UFC fighters with second jobs

[Lenovo]

It is quite evident that fighter pay is one of the most debated about topics in MMA.

It is on frequent occasion that fighter 'X' will mention something about "not being payed enough" etc.

This got me wondering as to how many of the athletes in the UFC (or MMA in general) have second jobs.

Former UFC fighters Chris Lytle and Shane Carwin are examples.

Lets hear some more.

 

[Skydome]

Eddie Wineland- Firefighter
Niel Serry-Warehouse worker

 

[spid3yo]

all depends what you mean by job. I'm sure tons of guys have outside business ventures they have to put time in. They may help run their gyms teaching. I'm sure there are a ton more common examples.

 

[joeyjoejoe]

I remember Ed Herman was bar tending while waiting for his knee to heal up. Then there's Crocop back in the day being a member of Croatian parliament.

 

[Lenovo]

all depends what you mean by job. I'm sure tons of guys have outside business ventures they have to put time in. They may help run their gyms teaching. I'm sure there are a ton more common examples.

Well since this is MMA, and fighter pay is heavily criticized, I am talking in the sense of the need of a second job. Not necessarily business ventures/investments that fighters may have "for fun".

 

[AznTrojan]

hendo delivers chicken

 

[Modern]

Luke Rockhard - male stripper

 

[PSX]

Jon Jones- Optometrist

 

[High Test With da Best]

Isn't gastelum a firefighter?

And there's the cop from quincy or newton or something too

 

[Comrade]

Seems firefighting is a bit of a trend, Chris Lytle worked as a firefighter during his career and Stipe Miocic still does

 

[schwe30]

Isn't Miocic a firefighter or EMS or something like that?

 

[Jibsta69]

Todd Duffee at Dairy Queen

 

[Hawkman3111]

Demetrious Johnson works at a warehouse in Tacoma WA

 

[Takamine86]

hendo delivers chicken

Jon Jones- Optometrist

Luke Rockhard - male stripper

Winners. More like these.

 

[HIMBOB]

Paulo Thiago, police (special forces type cop of some sort).

 

[born 2 expire]

mirko cro-cop was a cro-cop

 

[FrontNakedChoke]

Demetrious Johnson works at a warehouse in Tacoma WA

Pretty sure he quite that job to focus on becoming champion before he accomplished it.

 

[FrontNakedChoke]

Chael and Rashad both have other jobs. Werdum as well.

 

[LNP 101]

I remember that Shane Carwin is an engineer. Stipe is a firefighter. Frank Mir bounced while in his early years of fighting. Paulo Thiago is a part of a SWAT team in Brazil. Mike Russow is a cop. I think there's more fighters who have second jobs. It sucks that being a part of the UFC can mean that you have to have a second job.

 

[Sosua]

Jon Jones- Optometrist

Court sanctioned community work does not count.