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Rousey: I'm highest paid b/c I bring in highest #s
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<p>Appearing on the Ellen Degeneres show last week, Ronda Rousey revealed that she was the highest paid athlete in the UFC. While in Australia last week promoting UFC 193, Rousey explained her statement further:</p>
"I think how much you get paid should have something to do with how much you bring in. I'm the highest paid fighter not because Dana (White) and Lorenzo (Fertitta) wanted to do something nice for the ladies," Rousey explained.
"They do it because I bring in the highest numbers. They do it because I make them the most money. I think the money that they make should be proportionate to the money that they bring in."?
She has brought in a new target audience which added to the numbers. Connor has brought in a new target audience which has added to the numbers as well.
It's kind of like TUF... Before TUF, there was the small hardcore MMA fan base who were fans before it became mainstream. Then poof, TUF came on, and all of a sudden a surge of mainstream fans added to the numbers. Dana knows what's up.
she makes the most money because she's hot and kickin ass in the weakest division in all of mma. ZERO other beast/legend chicks to deal with like in mens mma. and Feminists LOVER her! you could hear all the licking lips in the audience on the Ellen show. and they all quivered when she said she's the highest paid in ufc.
Spinning Shit - She's not wrong. It's prize fighting, the more money you bring in, the more money you get.
You want a meritocracy, try running marathons.
Dude, that is Captain Hindsight, not Captain Obvious in the picture. And for the record you should have known that because you should have researched the pic!
There are people in this world who drink bottles of wine worth more than Rhonda makes and have paintings in their toilets with more than her bank account.
In the USA alone there are millions of millionaires. Go to places like The French Riviera where it is littered with boats she couldn't afford.
Don't go on television and gloat over income.
Don't give mayweather a hard time. His fights are shit, but he does make more on one than you will probably make in a lifetime.