Former UFC Middleweight champion Sean Strickland and influencer-turned boxer Jake Paul do not agree on most issues however appear to have discovered widespread floor on the subject of fighter pay.
Strickland took to social media on Tuesday to debate the monetary variations between UFC athletes and athletes in main sports activities leagues just like the NFL and the NBA.
“Here is the factor guys. UFC is not the NFL or the NBA it is completely reduce throat. You do not go away this sport glad or properly,” Strickland wrote on X. He then thought of the transfer to skilled boxing for the cash.
“If I fought Jake Paul 1. I would homicide him however 2. We might make hundreds of thousands. One thing you guys expertise at your jobs. The pay hole simply retains getting wider,” Strickland stated.
Right here's the factor guys. UFC isn't the NFL or the NBA it's completely reduce throat. You don't go away this sport glad or wellIf I fought Jake Paul 1. I'd homicide him however 2. We might make hundreds of thousands. One thing you guys expertise at your jobs. The pay hole simply retains getting wider
— Sean Strickland (@SStricklandMMA) April 9, 2024
Many former UFC fighters have made the leap over to the squared circle, together with former middleweight kingpin Anderson Silva, former welterweight champion Tyron Woodley, Ben Askren, Nate Diaz, and Jorge Masvidal lately. Paul’s subsequent boxing match is towards former heavyweight titleholder Mike Tyson.
Strickland then again has been lobbying for a rematch towards present middleweight champion Dricus Du Plessis, however it seems the struggle promotion has different plans for “Tarzan.” Former middleweight title challenger Paulo Costa revealed that he was supplied a struggle towards Strickland however Strickland turned it down citing pay.
