The discussion over UFC fighter pay isn’t about to die down and go away, at least not as long as the promotion has to contend with high-profile athletes holding out for better contracts. But that doesn’t mean that every fighter in the promotion is looking for a bigger piece of the UFC pie.
At least one top talent appears to believe that there are very good reasons that the promotion deserves the vast share of revenue generated from UFC events. To hear former Bellator champion and lightweight top contender Michael Chandler tell it on a recent episode of Jeremy Piven’s ‘How U Livin J Piven’ podcast, Dana White just works harder than fighters do.