixed martial arts club. Member of the Moscow MMA Federation.
4. http://www.mixfight.ru – mixed martial arts website
5. http://unionmma.ru – website of the Russian MMA Union.
6. https://www/sports.ru/tribuna/blogs/m... – website of the flagship project of the digital sports publishing house Tribuna Digital.

Requirements for the ring or arena; use of video screens

1. According to the rules of MMA, mixed martial arts competitions or exhibitions may be held in a ring or arena.
2. According to MMA rules, a ring used for mixed martial arts competitions or exhibitions must meet the following requirements:
3. The area of ​​the ring, bounded by ropes, must be no less than a 20-foot square and no more than a 32-foot square, according to inside ropes;
1. The floor of the ring must extend beyond the ropes at least 18 inches on each side. The ring floor must be covered with Ensolite foam or other similar closed cell foam. The minimum thickness of the foam layer is 1 inch. The flooring must extend beyond the ring ropes and beyond the edges of the area. A covering made of tarpaulin, strong canvas or other suitable material should be stretched tightly over it and secured with cords. Do not use material that bunches or folds.
2. The ring platform must not be more than 4 feet above the floor and must be equipped with special ladders used by the fighters.
3. The side posts of the ring must be made of metal with a diameter of no more than 3 inches, the height of the posts above the surface of the ring is a minimum of 58 inches. The side posts must be protected by a special coating approved by the Athletic Commission. The side posts of the ring must be positioned a minimum of 18 inches from the ring ropes.
4. On each side of the ring there must be five rows of ropes, at least 1 inch in diameter, covered with soft material. The distance from the ring surface to the bottom rope is 12 inches.
5. There should be no foreign objects on the surface of the ring.
4. According to MMA rules, an arena used for mixed martial arts competitions or exhibitions must meet the following requirements:
1. The arena must be circular or have at least six equal sides. The width of the arena must be no less than 20 feet and no more than 32 feet.
2. The arena floor must be decked with Ensolite foam or other similar closed cell foam, with a minimum foam thickness of 1 inch. A covering made of tarpaulin, strong canvas or other suitable material should be stretched tightly over the flooring and secured with cords. Do not use material that bunches or folds.
3. The arena area must not be more than 4 feet above floor level and must be equipped with special ladders for use by the fighters.
4. Fencing posts must be made of metal with a diameter of no more than 6 inches, and the height of the posts above the arena surface is 5-7 feet. Fence posts must be protected with a special coating approved by the Commission.
5. The arena fencing used must be made of a material that prevents fighters from falling outside the arena, onto the floor below the arena, or onto spectators, such as vinyl covered chicken wire fencing.
6. Metal parts of the arena must be protected with special coatings approved by the Athletic Commission and must not be dangerous for fighters.
7. The arena must have two entrances.
8. The fence surrounding the arena in which the competition is to be held must be free of foreign objects.
5. The organizer of mixed martial arts competitions or exhibitions must equip the fighting venue with at least two video screens that allow the events in the ring or arena to be monitored.

Duration of the fight

MMA rules stipulate the following duration of fights:

1. "Non-championship" mixed martial arts competitions and exhibitions last no more than three rounds.
2. Championship (title) mixed martial arts competitions, other mixed martial arts competitions or exhibitions considered by the supervisory authorities as a special event, last no more than five rounds.
3. The duration of a round at mixed martial arts competitions or exhibitions should not exceed 5 minutes. The rest period between rounds in mixed martial arts competitions or exhibitions is 1 minute.

(came into force on August 31, 2001; amended on October 27, 2009)

MMA rules regulate the division of athletes into the following weight categories:

Existing weight categories athletes participating in mixed martial arts competitions or exhibitions and the weights for each category are listed below:

Flyweight
Flyweight up to 125 lbs.

Bantamweight
Bantamweight 125 to 135 pounds

Feather-weight
Featherweight 135 to 145 pounds

A light weight
Lightweight 145 to 155 pounds

Welterweight
Welterweight 155 to 170 pounds

Average weight
Middleweight 170 to 185 pounds

Light Heavyweight
Light Heavyweight 185 to 205 pounds

Heavy weight
Heavyweight 205 to 265 pounds

Super Heavyweight
Super Heavyweight over 265 pounds

Note. Some MMA organizations do not have weight classes under 145 pounds or over 265 pounds.

1. After the official pre-competition weigh-in, in the event of an overweight, the weight lost by athletes participating in a mixed martial arts competition or exhibition must not exceed 2 pounds.
2. The weight loss specified in the previous paragraph must occur no later than an hour after the initial weighing.

(came into force on August 31, 2001; amended on December 4, 2007)

Athletes' clothing

Athletes taking part in competitions or exhibition performances:

1. Must wear MMA approved shorts
2. During the competition, participants must not wear shoes or other materials covering their feet.

