The World Series of Fighting has announced that the promotion is planning to jump into the pay-per-view business in 2015 and plan to pay fighters on those cards 50 percent of all net revenue earned by the live pay-per-views produced by the promotion.
The announcement was made in a press release issued to the media on late Tuesday morning.
“This is a proud day for the sport of mixed martial arts and our organization and one that we hope will create a better opportunity for the fighters who put everything on the line every time they step inside the cage,” said World Series of Fighting President Ray Sefo.
“Until now, one of the main things holding this sport back from becoming even bigger than it is today has been fighter compensation and the inability of the sport’s top athletes to earn on par with top-level professional athletes in other sports.”
“If fighters can’t earn a fair share of the money at the top. The fighters lose hope or become disenchanted with the sport, which impacts their commitment to training and preparing properly for title fights. That is about to change, thanks to this major step we are taking now fighters will train harder than ever to become a champion giving the fans some epic championship bouts to enjoy. We want to thank NBC Sports and NBC for giving us such an amazing stage to grow World Series of Fighting since its debut.”
The date of the first World Series of Fighting pay-per-view is unknown at this time and the next event for the promotion will take place on October 11th when World Series of Fighting 14 comes from Canada and is headlined by Jake Shields meeting Ryan Ford.