News Deadline: Jake Paul reduces amount asked for fighter pay in last ditch offer to get Dana to accept

[burningspear]

Baldie would rather argue over drug tests than broach fighter pay, such a goon.

 

[GeneTunney7]

It is flat out bizarre-o to see people argue against fighters being taken care of because they loathe Jake Paul.




If Dana can get driveway snow, then we can atleast take care of these warriors that gave everything for our entertainment.

 

[Bigmoney4166]

Agree with above, Dana jumped into Jake’s realm and got KO’d in a millisecond, should not have made a video replying. He’s fucked

Fucked how?

 

[markys00]

Give fighters healthcare? We have federalized healthcare now. You give give give and it's never enough

 

[BigGucci]

Get rid of minimum pay. Drastically increase the amount and number of bonuses to really incentivize fighters to put on exciting fights. The bonus pool should be at least $1 million per event.

Give long-term healthcare and pension benefits to fighters that reach a certain number of fights in the UFC. Long-term healthcare could start at 6 fights and pension benefits could start at 12 fights. Long-term healthcare is forfeited if fighters compete in a different organization or combat sport after their time in the UFC.

Agree, no minimum pay you start with 0 and earn money. Add 5k for landed power shots. Add 50k for a KO. If an opponent is clearly koed like in Hendo vs bisping, 20k for each punch landed before the ref steps in. 300k for a career ending injury. For deductions they could take away 5k for initiating a grappling exchange or going for a takedown, take away 1k for throwing a jab or leg kick, and an automatic cut from the roster of you get 3 decision wins in a row.

 

[wwkirk]

Don't fighters already get healthcare thru the UFC?

 

[Starman]

What would be the point of this other than cutting costs for the UFC? You would disqualify most journeyman, aka the fighters who need Healthcare and money the most

Contractors don’t get healthcare and pensions. If you want those things, go somewhere else.

 

[pamirec]

Jake isn’t saying all of this out of kindness me thinks, but if it helps, sure. Why the fork not?

 

[Miokink026]

Agree with above, Dana jumped into Jake’s realm and got KO’d in a millisecond, should not have made a video replying. He’s fucked

The goof tried to fight illegal streams.

End of the day he's gone silent and crack is still operating just fine.

 

[Lemmy Caution]

This is it, the deadline for Dana to accept is coming up. This is the last day, Jake Paul reduces his ask in a attempt to get Dana to accept.

Jake Paul also did his own poll asking his fans if fighter pay or healthcare was more important. I'll copy Jake Paul and present the same poll to the Sherdog community. More than 60,000 fans voted, and healthcare ended up winning on Jake Paul's poll.

I only see two blue birds, but added a like anyway. Who could have imagined Jake Paul emerging as a hero? Even more impressive in an age of self-serving Nazis.

 

[Lemmy Caution]

Get rid of minimum pay. Drastically increase the amount and number of bonuses to really incentivize fighters to put on exciting fights. The bonus pool should be at least $1 million per event.

Give long-term healthcare and pension benefits to fighters that reach a certain number of fights in the UFC. Long-term healthcare could start at 6 fights and pension benefits could start at 12 fights. Long-term healthcare is forfeited if fighters compete in a different organization or combat sport after their time in the UFC.

I bet you would have been a nasty, sadistic employer. You would have used bonuses and rewarded those who worked themselves to death. What an absolute piece of shit.

 

[Lemmy Caution]

It's nice what he's doing, but questionable motives. Box MMA guys, you're the draw so they get paid more than usually, yet you still take the lion's share. Then add fuel to the fire by targeting their very popular promoter.

More attention to celeb boxing, yet low chance this will result in pay increase for UFC fighters.

Calling out scumbags like Dana is always a worthy cause.

 

[gunlok]

Dana White have issues with a lot of people. He is just... an easier target.

Try to argue with some wise guy with a long beard and you will make yourself look like an idiot, say a word to Dana and you will become a hero.

Same way you can say that Conor is a hero, because he didn't just told Dana to raise his pay. He went to Dana and made him raise his pay, which in turn helped some other fighters to raise their pay. Is Conor McGregor a hero here? He is the most hated guy here. But he gave the machine a good boost.

Jake Paul tells Dana to raise pay for fighters. Except, Conor gave UFC reasons for that. Literally went up there and did it. Had Conor been a bit smarter and patient he would already own a small part of the company, obviously, he wouldn't own it, but he would be able to show his business side and understanding of the fight game.

Jake Paul so far can only offer blood and urine (no joke, literally, his best offer to "help" ufc guys is his blood and urine). And retiring from boxing. Who cares if Jake Paul retires from boxing. Boxing is one of the side-projects for him anyway. So, if you want to praise Jake Paul, you literally have to place Conor McGregor a bit above and give him also some sort of praise for his deeds to improve fighter's situation.

 

[Lemmy Caution]

Healthcare would be reasonable, but I can't see paying a no name curtain jerker who draws nothing more than like $15k per fight. If they want to make more they need to win consistently and actually draw.

That's not how it works. Most people who have insurances, be it health, car, whatever, pay more into the system than they get out of it. Insurance is basically just pooling money.

 

[Lemmy Caution]

Contractors don’t get healthcare and pensions. If you want those things, go somewhere else.

Then get rid of contractors. Problem solved.

 

[Mentallooser]

He will keep these exchanges going as long as he can. Dana just needed to ignore it really. By responding, he gave legitimacy to the premise. Bad idea if you don't want the wrong politicians or organizations looking into it.

 

[Dreyga Hates You Sherbums]

Don't fighters already get healthcare thru the UFC?

They get healthcare for any fight or training related injuries while under contract.

People want the fighters to get lifetime healthcare that lasts after they are done working for the UFC or any other MMA promotion:

 

[RampageFaction]

don’t forget snow is his driveway and gambling millions of dollars LOL!

hopefully more people get behind what jake paul is doing and put public pressure on Dana and company.

Public pressure isn’t gonna accomplish anything. I go back and forth on whether or not Jake Paul is too stupid to realize this.

 

[RampageFaction]

That is even a bigger ask. 1 million for each event in bonuses? Long term health care and pension? What other sports does any of this? Healthcare while under contract but trying to get health care out of contract isn't realistic. Better off trying to get universal healthcare instead and campaign for that. Either way none of this is realistic currently. It will not happen. Revenue split is also a big issue, UFC/WME will not willingly change that. Having a Jake Paul fight in UFC is not worth the costs in those terms and Jake Paul knows that. It's his way of ducking UFC/mma by adding impossible terms.

The NBA has health care for former players. I think you have to have played 3 years. The NFL and NBA have pensions. But the difference is, they are employees...fighters are not.

 

[Lemmy Caution]

The NBA has health care for former players. I think you have to have played 3 years. The NFL and NBA have pensions. But the difference is, they are employees...fighters are not.

The difference is a technicality.