Dana White’s Power Slap fighter pay exposed; UFC veteran shocks fans by revealing pitiful pay
Dana White's Power Slap league's pitiful fighter pay exposed by former UFC fighter.
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Just when the fans thought the bar was low for Dana White’s Power Slap, a former UFC fighter shocked the MMA community by revealing the shocking pay of the fighters. Eric Spicely, an MMA vet was offered to be a part of the controversial sport.
Dana White has been dragged all over the internet by critics for various reasons since the beginning of the new year. Recently his involvement with the sport of slap fighting has caused quite a ruckus in the Twitter-sphere. Eric Spicely, a former UFC fighter in some of his recent tweets revealed that he was offered to take part in White’s Power Slap.
“I was contacted to do slap league, you guys would be shocked at how it pays,” wrote Spicely on his private Twitter account. Later, he went on to reveal that he was offered $2k to show and $2k to win. Luke Thomas, an MMA reporter posted screenshots of the fighter’s private tweets.
To make sure Eric Spicely was talking about Dana White’s Power Slap, Thomas reached out to the fighter and confirmed. It turns out Eric Spicely also showed proof of being offered to take part in the UFC head honcho‘s new venture.
For folks asking if Spicely was specifically invited to the Power Slap League, I followed up with him before posting. He said he was and showed me some evidence for his claims.
— Luke Thomas (@lthomasnews) January 23, 2023
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Fans react to shocking reveal from Eric Spicely
One of the main reasons why slap-fighting has received tons of criticism is because of the lack of skill involved in the sport. Many fans believe fighters not being able to defend themselves from brutal slaps should not be endorsed. On top of that, finding out that they get paid poorly has added to agitation.
— Out Of Context MMA (@oocmma) January 23, 2023
One might say it's a slap in the face.
— Derek (@ricketyoldshack) January 23, 2023
Double it and give it to the next person
— Matthew Wells (@MrMWells) January 23, 2023
Guaranteed cte for such pay Is a disgrace, the 'sport' is a disgrace, Dana is a disgrace
— lee henson (@kinglee1984) January 23, 2023
4k for guaranteed brain damage is wild
— Gene (@GeneRogersVE) January 23, 2023
All the Dana stans are going to be like "that's pretty good pay for a couple of minutes of work."😂
— The Sonoran Desert Grower (@SonoranGrower) January 23, 2023
The show has premiered on television and the ratings have tanked. White, however, seems to be unfazed by all the criticism. The UFC boss also advised critics to go and watch “The Voice” instead. Announcing the Slap-fighting contest following his wife-slapping scandal was never going to go well for the head honcho.
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