Unlike Vin Diesel, Co-Star Reveals Shocking Paycheck Numbers From Blockbuster Franchise

The UFC has had a long relationship with the entertainment world. Many former fighters like Rashad Evans, Frank Mir, Ronda Rousey, and several others have ventured into the Hollywood realm. The latest addition could be Conor McGregor. The Irishman has acted in the Hollywood flick Road House. He will be seen alongside Jake Gyllenhaal. The duo was seen at UFC 285. While the opportunity and the fame involved attract a lot of attention, fans seldom get to know how much these MMA stars get paid for their work in Hollywood movies. The latest episode of Michael Bisping‘s Believe You Me podcast answered some of those questions.

In a recent episode of the popular podcast, ‘The Count’ talked about how he was paid during his acting stints. Bisping also mentioned how his fight against Georges St-Pierre at UFC 217 was a big fight and he made life-changing money in the fight.

Michael Bisping regrets not being Vin Diesel

Michael Bisping told Anthony Smith how he doesn’t get paid a lot in royalties for his movies. He also mentioned that the payments come in multiple installments. Bisping has been featured in multiple TV series, some of them being Strike Back, Twin Peaks, and Dark Matter. In his talks with ‘Lionheart’ on ‘Believe you Me‘ the retired English fighter mentioned how he believed people like Vin Diesel got ‘massive’ paychecks.

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Bisping said, “I thought George Saint Pierre, that’s by far my biggest fight did very well, you know. I did it did very well. You know there was some good life-changing money from that one. Um, and it takes a while to collect; it also it feels like it but yeah, no, no, sadly, like when I have acted in movies you get little, uh, residuals; you know you get little checks here and there. They’re not much. I mean, if I was Vin Diesel or someone like that, they would be massive.”

Michael Bisping explains royalty payments

Michael Bisping laughed about the fact that the royalty payments came in very small fragments and how sometimes the payments were as low as 0.3 cents. ‘The Count’ said, “we play a little game because I haven’t done a lot. I think I’ve got about I don’t know 17 acting credits, something like that which you know it’s not bad for a knucklehead. Every time they get shown you get sent a little cash, it’s not much and we get a few no. I want to go to Australia, came back. I had about six of them to open, you know, and I’m like all right. What do we think? What’s our guess? Seven cents sometimes it’s 0.3 cents.”

While acting may be a different craft altogether, the entertainment industry has always had some space for fighters and wrestlers. Be it their ruthless attitude or intimidating physique, something or the other has always been needed in the entertainment world.

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