Matt Hamill's UFC win payout disaparity over Ortiz's pay

You would think that Matt Hamill would get a pretty good chunk of money for winning the UFC fight against Tito Ortiz but not so. Despite Tito Ortiz losing all three rounds against Matt Hamill it was Tito who came out on top, money-wise, by nearly 10 times the purse pay that Hamill got in an UFC fight on October 26, 2010.

In the UFC, fighters’ payment is a problem, and the amount that fighters are earning is also a problem. How do you pay Matt Hamill $29,000, with a $29,000 win bonus and pay his opponent Tito Ortiz $250,000 to fight. Ortiz hasn’t won since 2006 when he last beat 42-year-old Ken Shamrock.

Now, I do take my hat off to Tito Ortiz for standing up to White in the past and now this could be a case of the squeaky wheel getting the oil. In 2008, Yahoo Sports reported White saying, “(Ortiz) is one of the most dishonest human beings I’ve ever met,” White said. “I put up with him when he was a good fighter. He’s not anymore. He’s done. I’m no longer in the Tito Ortiz business.”

How can you pay him a quarter-million dollar to fight and he loses his fourth fight in a row and still employed?

Great question there.

Another question, who should Hamill fight next? Silva? Or Vera?