(came into force on August 31, 2001)

Judging methodology

1. According to the rules of MMA, each judge of a mixed martial arts competition or exhibition must evaluate the competition or exhibition and determine the winner using the following system:
1. The best fighter of the round receives 10 points, and his opponent receives correspondingly less.
2. If the round was equal, each fighter receives 10 points.
3. Fractional points cannot be awarded.
4. Points for each round are awarded immediately after the end of the round.
2. After the end of the competition or exhibition performance, the commentator takes the cards with the points assigned by the judges from the table of the Athletic Commission.
3. The decision is made by a majority vote. If a majority is not reached, a draw is awarded.
4. After the panel representative has verified the scores, he or she communicates the decision to the commentator. The commentator communicates the decision to the audience through the speaker system.

(came into force on August 31, 2001)

Violation of MMA rules (fouls): points deducted

1. 1. If an athlete, during a mixed martial arts competition or exhibition, violates the rules of his or her opponent, the referee may punish him or her by deducting his or her points, regardless of whether the violation was intentional or not. Unless otherwise stated, the referee may determine the number of points to be deducted on a case-by-case basis, taking into account the severity of the offense and the degree of damage caused to the opponent.
2. 2. If the referee decides that a point or points must be deducted due to a rule violation, he or she must inform the offender of the penalty imposed.
3. 3. As soon as possible after a violation of the rules, the referee must inform the judges and both athletes the number of points to be deducted from the offender’s account.
4. 4. The point or points deducted for a violation are deducted in the round in which the violation occurred and cannot be deducted in subsequent rounds.

(came into force on August 31, 2001; amended on December 3, 2003)

Violation of MMA rules: unintentional

1. If a martial arts competition or exhibition is stopped because the rules were unintentionally broken, the referee will determine whether the athlete who was violated may continue to compete. If, as a result of the infraction, the athlete's chances of winning were not seriously jeopardized and if the infraction did not involve a blow to the head of the offended athlete, the referee may order the competition or exhibition to continue after a recovery pause of not more than 5 minutes. Immediately after the athletes have dispersed, the referee must inform the Commission representative whether the violation was unintentional.
2. If the referee determines that a mixed martial arts competition or exhibition cannot continue due to an injury resulting from an unintentional violation of the MMA rules, the competition or exhibition will be declared a no contest if the rule violation occurs:
1. During the first two rounds of a competition or exhibition consisting of three or fewer rounds; or
2. During the first three rounds of a competition or exhibition consisting of more than three rounds.
3. If, due to an unintentional violation of the rules, the athlete cannot continue to participate in competitions or exhibition performances after:
1. completion of the second round of a competition or exhibition consisting of three or fewer rounds; or
2. At the end of the third round of competitions or exhibitions consisting of more than three rounds, the outcome of the bout is determined by scoring the completed rounds and the round during which the referee stopped the competition or exhibition.
4. If, subsequently, as a result of a legal blow, the injury resulting from the violation of the rules is aggravated, and the referee stops the competition or exhibition, the outcome of the match will be determined by counting the points for the completed rounds and the round in which the referee stopped the competition or exhibition.

(came into force on 08/31/2001; 12/03/2003; 12/04/2007)

Match outcome

According to MMA rules, mixed martial arts competitions can end as follows:

1. Voluntary surrender:
1. Physical submission (tapping the opponent's body or floor).
2. Verbal surrender.
2. Knockout (KO): as a result of a legal blow, the athlete is unconscious and cannot continue the fight.
3. Technical knockout (TKO):
1. The referee stops the fight.
2. The doctor stops the fight.
3. The fighter's seconds (corner) stop the fight.
4. Decision based on scoring, in particular:
1. Unanimous decision.
2. Non-unanimous (separate) decision.
3. Majority decision.
4. Draw, in particular:
1. Unanimous draw.
2. Draw by majority decision.
3. Split draw.
5. Technical solution.
6. Technical draw.
7. Disqualification.
8. Cancel.
9. Declaration of the battle as invalid.

(came into force on August 31, 2001; amended on December 4, 2007)

Note

Three judges award the round to one of the fighters, collectively assessing the effectiveness of their actions in the ring, such as:

1. Striking
2. Grappling (any wrestling actions and the use of painful and choking techniques)
3. Aggression
4. Control of the ring (arena) area

Prohibited actions

The following list of actions enumerates those that are considered rule violations during exhibition matches or mixed martial arts competitions:

