Media Ethyn Ewing gets a heroes welcome when he returned to construction work after UFC 322

[Qays Stetkevich]

And Wellmaker was a pipe fitter! These prelim guys making minimum wage to barely make it

Almost certain pipefitters have/are part of a big Union, which means they're paid well. . .

 

[Slapjit]

Interesting this is good base for mma dangal

WOAT in slap dangal competitor is construction

#PowerSlapFedor is Lawyer. MW champion is Rocket Scientist. Previous LHW title contender is Cybersecurity expert.

Amazing the difference haanji

 

[Poirierfan]

U Fight Cheap

U fight cheap then work full time.

 

[jeff7b9]

Good because he might have to go back to it!

Uhmm... he did.

That's what he was doing in the post this thread is about.

 

[cmw43]

U Fight Cheap

Playing devil's advocate, if you ran UFC how much would you pay a regional level guy with an 8-2 record to make his UFC debut on the prelims?

 

[Evbo]

Concrete workers are the toughest tradies easy.

Can’t speak for the US, but in my experience (in the UK) it’s scaffolders for sure

 

[Blastbeat]

Construction work might be the meta background. Sonned Wellmaker like a casual hobby. Then punches in for a real day of work.


Proper man right there.

Mighty Mouse used to work in construction when he was starting out in MMA
construction work as an MMA base confirmed for producing GOAT fighters

Ewing deserves it. he stepped up on short notice and made sure people noticed him. good on the guy

 

[PrideNverDies]

Uhmm... he did.

That's what he was doing in the post this thread is about.

Talking about Wellmaker

 

[FilipEmoFights]

Apparently Wellmaker also has a construction background according to the Arijewiel Heljewani show which is a weird connection the two have.

 

[Poirierfan]

 

[jeff7b9]

Talking about Wellmaker

 

[Cletus Fertitta]

Playing devil's advocate, if you ran UFC how much would you pay a regional level guy with an 8-2 record to make his UFC debut on the prelims?

100k minimum per fight. Regardless of your record. That’s the humane thing to do for people who put their bodies and brains on the line.

1.5 billion in revenue a year? The UFC can afford it. But who knows, Im not a math guy or a business guy. Sincerely open to someone with knowledge telling me why 100k base per fight won’t work.

 

[Harlekin]

Imagine being a construction worker and UFC fighter.
Your body has to be 1 out of 1000 to begin with and even then you are done at 40.
Having a ton of injuries.

 

[CC27]

Playing devil's advocate, if you ran UFC how much would you pay a regional level guy with an 8-2 record to make his UFC debut on the prelims?

Not enough that he should quit his job. Could lose his next few fights and be out of UFC and its over.

 

[Snake Fist]

Amazing fight to kick start the prelims, and easily in the top 3 fights of the night.

 

[xhaydenx]

And Wellmaker was a pipe fitter! These prelim guys making minimum wage to barely make it

Uh, welder's can make a shit ton of money lol. It's not some min wage job at all.

And he must have gotten some good pay from the UFC because he still quit first time he got a bonus.

 

[Alpha_T83]

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No problem at all. Barely an inconvenience.

 

[Alpha_T83]

Imagine being a construction worker and UFC fighter.
Your body has to be 1 out of 1000 to begin with and even then you are done at 40.
Having a ton of injuries.

But all the Jose Aldo fans insist that nothing but MMA can add years of physical damage to your body, and only Jose Aldo fighting since 17 of all the MMA fighters in the world can possibly be out of his prime at 29 years old.

This is blasphemy to suggest that fighters not named Jose Aldo can have miles on their bodies outside of MMA fights.

 

[Steve Fox]

But all the Jose Aldo fans insist that nothing but MMA can add years of physical damage to your body, and only Jose Aldo fighting since 17 of all the MMA fighters in the world can possibly be out of his prime at 29 years old.

This is blasphemy to suggest that fighters not named Jose Aldo can have miles on their bodies outside of MMA fights.

Aldo fans also got miles on their bodies once Conor knocked him out.

 

[usernamee]

U fight cheap then work full time.

That's why they always got to get the fighters out of the Apex after they're done, it has nothing to do with the arena, they just all have jobs to go to.