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The more fighters are paid, the easier it is for them to pull out of fights. In addition, they can afford management teams and coaches who care about their well-being.
If you go back to the earlier days of the UFC, when everyone was making 15/15, they had no choice but to fight or else they would get kicked out of their apartments.
They weren’t just “hungry“, they were literally hungry. Hungry starving people don’t pull out of fights.
Nah, most of them had jobs so weren't starving. Back in the 90s there were very few pros who didn't have another job.