1. Head impacts are prohibited.
2. Any type of attack on the eyes is prohibited.
3. It is forbidden to bite an opponent.
4. It is prohibited to hold, pull out or pull the opponent's hair.
5. Any attempts to tear apart the anatomical openings of an opponent with your fingers (for example, an attempt to tear the mouth) are prohibited.
6. Any penetration of fingers into anatomical openings, as well as into cuts and wounds of the enemy is prohibited.
7. Any type of attack on the groin area is prohibited.
8. Prohibited painful techniques on the opponent's small joints, such as fingers or toes.
9. Any blows to the back of the head or spine are prohibited.
10. A downward strike with the tip of the elbow is prohibited.
11. Any blows to the throat, as well as grabbing the trachea, are prohibited.
12. Scratching, pinching, and twisting of the flesh is prohibited.
13. Grabbing the collarbone is prohibited.
14. Kicks to the head of a lying opponent are prohibited (the opponent is considered lying if he touches any third point of the floor).
15. Knee strikes to the head of a prone opponent are prohibited (see previous paragraph).
16. Trampling a prone opponent (hitting with the sole of the foot) is prohibited.
17. Hitting the kidney area with the heel is prohibited.
18. It is forbidden to stick an opponent into the canvas upside down or on the neck (see the note on this point at the end of the list).
19. It is prohibited to throw your opponent out of the cage or ring.
20. It is prohibited to grab the opponent's shorts or gloves.
21. Spitting at an opponent is prohibited.
22. Any type of unsportsmanlike behavior that results in injury to an opponent is prohibited.
23. Grabbing and holding by the cage or ropes is prohibited.
24. Any kind of insults are prohibited in the cage or ring.
25. It is prohibited to attack an opponent during a break.
26. It is prohibited to attack an opponent who is being spoken to or examined by the referee.
27. It is prohibited to attack the enemy after the end of the battle.
28. Blatant disregard for the referee's instructions is prohibited.
29. It is prohibited to evade combat, including avoiding contact with the enemy, intentionally or repeatedly spitting out a mouth guard, or feigning injury.
30. Angle interference is prohibited.
31. It is prohibited to throw away the towel during the fight.

(effective 8-31-2001; amended 10-27-2009)

Note

At UFC 111, there was an incident when fighter Kurt Pellegrino, pictured below, suddenly straightened up and with a downward movement of his body, stuck his opponent, Fabricio Camoes, who had grabbed his neck, into the canvas. The Athletic Commission explained in this regard that the technique performed, according to the rules of MMA, is considered legal, and clarified that those situations where the fighter controls the position of the opponent’s body, and, having brought him into a vertical position upside down with his feet up, forcefully sticks him, are prohibited. his head into the canvas. In the situation in the photograph in question, Kurt Pellegrino had no control over the position of the opponent’s body, and therefore did not violate the rules of MMA , and the opponent, in turn, had the opportunity to avoid hitting the canvas with his head.

A fight without rules... And according to the law?!

FOR YOUR AND OUR RIGHTS!

“Fights without rules are in fashion now. They say they are held in the houses of people who are not poor, and bets are made. But this is a risky thing, injuries are possible. I have even heard of one death as a result of such a duel. I have a question: are the organizers of such fights liable before the law? And in general, are such fights allowed? Or is a fight, even one that leads to the most dire consequences, permitted if there is mutual consent?”

Stanislav Razgonov, Ekaterinburg

I would like to note right away that fights without rules have existed for quite a long time. Just recently, a tournament was held in Moscow between athletes from Russia and the USA, which, by the way, ended in a convincing victory Russian athletes(4:1). However, this competition was held in strict accordance with the current legislation of Russia, and the organizers, of course, were responsible for compliance with all laws.

Carrying out such unauthorized events threatens with very severe sanctions.

According to requirements Article 4 of Federal Law No. 128-FZ dated 08.08.01 “On licensing of certain types of activities” Licensed types of activities include those types, the implementation of which may entail damage to the rights, legitimate interests, health of citizens, defense and security of the state, and the cultural heritage of the peoples of the Russian Federation.

Part 1 of Article 17 definitely requires obtaining a license in the case of organizing and maintaining betting shops and gambling establishments.

If it is established that the activity of holding fights without rules was carried out without making a profit, which is of course unlikely, then its organizers can be brought to administrative liability under Article 19.20 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation and punished with an administrative fine of five up to two hundred minimum wages (depending on the person involved: citizen, official, legal entity).

If the relevant authorities establish that the activities of conducting unauthorized fights without rules were aimed at making a profit, then not the administrative, but the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation will come into force, which will “reward” such enterprising citizens with a whole bunch of its articles.

Under such circumstances, liability may arise. Article 171 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation establishing liability for illegal business. If, during such events, harm is caused to anyone, then the person who is directly guilty of this will be prosecuted for causing harm to health or murder, and the organizers will be subject to prosecution for complicity in the crime.

And at the end of the topic, for some reason I remembered the words of the German scientist and publicist Wilhelm Schwebel: “If violence is carried out with the help of money, morality and law are silent!” What is it for?

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How much do MMA fighters earn?

Conor McGregor loses at UFC 196 but becomes the first UFC fighter to receive a guaranteed $1 million payout. the site and manager Alexey Zhernakov tell what other fees are in MMA.

0 – 100 dollars

By searching “received for the first fight” you can find the story of Sergei Khandozhko, who himself paid 500 rubles for the first fight. The amount of the fee for participation in the tournament.

