So… Are Fighter Pay Discussions Dead Now?

[Dreyga_King of Sherbums]

Remember when we used to hear about fighter pay issues all the time? It felt like every other week someone was calling out Dana and the UFC over low pay. But lately… nothing but crickets. Is this because the lawsuit against the UFC fizzled out? Or are people just tired of talking about it, now that it seems like a change may never come?


With Trump back in office, it feels like any legal push for change—like expanding the Ali Act to MMA—is even less likely. The UFC has such a strong grip on the sport and keeps fighters under tight contracts, so it’s like they’ve just accepted the way things are. But that raises a big question for us as fans: are we okay with this? Is everyone just over it, or do we still think fighter pay needs to improve?

 

[Pequeño Corey]

It’s not a career, it’s anopportunity…

 

[Wilmer Digreux]

Is this because the lawsuit against the UFC fizzled out?

Wait....i thought the fighters won. Didn't they?

 

[bartleby929]

they are probably getting paid more than ever at this point...

fame makes u money too and good fighters get famous around the world (especially places like china & the arab countries where they have unlimited money)

 

[Dreyga_King of Sherbums]

Wait....i thought the fighters won. Didn't they?

They settled for pennies. Pocket change and no changes will be made to UFC contracts

 

[chinarice]

We're all on Dana's side now and agree with him that the fighters get more than they deserve and they should be happy for the fuckin opportunity to be a fucking fighter

 

[Gabe]

It’s always an issue but it won’t change. Dana is and always will be very greedy and cheap.

 

[Hank Grill]

I can't wait for how cheap they will be able to play child fighters in Dana's Arkansas child fight league. A new era of entertainment is ahead brothers. I'm hoping it becomes illegal that the fighters are not taking steroids. WAR 2025 if they don't want to fight for peanuts then go else where. JBG AWAKENS

 

[Söze Aldo]

The fighters are too dumb and selfish to actually attempt to unionize like they do in the NFL, NBA etc. I won't fight for them if they won't fight for themselves.

I only care about fighter pay because I think higher pay would attract a higher caliber of athlete, which is better for the fans. 90% of HW fights look like bum fights now due to the bottom barrel of athletic talent.

 

[Through The Looking Glass]

Thinly veiled anti Trump thread.

Go cry about politics on reddit

 

[Thy]

6. i'm not a fighter, i'm not friends with any of these fighters. fighting is not very useful for humanities advance. there fore i don't care about fighter pay.

 

[El Fernas]

They settled for pennies. Pocket change and no changes will be made to UFC contracts

Not only no changes, looks like they went back on some of the changes they allegedly did, Ngannou was able to leave cause they started to put some "sunset clause" in them, that has been rolled back after, some claim Mcgregor's contract is similar to the old ones so he cant simply wait for it to expire. Thats what i have read here.

 

[Blanqa Blanqua]

Tyson Pedro retired from UFC not that long ago.

Said he’d have made more working at McDonalds

 

[EndlessCritic]

People used to say fighters were overpaid.

Now people complain the UFC is watered down with too many lesser fighters, implicitly taking the position that they're overpaid and don't belong in the UFC.

 

[dipstickjimmy]

Remember when we used to hear about fighter pay issues all the time? It felt like every other week someone was calling out Dana and the UFC over low pay. But lately… nothing but crickets. Is this because the lawsuit against the UFC fizzled out? Or are people just tired of talking about it, now that it seems like a change may never come?


With Trump back in office, it feels like any legal push for change—like expanding the Ali Act to MMA—is even less likely. The UFC has such a strong grip on the sport and keeps fighters under tight contracts, so it’s like they’ve just accepted the way things are. But that raises a big question for us as fans: are we okay with this? Is everyone just over it, or do we still think fighter pay needs to improve?

Moved on to wonder how the fuck Power Slap is a sanctioned "Sport". If the participants don't care about themselves why should we?

 

[Neck&Neck]

Dana Whites Contender Series AKA Temporay Foreign Fighter Series has flooded the market and fixed that problem

 

[Colonel Forbin]

who owns the UFC now?

so.....

 

[prime_lobov]

I’m a fan of the sport. Don’t give a crap if the fighters have 1 or 10 lambos or how many vodka and hot sauce companies they own.

 

[Kinniku]

People used to say fighters were overpaid.

Now people complain the UFC is watered down with too many lesser fighters, implicitly taking the position that they're overpaid and don't belong in the UFC.

The only fighter I think was truly overpaid was Naoya Ogawa. He was paid 2 million dollars to fight Yoshida in a Pride new year event in a "olympian vs olympian" bout.

The UFC fighters, however, if they are happy fighting for scraps I don't care if they make less money than a teenager working at Burger King. They had a chance to change their careers and they blew it.

 

[PurpleStorm]

Morons stop fighting for better pay.