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"I don’t like that compensated stuff," he told Ariel Helwani. "I’m thinking they are just going to pay me for all the little taxi cab rides I had to spend and the hotel and probably the plane tickets, and that’s not enough. I cut a lot of weight. I cut like 30 pounds for this fight. I was hurting man, you know, I wanted to eat. I wanted some chicken and I couldn’t eat. I was suffering."
The 31-year old Lewis said he recently signed a new four-fight contract with the UFC, which was one of the reasons he agreed to take on the relatively unknown Tybura after scoring a high-profile win over Roy Nelson. Overall he has scored four wins in a row, including three by TKO or KO, the last one coming against Gonzaga.
Asked if he would be content getting his show money, Lewis said that’s what he was hoping for.
"Hell, just give me my show money, just at least give me half of it. That’s what I want, I’ll be satisfied," he said.
"Either I’m going to get it and either they’re going to hand it to me in my hands, or somebody’s going to have to pay for it."
Lewis said he would call UFC president Dana White himself if he had to.
"Yeah I’ll call him," he said. "I don’t got [a relationship with White], but my manager, I’d make somebody give me his number and either I’ll call him or I’ll show up at his doorstep, either one. Somebody’s going to pay me."
http://www.mmafighting.com/2016/10/...money-even-if-he-has-to-show-up-on-dana-white
The 31-year old Lewis said he recently signed a new four-fight contract with the UFC, which was one of the reasons he agreed to take on the relatively unknown Tybura after scoring a high-profile win over Roy Nelson. Overall he has scored four wins in a row, including three by TKO or KO, the last one coming against Gonzaga.
Asked if he would be content getting his show money, Lewis said that’s what he was hoping for.
"Hell, just give me my show money, just at least give me half of it. That’s what I want, I’ll be satisfied," he said.
"Either I’m going to get it and either they’re going to hand it to me in my hands, or somebody’s going to have to pay for it."
Lewis said he would call UFC president Dana White himself if he had to.
"Yeah I’ll call him," he said. "I don’t got [a relationship with White], but my manager, I’d make somebody give me his number and either I’ll call him or I’ll show up at his doorstep, either one. Somebody’s going to pay me."
http://www.mmafighting.com/2016/10/...money-even-if-he-has-to-show-up-on-dana-white
