“Even lower than that”- Dan Hardy discusses the massive gap in the UFC’s revenue share with fighters
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Dan Hardy points out UFC’s unfair treatment to its fighters by paying them a extremely low share from the overall profit. The UFC and Dana White are lately taking a lot of heat regarding the fighters pay. Many are claiming that the UFC is using its fighters to make tons of money but not giving them what they deserve. It’s a serious issue and many fighters are already starting to speak up on that matter.
Huge superstars like Francis Ngannou, Tony Ferguson, Kamaru Usman etc have opened up about getting very low fight purses. Popular personalities such as Jake Paul also has spoken about how the UFC contract is holding down it’s fighters to make more money that they deserve.
Dan Hardy on UFC revenues and fighters share from it
Hardy recently did an interview with Ed Draper of Sky Sports where he talked about his upcoming boxing bout, UFC’s unfair fight purses and revenue generation of the promotion.
Hardy revealed that currently with the coming of new sponsors like crypto currency and alcohol UFC is making huge amounts of money. Hardy explained that all that money doesn’t really goes into fighters pocket but instead UFC takes the most part of it. According to the retired UFC fighter, this gap between the overall revenue generation and share of fighters is very unhealthy in UFC and needs to be changed. Hardy said :
“Especially when they’ve got you know, it’s big sponsors that come on board. You know, the crypto currency sponsors and the alcohol businesses. It brings in millions and millions of dollars that just doesn’t touch the pockets of the fighters. Um, that’s really where the UFC make its huge money. it’s the you know, The sponsorship aspect and that’s where the gap is between what the UFC make and what the fighters make. It should all be cut into the same pot really and shared out but it’s not quite there yet.”
It’s true that UFC is currently making the most amount of money that it has ever made in its history. All the credit goes to its promotional campaigns and deals with other companies. With the company making that much money it’s obvious for fight fans and fighters to expect the promotion to pay more to the athletes who risk their lives.
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Soumya Ranjan
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