That's irrelevant to my point, which is that UFC will point to accolades and winning records as a reason why a fighter should be treated well but once they get there, it's a different story. They'll do this as a means to entice a fighter but it never seems to benefit fighters who take that message all the way. They did the same thing to Aldo when he was the FW kingpin. They tell fighters to win a little more, get a few more defenses, do this, do that, and the land of gold and honey is just on the other side of the next hill, then the next, and the next.
And I'm not arguing that some fighters shouldn't be paid according to what they bring in. Big sellers should get more. What I'm saying is that UFC should stop acting like they care about rewarding legitimate accomplishments when they, the fighters, and everyone else knows that's not true. They blow smoke up the fighters' asses to get them compliant then fail to deliver when they do everything right. Like I said, Dana White is the one who was telling Mighty Mouse how great the fight was. How can you say, "man this fight is HUUUUUGE... but you're only going to get 100k/100k for it" and expect someone to be okay with it? White tried to entice him with an empty proposal, Mighty Mouse called his bluff, and here we are. If White had any faith in what what he was saying the fight meant, it wouldn't have been an issue at all. And of course, he is a promoter, so he can't come right out and get Mighty Mouse on board with it by being realistic and saying they might get 100k viewers, but he didn't have any luck with lying and playing games, either.
