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One of the biggest talking points in the combat sports industry over the last few years has been how good and/or bad the UFC pays their fighters.
Former IBO Super Middleweight Champion Chris Eubanks Jr. has also entered the conversation now and he doesn’t like how the UFC is currently paying their fighters.
“It’s just entertaining,” Eubank told The MMA Hour. “I like everything about the UFC except how Dana [White]’s monopolized it and how those guys aren’t getting paid anywhere near as much as we’re making in boxing. But that’s the only downside to the sport, in my opinion.”
UFC President Dana White has long defended how the promotion pays it’s fighters, but most boxers who compete at a high level will earn far more than any UFC fighter does throughout their promotional tenure in just a few fights.
Eubanks Jr. also believes that the UFC will never come close to offering their fighters what high level boxers are paid.
“It’s impossible,” Eubanks said. “In the UFC you have a guy who has monopolized the entire MMA world. If you don’t accept what Dana’s giving you, goodbye. Find somewhere else to go. A perfect example is Ngannou. In boxing, you have promoters all over the world, you have associations ... all these different outfits of fighting for the best fighters, the best shows, they’re all like, ‘Come with us and we’ll pay you this.’ The competition is so huge that they’re always going to pay fighters more, whereas Dana doesn’t have to compete with anybody so he can pay you whatever he wants. In terms of business, he’s cracked it.
“You’ve got to give the guy credit from a business perspective. But from a moral perspective, these guys, they’re risking their lives, they’re having to go through hell and back to train and prepare and get in the octagon and fight, and they’re not being compensated like they should be, in my opinion. So it sucks. As a fighter, it sucks. But what can you do? You can’t do anything until there’s more competition.”
