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Originally Posted by Kalib Starnes
I have as much right to discuss what fighters are paid as anyone else and I know a lot about the subject having fought for the organization in some capacity seven times. Believe me, you're paid if you win and tossed aside like garbage if you lose. Until these guys learn to market themselves the payouts are going to remain pathetic compared to boxing and the UFC's little traveling circus will roam from town to town with the billionaires raking in the cash while the fighters split up about five percent of the take between them.
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Yeah Kalib, you have a right to discuss fighter pay, and yeah, you've been there done that. But I'm not buying the neo-marxist Noam Chomsky BS.
The fact is that the UFC pays, overall, better than boxing. Its true that the top tier guys don't make as much as the top tier guys in boxing, but you are kidding yourself if you think that there are very many boxers making six, seven, or eight figures. Most boxers are making about as much or less than fighters in the UFC, especially when you take UFC bonuses into account.
And lets be clear, nobody put a gun to your head to be a fighter or to work for the UFC. You chose this because you wanted fame and fortune rather than a job. But you didn't win, and you didn't work on your personality and fight hype skills. So now you are no longer working for the UFC.
Now if you are with another organization, making more money, great, congratulations. But if you don't get things together and get back with the UFC I don't see how you will prosper as much as you would if you made yourself into a draw in the UFC.