Starting with UFC 324 Saturday night UFC fighters will have the opportunity to obtain a $100K bonus check. Dana White told Sports Business Journal that the four individual performance bonuses will rise to $100,000. The UFC will give a $25,000 performance bonus to any fighter who wins by KO or Submission but doesn’t get one […]
UFC 324 Promotional Guidelines Compliance Pay
Below are the mandatory compensation based on a fighter’s total UFC bouts. Notably, Pimblett-Gaethje is technically a championship fight since it is for the BMF Belt. It’s worthy to point out that Ty Miller and Denzel Freeman will be fighting in their first UFC fight for the promotion. It is Josh Hokit’s second UFC bout. […]
Justin Gaethje speaks up about fighter pay, Dana responds
UFC 324 takes place this Saturday in Las Vegas with Justin Gaethje headlining against Paddy Pimblett. Eyebrows were raised when Gaethje spoke up about the fact his pay hasn’t increased since the new $7.7B UFC deal with Paramount. Justin Gaethje says his pay hasn’t increased despite the UFC x Paramount deal 😬 "Daniel Cormier says […]
Amendments proposed to Muhammad Ali American Boxing Revival Act
On Wednesday morning the House Subcommittee on Education & Workforce held a hearing on markups for H.R. 4624, the Muhammad Ali American Boxing Revival Act (Boxing Revival Act). Chairman Tim Walberg (R-MI) gave the opening statement. He supports the Boxing Revival Act and gave an overview of the bill. He also indicated his support of […]
Jake Paul no longer affiliated with PFL
According to a report from Yahoo Sports, Jake Paul is no longer affiliated with the Professional Fighters League. Ariel Helwani broke the news on his daily show. Paul burst onto the MMA scene with the PFL in 2023 with talk of crossing over into MMA. While he did several appearances and commentary on a show, […]