UFC CEO Dana White has never shied away from talking about fighter pay.
One of the biggest criticisms around boxing and MMA is that fighters are not being paid a lot of money. However, White has defended what the UFC has paid fighters and has had support from fighters as well.
Although boxers can make upwards of $50 million a fight, some lower-end boxers don’t get paid much. But, speaking on Shannon Sharpe’s Club Shay Shay podcast, White compared boxing to UFC pay and pointed to boxing being on life support.
“Boxing got so f*****up that nobody could make a living out of it, that Saudi Arabia had to take it over.