Henry Cejudo Complains About Fighter Pay.

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How many is that now? can someone count the number of fighters speaking out against ufc pay?


Henry cejudo is right, he left on a high note when his value was at his highest but the ufc can low ball anyone they want by finding any excuse they can to fit their narrative , in this case...cejudo hasn't fought in a while and lost value or some bs like that. Let's just say I'd love to be a fly on the wall during those negotiations.

"They don’t want to pay, man,” Cejudo said. “It’s plain and simple. They don’t want to pay. Dana doesn’t want to pay. (If) they pay me, they got to pay the rest. And I’m out here. I’m not here to say to start a union. What I’m here to say is like, ‘Hey, man, everybody should be compensated individually.’ The guys are going to sell the fight, the guys that that are proven, like me. You know what I’m saying? So that’s plain and simple. Dana would love to see the fight, but he wants to pay me peanuts in comparison to what I really deserve. I respect the man because it’s his business, what he’s able to do to take this company to a two-billion-dollar company to what it’s worth now seven (to) nine billion and I can’t get a raise. That just seems a little off to me, man.”

Bonus diss towards gsp in there too

https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/2022/01/ufc-news-henry-cejudo-dana-white-peanuts-fighter-pay
 
here's the problem-

EVERY TIME they give in to a fighter's pay demands
(GSP, Conor, Nate, Jorge, et al)

4 things happen:

1. the fighter gets their money
2. the fighter acts thrilled w new contract (look it up, every time)
3. the fighter becomes less active, or semi retired
4. the fighter suddenly wants to renegotiate the contract they previously loved.

its unfortunate they dont make more, but i do see the hesitancy, it literally never pays off if your goal is to see the fighter fight often.
 
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2004 account said:
How many is that now? can someone count the number of fighters speaking out against ufc pay?


Henry cejudo is right, he left on a high note when his value was at his highest but the ufc can low ball anyone they want by finding any excuse they can to fit their narrative , in this case...cejudo hasn't fought in a while and lost value or some bs like that. Let's just say I'd love to be a fly on the wall during those negotiations.

"They don’t want to pay, man,” Cejudo said. “It’s plain and simple. They don’t want to pay. Dana doesn’t want to pay. (If) they pay me, they got to pay the rest. And I’m out here. I’m not here to say to start a union. What I’m here to say is like, ‘Hey, man, everybody should be compensated individually.’ The guys are going to sell the fight, the guys that that are proven, like me. You know what I’m saying? So that’s plain and simple. Dana would love to see the fight, but he wants to pay me peanuts in comparison to what I really deserve. I respect the man because it’s his business, what he’s able to do to take this company to a two-billion-dollar company to what it’s worth now seven (to) nine billion and I can’t get a raise. That just seems a little off to me, man.”

Bonus diss towards gsp in there too

https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/2022/01/ufc-news-henry-cejudo-dana-white-peanuts-fighter-pay
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I'm 1000 percent for UFC raising a minimum fight purse for UFC fighters. But fuck siding with oh so Im so poor millionaire vs a billionaire.
 
Triple C was earning than most professions inch by inch.

with that said U fight cheap is a slave driver
 
2004 account said:
How many is that now? can someone count the number of fighters speaking out against ufc pay?


Henry cejudo is right, he left on a high note when his value was at his highest but the ufc can low ball anyone they want by finding any excuse they can to fit their narrative , in this case...cejudo hasn't fought in a while and lost value or some bs like that. Let's just say I'd love to be a fly on the wall during those negotiations.

"They don’t want to pay, man,” Cejudo said. “It’s plain and simple. They don’t want to pay. Dana doesn’t want to pay. (If) they pay me, they got to pay the rest. And I’m out here. I’m not here to say to start a union. What I’m here to say is like, ‘Hey, man, everybody should be compensated individually.’ The guys are going to sell the fight, the guys that that are proven, like me. You know what I’m saying? So that’s plain and simple. Dana would love to see the fight, but he wants to pay me peanuts in comparison to what I really deserve. I respect the man because it’s his business, what he’s able to do to take this company to a two-billion-dollar company to what it’s worth now seven (to) nine billion and I can’t get a raise. That just seems a little off to me, man.”

Bonus diss towards gsp in there too

https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/2022/01/ufc-news-henry-cejudo-dana-white-peanuts-fighter-pay
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Kudos for Henry to speak out against Dana. A fighter speaking out against Dana is like a scientist speaking out against Fauci. It's good to see some scientists speaking out against Fauci (Great Barrington Declaration and more recently Professor Ehud Qimron...among many others). I'm torn when fighters stand up to Dana. I want to see the fighters get a bigger piece of the pie but I know they will fight less and start taking easier fights. I guess Dana is a necessary evil.
 
JustOnce said:
I'm 1000 percent for UFC raising a minimum fight purse for UFC fighters. But fuck siding with oh so Im so poor millionaire vs a billionaire.
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This where I stand.

I care far more about prelim guys getting a boost in pay so everyone is well than I do about millionaires annoyed they aren’t bigger millionaires.
 
Independent contractors
Opportunity not a career
“It’s your job to promote yourself” - promoter
If you don’t like it don’t sign the contract

am I doing it right? I spend a lot of time on sherdog, I really want that juicy shill contract some people on here Clearly have. I will simp for the ufc, please pay me ufc.
 
yeah except he doesn't want to start a fighter's union. because just like all the other whiners, he doesn't care about everyone else. it's always about themselves. he's being selfish and he's blatant and obvious about it. GSP was way smarter with the way he went about it. he started a union and he really made it seem like he wanted to change the pay for everyone, not just himself. people bought into it, but then as soon as he got his money he was out.

little Henry is acting like the UFC needs him when they never wanted him in the first place. all they wanted him to do was beat Mighty Mouse before Mighty Mouse left and he did that. everything after that they wanted him and his entire manlet division gone which is why they sent steroid snake down there to fix him up, it was blatantly obvious. so why would they pay him to come back when they wanted him to leave anyway?

he's another fighter who fucked up. if he wanted more pay he should've never fake retired. he should've stayed and held the belts hostage, forcing the UFC to negotiate with him. i don't know what the fuck he wasn't thinking and what kind of leverage he thought he was going to have by retiring and freely relinquishing the only leverage he had.
 
2004 account said:
"They don’t want to pay, man,” Cejudo said. “It’s plain and simple. They don’t want to pay. Dana doesn’t want to pay. (If) they pay me, they got to pay the rest. And I’m out here. I’m not here to say to start a union. What I’m here to say is like, ‘Hey, man, everybody should be compensated individually.’ The guys are going to sell the fight, the guys that that are proven, like me. You know what I’m saying? So that’s plain and simple. Dana would love to see the fight, but he wants to pay me peanuts in comparison to what I really deserve. I respect the man because it’s his business, what he’s able to do to take this company to a two-billion-dollar company to what it’s worth now seven (to) nine billion and I can’t get a raise. That just seems a little off to me, man.”
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Why the fuck not??

Start a union!!! I don’t understand. You already retired. There is no downside for you if you start banging the drums for a Union
 
Maybe Henry should learn from Jake Paul. Isn't that guy raking in the loot by promoting his own fights?
 
I like how people feel that by default if they start a union that the UFC will automatically bump up 1099 fighter pay.
 
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