5,000 rubles ($70) may be a completely normal fee for a not-so-famous fighter at the beginning of his career, competing in a small tournament. Rasul Mirzaev voiced exactly this amount when talking about the fight in 2008. Artemy Sitenkov, who once defeated Conor McGregor, calls the smallest fee 45 euros. The victory over McGregor brought the Lithuanian 500 euros. Denis Smoldarev gives the figure 40 dollars.



Alexey Zhernakov (manager of Russian MMA fighters Alexander Shlemenko, Andrey Koreshkov, Vitaly Minakov, Alexander Sarnavsky and others, first on the left in the photo):

– Yes, it happens that a situation arises when an athlete can hold a professional fight without a fee. For example, when small organizations hold tournaments - eights (a tournament according to the Olympic system with the participation of eight fighters - website), where only the winner receives the prize money, and the remaining seven athletes perform for free. There may also be single fights at some local tournament, where the athlete agrees to compete without a fee (for various reasons).

A fee of around 5,000 rubles is possible at small club-level tournaments. A fee of around 100 euros is possible on the undercard (preliminary fights..

100 – 1000 dollars

“In one fairly well-known promotion they pay as much as the fighter agrees to. If a guy from Kostroma or Voronezh agrees to go out for 20,000 rubles, that’s what they’ll pay,” says one of the Russian MMA fighters about the tournament, which can be seen in prime time on the federal channel.

The range from 100 to 1000 dollars will probably be the most heterogeneous in terms of participants. You can earn $200 from a tournament, the video of which will not even appear on the Internet. $1,000 is the normal fee for an athlete on the main card of an M-1 or FightNights tournament.

Alexey Zhernakov:

– A lot depends on the fighter’s manager, on the status and prospects of the athlete, in what role he enters the tournament: for example, he can be signed for a specific fight as an opponent for a more famous fighter, or they see him as a local star in the future, or he already appears to her. There may be a situation in which a person is having his first MMA fight, but he is known in the city, for example, due to his achievements in another sport (wrestling, kickboxing, etc.), or is generally known in a non-sports area. Here we can talk about a fee of more than $1000 even for a debut fight.

1000 – 10,000 dollars

The main or pre-main fight of a Russian tournament involving famous athlete. Fights in the main draw of a good American promotion: Abubakar Nurmagomedov – $1,500 + $1,500 (guaranteed payment and payment if you win – website), Islam Mamedov – $4,000 + $4,000 at WSOF 22.

In 2009, a promising fighter in M-1 could start with $2,000.

A Russian well-known to the public without the status of a star in the industry in the Russian DIA promotion can earn $5,000 - and this is considered perhaps the maximum amount in Russia for a promising athlete.

Alexey Zhernakov:

– Today, for Russia and Europe, a fee of around $5,000 is considered quite worthy. For example, at the KSW tournament (a popular Polish promotion - website), the opponent of a local fighter in one of the main fights of the tournament can receive 5,000 euros.

At tournaments like Titan FC or Legacy (USA promotions - website), participants in the main fight of the evening can receive fees in the amount of $5,000 + $5,000.

In Asia there can be many different options for how much you pay. Most promotions in Japan (with the exception of Rizin and WSOF-GC) tend to have fairly modest fees. In China, a local fighter can earn quite well, especially if he is popular and has experience in the UFC.
In the UFC today, according to a standard contract, a fighter for the first fight receives a fee of 10,000 + 10,000 dollars.

$10,000 – $100,000

(UFC fighter Nikita Krylov)

For a Russian promotion, this will be an exceptional fee: according to unofficial information, one of Alexander Emelianenko’s last performances cost $50,000. Alexey Oleinik was paid 30 thousand dollars at the Oplot tournament for the fight against Jeff Monson in 2013.

$50,000 (in addition to fight fees) will be paid to the winner of the M-1Global Middleweight Grand Prix in the summer of 2016, where in the final Alexander Shlemenko will meet the winner of the Emeev-Falcao pairing.

Most payouts in Western promotions will fall between ten and one hundred thousand. 20+20 – fee for the second or third fight in the UFC. Until 2014, Bellator held grand prix tournaments, where if you won three fights in about two months, you could earn $100,000.

The UFC has a bonus system - for best fight, knockout and reception of the evening, the athlete can receive $50,000.

You also need to take tax geography into account. UFC light heavyweight Nikita Krylov says that if you fight at a tournament in the USA or Canada, you can give 30-40% of the fee, in Sweden - 15%, but in Ireland you get the full amount.

Alexey Zhernakov:

– In Russia, I think, there will be no more than ten fighters whose fees are measured in tens of thousands of dollars (if we talk about athletes performing in Russian promotions).

$100,000 – $1,000,000

Payday for a popular UFC fighter with a good win-loss record. It's difficult to formulate otherwise. Ali Bagautinov, even fighting for the title in his weight (up to 56 kg), received $14,000. Brock Lesnar, famous for his performances in wrestling, received $250,000 in his first fight in the UFC. Boxer James Toney, who agreed to compete in MMA, - half a million. Plus, fighters at this level can usually receive payments from sales of paid broadcasts and special bonuses that are not publicly announced.

