Bloodyelbow.com is reporting that the UFC is currently in negotiations with Randy Couture for a potential return to the Octagon in November to fight heavyweight blue chipper and former WWE star Brock Lesnar. It’s worth noting that aside from Florian vs. Stevenson, no other fight, let alone a main event, has been booked for UFC […]
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Fighter Salaries: Questionable UFC Contract Provisions
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Fighter Salaries: Addressing The Problems
As a follow-up to Fighter Salaries: The Problems With Revenue Linking, in the coming days I will be examining potential suggestions that could help to improve the hotly contested MMA issue that is fighter pay. For the sake of convenience – and also because they are the “800 lbs. gorilla in the room” – most […]
Dana White: “Easily 75%” of UFC Fighters make $50,000/year
To follow up on Andrew Falzon’s post UFC Says Something Big Is Coming from earlier today, ESPN’s interview with Dana White was also interesting from a roster building and fighter salary standpoint. The UFC President confirmed in the interview that nearly 70 fighters had been cut from the UFC roster in the last several months […]