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- He made $1300 in his first ever professional fight at UCC. And that included a 15% or 20% cut from of his opponent's purse for missing weight.
- In his first UFC fight he got paid $3000 to show up and $3000 to win.
- In his first championship fight against Matt Hughes he was paid $9000 to show and $9000 to win. That was the fight he lost by submission.
Says the UFC were probably laughing their ass off, they had him for $9000, but says he didn't know his worth at the time. It was new for him and his entourage and they didn't know how it worked. It's only after he got himself a real team that he realized he could make a lot more money.
The first time he hit the 1 milllion dollar mark was in the Jon Fitch or Alves fight. He's not sure which one it was.
Says that as soon as the cheque was in his bank account he called the bank and asked them to payoff all of his parents debt. House, cars etc..
The interview is in french:
- In his first UFC fight he got paid $3000 to show up and $3000 to win.
- In his first championship fight against Matt Hughes he was paid $9000 to show and $9000 to win. That was the fight he lost by submission.
Says the UFC were probably laughing their ass off, they had him for $9000, but says he didn't know his worth at the time. It was new for him and his entourage and they didn't know how it worked. It's only after he got himself a real team that he realized he could make a lot more money.
The first time he hit the 1 milllion dollar mark was in the Jon Fitch or Alves fight. He's not sure which one it was.
Says that as soon as the cheque was in his bank account he called the bank and asked them to payoff all of his parents debt. House, cars etc..
The interview is in french: