Money and Cash Flow
Understand recurring costs, fight income, sponsorships, and event risk so the promotion survives between paydays.
Cash flow is the early game's real opponent. Fight income arrives around bouts and shows. Salaries and overhead continue through quiet weeks.
Read Finances before committing
Open Finances from Home to see current cash, recent income and expenses, and the breakdown behind the total. Use it before signing a fighter, hiring staff, upgrading a facility, or confirming an event.
A useful decision asks two questions:
- Can the promotion pay the immediate cost?
- Can it carry the new weekly cost until the next realistic payday?
The second question prevents more failures than the first.
Where money comes from
Regular fight activity can produce fight revenue. Promoted cards add a fuller event model with ticket gate, broadcast income, and event sponsor money. Active sponsorship agreements also provide weekly income during their terms.
Bigger names, rankings, popularity, titles, card quality, venue, and the promotion's own drawing power can improve an event. None of those removes downside. Broadcast opportunities can require enough bouts, and a sponsor bonus can depend on the final show rating.
Where money goes
Contracts create weekly salaries and fighter purse obligations. Staff add weekly salaries. Facilities can require an upgrade payment and ongoing overhead. Fight nights add venue rent, production, both corners' purses, possible backend points, and sanctioning fees for title bouts.
The card editor shows these event lines before confirmation. Treat projected net as a planning estimate. Real settlement uses the final event and bout state.
Sponsorships are not one system
Promotion sponsorship deals arrive as offers once the gym is established enough. They pay weekly for a term. Fight night cards can also carry event sponsor objectives with guaranteed money and a performance bonus.
The event sponsor line does not replace the active weekly sponsorship line. Both can matter to the same promotion.
Bankruptcy warnings matter
The game checks solvency on quarterly boundaries. A warning gives the promotion a limited recovery window. Continuing to operate below water can end the save.
When cash is tight, reduce future commitments before chasing more revenue. Delay a facility, avoid an oversized venue, let an unnecessary contract expire, and book activity the current roster can support.
Keep a margin for uncertainty
Do not plan to spend the projected profit before the fight night settles. Injuries, card changes, weak sales, and recurring expenses can all narrow the gap. A promotion with modest facilities and cash can recover. A promotion with impressive assets and no runway cannot.