Dutch manager Bas Boon, speaking about Fedor Emelianenko's fees in Japan, puts the figure at $115,000, but does not specify whether this was the maximum amount.

Alexey Zhernakov:

– Bellator has only had one tournament so far, broadcast via the PPV system (pay-per-view, pay television service. – website), so it is still premature to talk about the amount of interest payments to the fighters of this promotion. Nowadays, media exposure and recognition of a fighter are of paramount importance; this often means more than his level as an athlete. For example, the tournament where Kimbo Slice and Ken Shamrock fought against Hoyce Gracie showed very good rating, and it is he who is taken into account when it comes to fees.

Over $1,000,000

With his performance at UFC 196, Conor McGregor became the organization's first million-dollar fighter to be officially released to the public.

Previously, Fedor Emelianenko received one and a half million for his fight against Dan Henderson in Strikeforce.
At the same time, a contract with the UFC for top fighters implies a lot of conditions that allow them to earn significantly more than the officially announced fees. Earlier it was said that the same Conor McGregor earned about $5 million for the fight against Jose Aldo.

Alexey Zhernakov:

– The UFC has a very practical policy regarding fees. If an athlete makes a lot of money, this means that he brings a lot of money to the organization through sales of paid broadcasts, high ratings on the FOX channel and tickets to tournaments with his participation.

Now some media reports are saying that Conor McGregor has become the first person to earn a million dollars as an MMA fighter. This is not true. Other fighters (such as Anderson Silva, Georges St-Pierre, Ronda Rousey, Jon Jones, Cain Velasquez, Brock Lesnar, etc.) also received and are receiving serious sums.

Text: Vadim Tikhomirov

Photo: globallookpress.com, Andrey Golovanov and Sergey Kivrin

Since 2007, Vladimir Putin has been to nine mixed martial arts tournaments (MMA - Mixed martial arts) and has never come to boxing - not even to the stars Alexander Povetkin and Vladimir Klitschko. MMA in Russia is ahead of boxing not only in the attention of top officials, but also in the number of news events, tournaments and popular professional fighters. The audience for mixed martial arts is concentrated on the Internet, it is younger and more active.

In 2016, because of MMA, or rather children's fights, Ramzan Kadyrov and Fedor Emelianenko, a businessman from Forbes list Ziyaudin Magomedov buys the Fight Nights organization, a tournament with a budget of $5 million is held in St. Petersburg. All major MMA organizations in Russia are connected with North Caucasian investors: Magomedov is an Avar, DIA and Akhmat are supported by the regional public fund named after. Akhmat Kadyrov, and Ingush businessman Alikhan Yandiev became a co-owner of M-1.

Wrong amount

On September 25, 2016, on his 48th birthday, the owner of the Summa group, Ziyaudin Magomedov, sat in the front row of the arena in Kaspiysk and watched the Fight Nights organization’s tournament. The winner's speech after the fight is a separate genre: anything can be said. Rasul Mirzaev, for example, conveyed mysterious greetings to Lyudmila Nikolaevna, and Akhmed Aliyev thanked his opponent for putting him on an IV a year ago. But that evening all the performances had one thing in common: the winner of each fight took the microphone and thanked Magomedov.

In September 2015, it became known that the billionaire had acquired a 51% stake in Fight Nights. According to the general producer of the organization, Kamil Gadzhiev, Magomedov invested several tens of millions of dollars in the project, deciding to develop his own promotion rather than invest in shares of the successful American UFC project.

In July 2016, the UFC, purchased in 2001 for $2 million by the owners of the Station casino chain, the Fertitta brothers, was sold for $4 billion to WME-IMG, which performs agency functions for a number of world stars of sports and show business - as a result, a minority shareholder of the UFC turned out to be, for example, WME-IMG client Maria Sharapova.

On June 17, during the international economic forum in St. Petersburg, Fight Nights held a tournament in the city with a stated budget of $5 million and with the participation of Fedor Emelianenko, whose fights were attended by Vladimir Putin three times. An invitation was sent to the president this time too, but he did not come. “Apparently, it was a very busy schedule,” Kamil Gadzhiev regrets. “But the president called Fedor and wished him and all the fighters good luck.”

Gadzhiev says that Fight Nights managed to earn about $500,000 from the sale of tickets to the tournament with Emelianenko’s participation (more than 7,000 spectators were present in the stands). Vadim Finkelshtein, president of M-1, the oldest Russian promotion in mixed martial arts, was skeptical about the amount mentioned and noted that such revenue did not exist even in 2011, when he was the organizer of the Emelianenko fight in the full “Olympic”. Fight Nights and M-1 are not hiding their confrontation. Both held their tournaments during the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum - in the fight for its guests. In addition, a major sponsor, the engineering company Express Group, left Fight Nights for M-1. “They are trying to dump, please our partner, dragging us to their tournament,” says Gadzhiev. “If my sponsor for Fight Nights leaves me, I will regret that I did something wrong. But it’s the sponsor’s right to decide who to give money to,” answers Finkelstein, who in 2016, for financial reasons, lost the fight for Fedor Emelianenko to Fight Nights.

