Comments Thread For: Jake Paul Fires Back at White: Why Are UFC Fighters So Underpaid Versus Boxers?

[Lemonhead_Jeff]

This place has turned into a Jake Paul circle jerk.

It's hilarious to see "hardcore boxing fans" swoon like little girls.

"Kid is starting to win me over" lol Stop lying!!! You're already all over his nuts!

[GucciGod]

This place has turned into a Jake Paul circle jerk.

It's hilarious to see "hardcore boxing fans" swoon like little girls.

"Kid is starting to win me over" lol Stop lying!!! You're already all over his nuts!

Jeff, you couldn’t be any more correct. I say let these losers go follow Jake on his ****** YouTube adventures and leave the real fighting to the real fighting men!!! It’s a total farce. Embarrassing and ridiculous! And why on earth no part of media who interview Jake have the cojones to tell him what he’s doing is wrong and tell him that he is in fact ranked 119 in the US on boxrec, and if he really wants to be taken serious, then he should take on a guy who’s maybe 100th in the US. But we know that’s not going to happen!!

[jjho]

Dana White's gotta be a little nervous to match his roster with Jake Paul. if JP beats someone like Mcgregor the UFC biz will go down the tubes. If those guys are so confident why not match JP with someone it should be easy money.

[Robbie Barrett]

Dana White's gotta be a little nervous to match his roster with Jake Paul. if JP beats someone like Mcgregor the UFC biz will go down the tubes. If those guys are so confident why not match JP with someone it should be easy money.

IF Paul is making as much as he says (I don't believe it) then why would he change from cherry picking no hopers? Any decent boxer KO's Paul and he knows it.

[TMLT87]

If those guys are so confident why not match JP with someone it should be easy money.

Its simple, Jake will never fight anyone thats actually a risk. Hes fought a Youtuber, a 5'9 NBA player and a broken down wrestler who was considered to have possibly the worst striking in the almost 30 year history of the UFC. Its all entirely strategic to minimize risk and maximize cash.

[joe strong]

His base purse i think was $665000 not including PPV money if he gets any. Prograis made $850000 as the highest pursez mir got $350000 while Cunningham $150000

[Unidentified]

Paul v. White: MMA rules.

[deowal]

MMA fighters being underpaid of one of the biggest myths out there. They are paid very little because they are largely low skilled, easily replaceable bums. MMA fighters make 200k because that is an accurate estimation of their worth. They are not paid like boxers because they are not the same level of fighter or athlete.

[Rapscallion]

Regardless of the money Jake Paul's three fights have brought him, Dana White would not be squawking as he is if he did not perceive Jake Paul as a threat to the UFC. Is Jon Jones more or less likely to settle for Dana White's assessment of his worth now that he's seen the PPV figures which Jake Paul generates? Is any other fighter? This is why Dana White is speaking out against Jake Paul; it doesn't really matter if Jake Paul has made a purse greater than Conor McGregor did in his boxing match with Floyd Mayweather; it is that Jake Paul is pocketing far more money than Dana White has previously or is now willing to pay any of the UFC stars let alone the UFC's supporting cast. So the question is this: as a UFC fan, are you going to side with the fighters, who are risking their health and more, or are you going to side with Dana White, who is well on his way to becoming a billionaire? As I see it, this quote from Uncle Tom's cabin sums up Dana White's philosophy concerning UFC fighter pay: "Didn't I pay twelve hundred dollars for you - ain't you mine, body and soul?" Or do you beg to differ?

[ShoulderRoll]

This place has turned into a Jake Paul circle jerk.

It's hilarious to see "hardcore boxing fans" swoon like little girls.

"Kid is starting to win me over" lol Stop lying!!! You're already all over his nuts!

Anything that gets Dana White flustered and under the skin of MMA fans is ok by me.