Do not talk about fighter pay round Mr. Final Preventing Championship (UFC), Colby Covington.
Fighter pay has been a hot-button challenge because the conception of UFC and can proceed to be a problem. Final week, former Middleweight champion Sean Strickland blasted his office for, “utter rubbish” compensation as he was blasting Naked Knuckle Preventing Championship (BKFC).
“UFC pay is utter rubbish,” Strickland wrote. “lol their signing guys at 10/10 that must be felony … however the overwhelming majority of BKFC fighters are getting paid means lower than that … As a UFC fighter I advocate for higher pay for me and your complete roster … It’s best to do the identical to your guys.”
Lately, three-time Welterweight title challenger and unabashed Strickland-hater, Colby Covington, got here to the protection of UFC, telling Strickland to not be a hypocrite.
“My ideas are, Sean modified his life so he is sort of hypocritical to be saying this,” Covington advised SOSCAST. “Now he lives in a very nice mansion-style home, , has nice automobiles, and has cash within the financial institution, so who’s he to say this? He is actually being a hypocrite too, like, he is speaking concerning the guys that simply began in UFC.
“He is speaking concerning the 10/10 pay?” Covington continued. “Yeah, that is whenever you get your first combat in UFC; let’s speak about what he is getting paid now. He is making a assured $500,000 to 1.5 million in that vary.”
Whereas Covington has been on Group UFC since 2020, there was a time (one yr earlier in 2019) when he threatened to retire and go full WWE due to his pay.
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