Uncle Fyodor

Vadim Finkelshtein did business in MMA on a grand scale in the mid-2000s. His company M-1 held tournaments, including in America. Finkelstein's partner in holding two tournaments with the participation of Fedor Emelianenko was Donald Trump. “Trump said that MMA is the sport of the future, and, as we see, he was not mistaken,” recalls Finkelstein. - He liked fights. He's such a funny guy."

Finkelstein’s most valuable asset was Fedor Emelianenko: their collaboration began in 2003, when the fighter had already become an MMA star, but due to the nature of his management, he did not receive all the money due to his status. For example, out of a $50,000 bonus, only $5,000 reached him. When Emelianenko began collaborating with Finkelstein, his fees immediately increased from $30,000 to $115,000 per fight, and later he began to earn more than $1 million.

Emelianenko’s negotiations with the UFC began in 2007 - and continue to this day: neither three defeats in a row nor a three-year career break affected this. In 2010, the owners of the UFC flew to the island of Curacao, where Emelianenko was vacationing. According to UFC President Dana White, they made a very good offer to the fighter. “With Fedor and Vadim there was a guy in a jacket, whose mother was either the mayor or the governor of some region. He sat like this, lounging. Hearing our proposal, this guy didn’t answer anything, but just started laughing,” White told reporters.

Sergei Matvienko, the son of Valentina Matvienko, was a co-owner of M-1 and financed the western direction of the promotion’s development. According to Vadim Finkelshtein, at that meeting with White, not just the question of signing Fedor Emelianenko to the UFC was raised: “They made an offer to buy M-1. But Serezha Matvienko decided not to sell.” The meeting on the island of Curacao took place in 2010, and already on next year Matvienko left the co-owners of M-1, which coincided with the retirement of Fedor Emelianenko from the sport and the end of Valentina Matvienko’s powers as governor of St. Petersburg.

“Sergei just lost interest,” says Finkelstein. - Still, this is a business in which you need to invest and invest. I'm still investing. But I gave MMA 19 years - and I’ll never give up.” In 2017, Finkelstein plans to complete the construction of the multifunctional complex “M-1 Arena” in St. Petersburg, the capacity of which, due to retractable stands, will vary from 1,000 to 3,000 spectators.

“The cost of the project is about a billion rubles,” says Finkelstein. “I plan that the “Road to M-1” tournaments will be held there once every two weeks, where young fighters will fight according to the Olympic system, and the winner will receive a contract with our organization.”

According to Finkelstein, depending on the level and media exposure, a fighter can earn from $2,000 to $50,000 per fight in M-1. “I would be happy to pay more - at the same level as in the UFC. We just don't make money like the UFC. And our fighters are no worse. Who fought on high level in Russia, he is also among the strongest in the UFC,” says Finkelstein.

Fighter in a hat

On November 12, 2016, 28-year-old native of the village of Sildi, Tsumadinsky district of Dagestan, Khabib Nurmagomedov could become the first Russian UFC champion. He had everything for this: the status of an official contender, the best wrestling skills among all fighters in the world in the weight category up to 70 kg and 1 million subscribers on Instagram. Nurmagomedov is the only fighter from Russia who not only spoke in the USA without an interpreter, but also did not hesitate to joke, call his opponents paper champions and chickens - in general, act in the manner accepted in the UFC.

Nurmagomedov began going to weigh-ins and fights in the USA wearing a Dagestan papakha, sacrificing part of his income for this: once upon a time the UFC was allowed to appear at official events wearing clothes with the symbols of its sponsors - and if Khabib had gone to his debut fight in the UFC not wearing a papakha, and wearing a baseball cap with a logo, he could get about $1000 for advertising. But he was better remembered in his hat.

Nurmagomedov is invincible in the cage (he won all 23 of his fights, 7 of them in the UFC), but is vulnerable outside of it: he did not fight for two years due to knee injuries, and then broke a rib and was forced to withdraw from three fights in a row.

The title that Nurmagomedov so wants to get to is now held by the American Eddie Alvarez. After returning to the cage, Khabib received the status of an official contender for championship belt, signed the contract sent to him from the UFC for the fight with Alvarez on November 12 and began to wait for Alvarez to put his signature on the document. And he didn’t wait.

Here it must be said that a huge number of people are rooting for Nurmagomedov - mainly, of course, fellow countrymen. At the end of April 2016, about three thousand fans came to his autograph session in a sportswear store in Moscow, which led to complete destruction. When Alvarez signed a contract for a fight other than Khabib on September 27, the entire public, using obscenities in bad English and Russian, hashtags #khabibtime and emoticons, went to trash the Instagrams of Alvarez and UFC President Dana White. But Eddie Alvarez can be understood because instead of fighting Khabib Nurmagomedov, he chose to fight Conor McGregor.

