If the professionalism, rock star-like experience, exposure, and ability to compete on the same stage as your jiu-jitsu heroes isn't enough to convince you to try to get on this show, let the numbers speak for themselves. 

Fight To Win Pro has paid out exactly $512,960 to its athletes so far this year, and we haven't even hit August yet. Basically, if you want to get paid to win matches, the F2W stage is the place to showcase your skills.

F2W promoter and CEO Seth Daniels set a goal at the beginning of the year to hit $1 million in fighter payout for 2017, and though it hasn't been easy, his team's efforts have quite literally paid off. The promotion has averaged $25,648 in fighter payout per show through its first 20 events, which is a whopping 25 percent more than Fight To Win achieved in 2016.

"A lot of the markets where we were very successful last year have been oversaturated and ruined with copy cats, so it's much harder this year," Daniels said.

It's not about to get any easier, either. The promotion only has 17 events left before the year comes to a close, including Fight To Win Pro 42 on Friday in Delmont, PA. F2W needs to pay out $28,649 per show, which means that it would need to increase ticket sales by 10 percent and decrease expenses by 5 percent.

"Not an easy task when going into new markets and running a business," says Daniels, who's literally working 100 hours a week to make it happen.

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​What the big stage looks like at Fight To Win Pro. Photo: Mike Calimbas

While Daniels and the rest of the F2W crew are anything but the kind to back down in the face of a challenge, they're already doing everything they can to hit the impressive goal they've set.

The fighters themselves need to sell tickets in order to help cover the cost of production, and while Daniels is doing what he can to help them out, there's only so much even he can accomplish.

"[I'm doing] my best to provide the fighters with the tools they need to be successful and promote the events, but it's a mother f*cker," he said

A $1 million payout goal might seem lofty for such a young promotion, but given that this company is run by a guy who once stepped on the stage to compete with literally a minute's notice just two days after being robbed, it's safe to say that if anyone can make it happen, it's Fight to Win. Whether or not F2W hits its mark before the deadline, though, no one can ever say that this promotion doesn't do everything in its power to look out for its competitors.

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