It is officially ON now folks. Ed Ruth is an animal. A VERY legit MMA prospect. He's not Phil Davis (and that's not a job at Phil). Ruth is athletic and explosive, and I think he will really take to striking.
His management team, Zinkin Entertainment, has a good relationship with Coker. Ed, Pico, and Phil Davis are all Zinkin guys.
From their website.
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Not that i'm aware of. By no means am i tossing rocks coker's way... I'm always a little leery, perhaps jaded even. I want to see the fighters taken care of for all they go through for our entertainment and their prize.
i agree that they need to get something going for all fighters. i do think coker is the best in the business by far, and he respects the fighters, so i think he will be good to him.
whats his pay?
Bellator 133 Salaries: Shlemenko Banks $20K in Victory, Manhoef $15K in Defeat
In his 3 fights so far he has made 10k, 10k, and 15k.
did he get a win bonus against marshall, or is he paid just a flat rate, win or lose? i'd say with more fights his pay will go up. he's just 3 fights in with bellator, and he's 1-1 and 1 nc.
He was paid 10k flat rate for his win.
well lets hope they can start to put on bigger shows, and raise the pay soon. i hope they can get enough big names together to do a cheaper pay per view, and start getting them all more money.
Was he signed by Coker or was it a Bjorn relic? It is tough to have a gauge on Bellator pay atm, they only have a TV deal, no PVP revenue, small global deals if any. In terms of money generation, they are leagues behind the UFC. So while that pay is bad, it isn't leagues behind the UFC, which is what makes the UFC pay so bad, because they are earning hundreds of millions.
I'm going to chalk this up to growing pains for now, but if in a year or two, when hopefully they are putting on smaller pvps like Strikeforce did, then I think we can seriously question Scott Coker and Viacom about pay. Is that fair enough?