Pay and watch

Irishman Conor McGregor is the highest paid and most popular UFC fighter. He has excellent statistics - eight wins in nine fights, and he took the championship belt in the up to 66 kg category by knockout in 13 seconds. But for the UFC and Conor’s rivals, something else is more important - McGregor knows how to promote fights, which allows all parties to earn many times more.

The income of a promotion organization directly depends on television: if in Russia all UFC tournaments are shown on Match TV for free, then in North America the main events can only be seen for money (broadcasting the tournament with the main fight Alvarez - McGregor in HD costs $30). And McGregor on the poster is more than $1.5 million in sold broadcasts: he is noisy, scandalous, he has an unconventional, partly cinematic style of fighting, other celebrities periodically come to train with him - Cristiano Ronaldo or The Mountain from Game of Thrones. And most importantly: he is Irish. There are about 40 million people with Irish roots in the United States - and this is a more solvent public than Nurmagomedov’s fans. In addition, the tournament came to New York for the first time in the history of MMA, and in this city the Irish are one of the most powerful ethnic groups.

At the same time, Conor’s own earnings, taking into account television money (he receives a percentage from broadcasts sold), can be more than $10 million per fight (of which $3 million is a guaranteed amount for entering the cage). In the fall of 2016, McGregor publicly promised that his income for the year would be $40 million - on the list of the most highly paid athletes Forbes this will lift him from 85th place into the top twenty. Perhaps that is why six months ago Conor did not react in any way to the offer to fight in Russia for $2 million on the Fight Nights show. In fact, this was the first attempt by a Russian promotion to organize a fight in Russia for a current foreign MMA star. At the same time, UFC fighters there is an opportunity to earn money in Russia even without fighting. For example, the Brazilian Fabricio Werdum (who defeated Fedor Emelianenko in 2010) collaborates with the Akhmat club, supports it even in conflict situations, and periodically comes to Chechnya himself (such a contract can bring a fighter of Werdum’s level from $30,000 a month) . And in 2013, the same Werdum and other MMA stars came as guests of honor to two “Legend” fighting shows (the organizer of these tournaments, Ruslan Suleymanov, was detained in 2016 in connection with the theft of 800 million rubles).

Continuous television

Russian promotions cannot yet live on money from the sale of television rights. “Russian television pays the UFC for the rights to show tournaments, and offers us to pay for the work of a mobile television station,” says M-1 head Vadim Finkelshtein.

Fight Nights has given the rights to broadcast its events to the rest of the world to the UFC Fight Pass platform, which for $10 a month gives access to archived videos and live broadcasts of tournaments around the world. “I won’t say that Fight Pass signs any significant contracts,” says Kamil Gadzhiev. - But, firstly, this is stable money. Secondly, we get access to audiences in the USA and Canada - and there the viewer will learn what Fight Nights Global is. This is important because we are planning to host the tournament in the USA. Sometimes the cost of rights to broadcast our tournament on Fight Pass changes depending on the size of the event. Conventionally, we earn more at the Emelianenko-Maldonado tournament than at the Mokhnatkin-Maldonado tournament.” Gadzhiev clarified that there is no official data on the number of views of the Emelianenko-Maldonado fight through the UFC Fight Pass, but this is about 1 million people in North America, and the total audience of the fight was 10 million people (7 million of them in Russia).

Several years ago, the UFC tried to buy the entire video archive of the M-1 company from Finkelstein. “I was offered several million dollars, but I didn’t take it,” says Finkelstein, who has since invested more than $100,000 in creating his own mobile platform. “I intend to develop my platform and make money from it.”

There is no doubt about the prospects of this direction. In addition to Fight Nights, Kamil Gadzhiev oversees another sports project of Ziyaudin Magomedov, hockey club“Admiral”, and can appreciate the resonance and impact of these sports. “It seems to me that MMA is more effective,” says Gadzhiev. - Of course it is different stories. Hockey is mainly a social project: it is supported, as a rule, by city-forming enterprises. People in the region are given the opportunity to see a large sporting event. A sponsor comes to MMA for clear interaction with the brand’s target audience. I can say: MMA will become more expensive, hockey will become cheaper.”

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Business Forum

Fights without rules

Aleksei007 06 Apr 2015

Galabel 06 Apr 2015

Aleksei007 06 Apr 2015

Aleksei007 06 Apr 2015

Zhanibek 06 Apr 2015

Danunax 06 Apr 2015

A fight without rules as such does not exist, there are rules everywhere, except for a street fight, of course a street fight is illegal, but creating a promotion similar to the UFS M-1 is quite possible, but this requires serious investments. Type in Google UFS Wikipedia you will see a lot of useful things

valday 16 Apr 2015

kosmich11 16 Apr 2015

Igor161 01 Sep 2015

Sergey96 04 Dec 2015

Validant 18 Dec 2015

Sergey96 25 Dec 2015

Of course the topic is interesting, and nothing is impossible :o)

Business Forum

Fights without rules

Aleksei007 06 Apr 2015

Tell me, knowledgeable people, if you organize fights (consider a fight) without rules among everyone. On departure. The winner will have some kind of prize. To what extent is it illegal or legal, but what “sauce” should it be served with? And if it’s legal, will the idea work and make money? what are the pitfalls?

