1. if he is a douche or not, shouldnt matter with the ufc paying a fair amount of money to the fighters or not!
2. 3 or 4 fights a year, sure, but he is training many many months for 1 fight. training isnt for free, especially at the highest level, it becomes very expensive. if he gets injured, he has no income til he fights again. (food etc still has to be payed)
3. he was fighting in the ufc, supposed to be the highest level, where the "ufc takes care of their fighters", according to the ufc themselfs!
4. if he has zero or 99 kids, that has nothing to do with the issue how much the ufc is paying or how little!
5. the job should give you some money for the future, here he barely could survive, let alone train for competing at ufc level.
1) Agreed, and there are plenty of cases of "douche" fighters making the money Volkmann thinks he's worth, so, obviously, there's something else preventing it (aside from his no-longer-employed-by-the-UFC status)
2) But that's not the UFC's problem. If you don't make enough money from your job, you can either lower your expenses, find additional income (merchandising, teaching after work, etc.) you can convince your employer to give you a raise or you can find another, better paying job.
3) There are plenty of cases where the UFC does take care of their fighters. I'd wager the majority of those who fight for the UFC are, ultimately, happy with their "lot" in life. Don't let a couple "bad apples" convince you that the UFC are a bunch of cheapskates. Could things be better? Of course, they can ALWAYS be better. "Better" is relative.
4) If it shouldn't matter how many kids a fighter has, then they shouldn't be bringing them up as a reason why they should be getting paid more. Kids are the responsibilities of the parents, not the parent's employers. If Volkmann's not making enough as a fighter to support his 3 kids single-handedly (since his wife doesn't work, apparently), then it's up to him to find a better paying job.
5) The job does give money towards the future. It's just up to Volkmann to set it aside for that future.
Volkmann's just trying to blame everyone else for his personal financial difficulties. He wants more money for fighting. That's fine, he's just going about it the wrong way. There are plenty of fighters who do make more money (and make a pretty damn nice amount at that, I mean, hell, Koscheck apparently owns his own plane). Volkmann is just going about it the wrong way.