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

[Zaroku]

I’d rather see chicken George or real grinders behind the show get paid ...

[Eff Pandas]

I mean in fairness to Dana it sounds like Jake stole Dana's blueprint on paying the guys on his team if that recent story about him fooking over his guys is true.

[paulf]

I still find it mind boggling that Dana goes public to criticize Jon Jones for wanting $10 million as if he's doing something wrong. In boxing $10 million is NOTHING. For a company that's supposed to be this giant machine I don't understand how the UFC still cannot pay fighters what they deserve

apples and oranges bro.

They have a completely different structure.... guys at the bottom-mid level get more and guys at the top get less. They get health insurance, medical treatment, and can do their entire training camp at UFC facilities. That kind of infrastructure eats a lot of cash, but the only people you see complaining are the superstar people that want Mayweather money, but their pay structure is what allows them to have STACKED cards, take care of fighters and grow the sport all at once.

UFC rakes in a lot of cash, but Unlike boxing they feed a lot of that back into the sport.

[theface07]

No way has Jake Paul made more for a fight than Conor did.

If UFC paid guys like top boxers it'd be very bad for the sport from a fans perspective tbh, a lot of MMA fans support paying the fighters better and dont get this. You'd have to say bye bye to the big supercards and regular big fights because they'd cost a fortune in fight purses to get done while not doing any better numbers than they do currently. The pay and the relative UFC monopoly are two of the major reasons why its able to be such a well oiled machine compared to boxing.

Also the UFC guys and Dana should just keep doing their thing and ignore Jake at this point. Its already bad enough having to hear about him constantly in boxing.

Dude why are you even on a boxing site when you're obviously an MMA guy? You must have a lot of free time on your hands to sign up to a boxing forum just to defend Uncle Dana Pennybags and his monopoly. No boxing fans care about your UFC vs. Boxing bias or your false equivalency when comparing the two.

[theface07]

apples and oranges bro.

They have a completely different structure.... guys at the bottom-mid level get more and guys at the top get less. They get health insurance, medical treatment, and can do their entire training camp at UFC facilities. That kind of infrastructure eats a lot of cash, but the only people you see complaining are the superstar people that want Mayweather money, but their pay structure is what allows them to have STACKED cards, take care of fighters and grow the sport all at once.

UFC rakes in a lot of cash, but Unlike boxing they feed a lot of that back into the sport.

Stacked cards? Give me a break. Stop defending the deplorable robbery by Dana Whiteman. I watched the PPV this weekend and it didn't seem all that stacked to me. Really it was a bunch of mismatches. The main event was a total wash and anyone with half a brain should've known that. The UFC hypes up the big mouth Trump supporting clowns that Dana and the fanbase have a hard on for like McMuffin and Mas Vidal Sasoon and put them against clearly better opposition that the delusional masses think will get beat. On top of that, it's always pro US refs just like that serial killer looking ref who stopped the Chinese girl too early because they wanted another US champ. Commentary were saying she was out cold/unconscious when she clearly wasn't. Sure it was a good kick but they never even gave her a chance.
As far as health insurance, medical treatment, that is total BS. Do you actually think that makes up for the difference in pay scale at the championship level compared to boxing? Not even close. We're talking millions of dollars versus hundreds of thousands of dollars. Dana Whiteman is laughing all the way to the bank.

[paulf]

Stacked cards? Give me a break. Stop defending the deplorable robbery by Dana Whiteman. I watched the PPV this weekend and it didn't seem all that stacked to me. Really it was a bunch of mismatches. The main event was a total wash and anyone with half a brain should've known that. The UFC hypes up the big mouth Trump supporting clowns that Dana and the fanbase have a hard on for like McMuffin and Mas Vidal Sasoon and put them against clearly better opposition that the delusional masses think will get beat. On top of that, it's always pro US refs just like that serial killer looking ref who stopped the Chinese girl too early because they wanted another US champ. Commentary were saying she was out cold/unconscious when she clearly wasn't. Sure it was a good kick but they never even gave her a chance.
As far as health insurance, medical treatment, that is total BS. Do you actually think that makes up for the difference in pay scale at the championship level compared to boxing? Not even close. We're talking millions of dollars versus hundreds of thousands of dollars. Dana Whiteman is laughing all the way to the bank.

If you can't see the difference in quality between what UFC puts on monthly and the types of fights that appear on boxing undercards, I can't help you dude.

[QballLobo]

Someday a Conner Mcgregor type star will wise up and realize they don’t need to bow to lord Dana White and can promote their own shows and maximize their earnings vs White making millions while they get his crumbs.

[TMLT87]

Someday a Conner Mcgregor type star will wise up and realize they don’t need to bow to lord Dana White and can promote their own shows and maximize their earnings vs White making millions while they get his crumbs.

That will be the point where MMA becomes as ****ed as boxing. A bunch of champions spread out across a bunch of promotions making **** tons of money to fight whoever they feel like while we wait years for them to fight each other.

[QballLobo]

That will be the point where MMA becomes as ****ed as boxing. A bunch of champions spread out across a bunch of promotions making **** tons of money to fight whoever they feel like while we wait years for them to fight each other.

If that’s the trade off then that’s ok. These guys put their lives on the line and get paid well below their worth. White’s a billionaire off the backs of guys who have no safety net when their done and their bodies break down.

[Eff Pandas]

Jake did a interesting interview with Andre Berto I just saw the other day. Jake's got a pretty realistic approach to his impact on boxing & his mindset in general. He's a great troll, but he doesn't troll at all in this interview & is just shooting straight.