Mr. Holden also had the gift of a light touch, which was displayed in such films as ''Born Yesterday'' and ''The Moon Is Blue.'' The role in ''Stalag 17'' for which he won the Oscar was that of a cynical, hard-bitten prisoner of war who inevitably becomes a hero.
In any event, here are the statistics showing âthe average length of a fighterâs career in major MMA is about 1 Â½ years or 3.3 bouts.â.
In a good year, a fighter gets three or four fights. Assuming this is an average salary, if Poirier stayed injury-free (during which time thereâs no pay) and won all his fights, with maybe a bump or two, he could take home $300,000 for four victories. This seems like a decent amount, until you consider other sports. Forbes reported that in the 2013-14 season the average NFL salary was $2m, MLB $3.82m and NBA $4.9m (admittedly these leagues create larger revenues but the discrepancy shows most MMA fighters are far from millionaires).