“There’s a movement moving forwards that is going to show that fighters should be getting paid more. It’s unfair. The UFC fighter’s don’t have fair pay. Out of all the sports, the percentage that the owners get versus the athlete, they’re the lowest. Francis Ngannou vs. Jon Jones, that fight should happen. Dana White, pay them the $10 million. He’s taking their money. They’re the ones making the content. They’re the ones who get in the ring risking their life,” Paul said (h/t Tim Bissell of Bloody Elbow). “Chris Weidman goes in, snaps his leg in half, what’s that look like? He may never be able to fight again and provide for his family. These fighters are risking their lives. You can quite literally die in the ring and they need to be compensated more. I’m a big proponent of that movement and being in control. It’s just like music labels, same thing, these artists are getting owned and get locked up into these shitty contracts and they don’t know what to do. So fck that shit. Fck Dana White.”
Jake Paul is hoping he can take some heat away from the stark allegations he faces himself.
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I hate to say it but Jake is right. Askren said the Paul fight was his biggest payday in fighting. That is sad for mma fighters.
The guy isn’t wrong. UFC fighters have been vastly underpaid
Imagine if Triller starts putting on MMA fights with MMA names and youtubers.
They got Vitor booked to box a youtuber on June 19th.
I’ve always felt there was money to be made with youtubers doing MMA fights.