Galabel 06 Apr 2015

Alexey, strange question. Do you want to organize underground fights, in which people will be injured and you ask, is this legal?

Organize better betting for legal competitions. Even at the regional level, a sufficient number of them are carried out. If people know you, there will be no problems.

Aleksei007 06 Apr 2015

Not. no underground. problems with “organs” are not needed. The question is how legal? Is it possible to do this legally?

Aleksei007 06 Apr 2015

you didn't quite understand me. My question is exactly how legal is this as a business? and so that there would be no problems with the “authorities”, if it is possible to make everything official, just under what sauce.

Zhanibek 06 Apr 2015

A fight without rules as such does not exist, there are rules everywhere, except for a street fight, of course a street fight is illegal, but creating a promotion similar to the UFS M-1 is quite possible, but this requires serious investments. Type in Google UFS Wikipedia you will see a lot of useful things

Danunax 06 Apr 2015

A fight without rules as such does not exist, there are rules everywhere, except for a street fight, of course a street fight is illegal, but creating a promotion similar to the UFS M-1 is quite possible, but this requires serious investments. Type in Google UFS Wikipedia you will see a lot of useful things

What you want to do is not legal. And for this to be legal, you need a lot of money. 1. 2. Athletes must participate in competitions and nothing more. Then they must have insurance and pass a medical commission, then contracts are concluded with the fighters where all the rules of the competition are spelled out, etc. And by the way, one fighter should have no more than 1 fight in one day, and a competent athlete will not come to you to knock you for some gift because professional fighters of the same M1 have a maximum of 1 fight per month and he doesn’t need your teddy bear when they They get 50 rubles per fight. Of course, you can organize competitions and do it all legally, but you cannot make money from it. Well, if only to sell tickets. But the expenses will be higher than the earnings and God forbid if you end up at 0. And remember in M1 for teddy bears no one wakes up to fight. And they also get punished for leaving.

valday 16 Apr 2015

Watch the movie "Fight Club"

kosmich11 16 Apr 2015

Igor161 01 Sep 2015

The law of marketing is that where two people fight, a crowd is sure to gather. :ac7:

Sergey96 04 Dec 2015

A few years ago, the all-Russian Strelka tournament was held with minimum rules, anyone could come and try their hand. They fought until someone lays down or the judge stops. All this was even shown on television. There was also a tournament held by White rex, the same thing only in the ring. The finalists in Moscow probably won something there.

It seems to me that this is considered a sporting event, and that’s why you need to dance.

​Probably some kind of permits are needed to hold such an event, the mandatory presence of doctors, and so on. It won't be easy to make money from this. You'll be able to grab more trouble than earn money.)))

Validant 18 Dec 2015

Don’t scare the person, they’ve been working for so long. They organize fights without rules, and not at the same point, but we’re on tour, admission is FREE! There must be a betting pool during fights, but from this I’m thinking of doing just the main tange. The whole trick is that there are 2 fighters, as in the “scheme with two boxers”, in which all this is chewed up and in which a friend earns 40K greens from non-professional boxers in a couple of weeks - just on the betting, because you, as the organizer, already have fight, it is known which of the fighters the most money is bet on, that is, who should fall 😉 Plus, the near-fight sale of everything related to fights, starting from magnets, mini-gloves that Roy Jones gives out to children for free, ending, roughly speaking, with punching bags, etc. before the fights and sale after the fights. We have such fights every year in our city, only the entrance is paid. What is the difference from my idea, is that when the entrance is free, more people gather, which is to our advantage + renting a room is different from renting premises “by ticket”, there you can rent a penny. The fighters are tame, playing for the public, a show for the local population - we give them joy, we tange ourselves.

Sergey96 25 Dec 2015

Don't you need to share profits with tame fighters?

Maybe then wrestling will be organized like an American one, only with a Russian twist, and rolled around the country like a circus tent: o) Just kidding, of course.

If someone gets seriously injured, how is the issue resolved? It is clear that everyone understands where they came to fight, and what could happen, but nevertheless.

We had this happen in a shopping center supposedly designed for the sale of sporting goods. The tickets were not expensive, up to a thousand. There were a lot of people. The fighters fought for real for 1 round for 3 minutes, it seems so, not very spectacular, of course, nearby there were several shops with the right theme, they were full of people. The betting was no, I don’t know.

Well, the final was already held in the big sports complex and the ticket price reached 2 thousand.

The topic was advertised a little and applications and questionnaires are being accepted, there are a lot of combat schools in the city, there are quite a few applicants, from 55 to absolute weight. Participants even came from other cities. If only they had invited a star, it would have been great.