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Pat Barry talks about the day he cashed his $120,000 check PDF Print E-mail
Written by Zeus   
Monday, 02 November 2009 07:20

Pat Barry says 'dude' a lot which makes me think he reads the site. He doesn't actually, but he should. Just weeks before his UFC 104 fight against Antoni Hardonk, dude was eating rice and ketchup. He literally had nothing left to his name. In an interview with MMAScrapsRadio, Barry said that he really didn't have any other choice but to win. If he didn't, he would have been evicted from his apartment six-weeks later (been there done that...and I never even fought in UFC). Not only did he win his fight but he grabbed KO of the night and Fight of the night bonuses which resulted in $120,000 directly in his pocket. Last night, Pat ripped it up on MMAScrapsRadio and talked about the day he cashed in a check for $120,000:

It wasn't until Tuesday when I got back home that I got a knock on the door, a special delivery for me. I opened it up and when I saw it, I was like, 'What the...' They weren't joking man they seriously sent me a check for $120,000. I wrote to Joe Silva and said if this was an April Fool's joke, let me know because I'm about to jump up and down and take off my clothes and run around the street naked. They said it was real man, it was real.

I walk outside to get my car and my car doesn't start so I've got on a t-shirt and I've got some pink stripy shorts on, some flip-flops and a black eye. So I've got to stand in the street and flag people down, and I'm sweating...I've got to flag people down with a black eye and sweat marks to try to get me a jump.

I finally get this guy and I say 'Yo man, I have a $120,000 in my pocket...can you give me a jump?'. He was like 'Yeah man I'll give you a jump'. It looked like 'Hey man can you help me jump start this car I'm trying to steal right now'. I go to the bank, I'm sweaty, I've got the black eye, I haven't shaven in two days, I'm strung out because I haven't slept, I have green circles under my eyes so I'm like 'Can I have a deposit slip mam?'. She gives it to me, I fill it out hand it to her. She looks at the deposit slip, then the check, then looks at me and says 'Excuse me I'll be right back'. Then a manager comes out, a guy in a suit and says 'What seems to be the problem?'. I was like 'Well I have a black eye, that's the only problem I know this looks really ridiculous'. So he asks me for my ID, I hand him my license an he's like 'Your license says Pat Barry, but this check was written to Patrick Barry'. So I decided to be funny and tell him Pat Barry is in my trunk right now. He didnt laugh. So I told him take your time man do whatever you need to do because I have no where to go and my truck probably wont start when I go outside so you can just do whatever you need to do. An hour later he came back and everything was fine, the check was in my bank account.

Dude also said that there is a possibility that he may come out to Technoviking in his next fight which brings hopes to internet meme geeks all across the planet. Actually, let me rephrase in internet meme language: Oh hai, Can I has Teknovikin? Epic Win!'. Damn, I'm pretty sure a few brain cells were just lost reading that (it's alright, you wouldn't have done anything with them anyway. They were reserve). [Source]


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-2 # phr0zen 2009-11-02 02:40
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0 # ChromeOnly 2009-11-02 05:38
It's pretty shitty how guys like this don't get paid unless they do something out of the ordinary. UFCs pay scales are pretty shitty. If Barry makes $12,000 from this fight and lets say he fights 3 times a year. Thats only $36,000. Walmart cashiers get $42,000 a year and they dont have to worry about being injured or KOd
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0 # 2009-11-02 16:08
Why do dumbasses like you think disclosed payout is what all fighters actually get paid by promotions. Higher-level fighters get a piece of the PPV (which can 5-10%, think about that for a fucking second, of say 800,000 PPV buys at $50 bucks a pop.) and gate buys plus its more likely than not a lot of their base pays are higher than the disclosed pay (simply because of taxing, licensing fees, stamp duty). Hughes, Franklin, Liddell, Vera and Couture have all admited to getting paid more than their disclosed pay.

That's not even including Sponsorship deals, promotional/advertising deals, gym sponsorship and entrepreneurial ventures like Xtreme Couture, performing at smaller sideshows on weekends, exhibition matches, etc...

Do you think the UFC operates in some magical bubble and all the marketing and advertising the UFC does is all free, they have no overhead and operating expenses, their workers are all volunteers and should therefore give every cent they make to the fighters? You don't have the slightest clue about running a business do you?

Fighters get paid very fucking well.
And another thing, what the fuck kind of cashier makes hundreds of thousands of dollars per year? Are you stoned?
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0 # kennywilsonjr 2010-05-26 10:03
In your debut, let's say you get paid $4,000 to show and $4,000 to win. If you win, your next fight you will probably get paid $6,000 to fight and $6,000 to win. The pay gets slightly better after each win. But the pay gets even better if you win by finish. I think.
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0 # Your Mother. 2010-08-12 20:17
Yeah, Fighters get paid sponsership money. The else would everyone be wearing those stupid fucking tapout shirts.

most Mixed Martial Artists don't wear find branded clothing outside of the ring.
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0 # 2009-11-02 06:23
guess zuffa doesn't take out the taxes?
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+1 # 2009-11-02 07:41
He's a contractor so he gets paid in full and the onus is on him to pay his tax bill when the IRS sends it to him.
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+2 # 2009-11-02 08:16
@ChromeOnly: That may be true but most of these guys make a small fortune on sponsorships alone. I remember when Keith Jardine was only making like $19,000 per fight but his manager said he got $40,000 in sponsorship money. Three times a year and comes out to about $175,000 a year. Not chump change by any means and that doesn't include autograph signings, seminars, etc. A lot of the bigger name guys who are black belts in BJJ get thousands to do a couple hour seminar at the local BJJ schools.
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+2 # 2009-11-02 08:18
WTF? This stupid site cut out a lot of my numbers. I was trying to say that Jardine made nineteen thousand per fight, but made forty thousand per fight in sponsorship money which equals about one hundred and seventy five thousand per year if they fight three times and that doesn't include the thousands they get for autograph signings, mma and bjj school seminars, appearances, etc etc etc.
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0 # PopaSmurf 2009-11-02 09:24
I sure hope Pat doest let the money go to his head and pull a "Ricco Rodriguez" and bottle of Hennessey to the face, do 6 lines the length of a human arm then drive his car into a tree, put the passenger into the drivers seat and fake like she was driving the whole time! now thats what I call a party!.. anyhow on a serious note.. I'm happy for Pat, it was a good fight. I hope this makes him want to put on an even better show next time out!
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0 # 2009-11-03 06:21
Pat's definitely an entertaining dude. He shared some great stuff with Karyn Bryant the night before his fight with Hardonk. Check out episode 3 of MMA H.E.A.T. on www.MMAheat.com. They've also got some funny-ass footage with Ice-T talking about his favorite beat down moves from back in the day.
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0 # 2009-11-03 13:43
Pat, this a great story. I am proud of you for not giving up and asking anyone for money. I know how you feel sometimes. You seem funny, smart and witty. Invest your money and you wont have to fight much more.

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0 # 2009-11-03 14:54
"Oh hai, Can I has Teknovikin? Epic Win!"

...You know when your grandpa tries to describe hip hop and gets it all wrong...
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0 # 2010-04-19 05:30
Ok, I'm now officially a Pat Berry fan. If he came out to TechnoViking... well that would be legendary.
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