In his post-fight, in-cage interview following his UFC 234 victory over Anderson Silva, Israel Adesanya said the he should be cut in on a percentage of the pay-per-view buys from the evening’s card in Melbourne, Australia.
Given some time to think about it, Adesanya still strongly believes he should get a cut of the revenue. The bout boosted into the main event slot on less than a day’s notice after the original headliner of UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker vs. challenger Kelvin Gastelum fell out.
And as such, Adesanya, who next will meet Gastelum in an interim welterweight title bout at UFC 236, believes both he and the legendary Silva should be compensated for their work in saving the show.