Back to the MMA Newsfeed

Tywan Claxton rejects $250K tech job offer to pursue Bellator title

When flyweight Brandon Royval made his UFC debut against Tim Elliot in May, he was also working full-time at a juvenile detention center in his home state of Colorado. But after he got his performance bonus that night, the 28-year-old quit his job and put his sole focus on fighting.

Bellator featherweight Tywan Claxton is going down a similar path. As the 27-year-old fighter recently announced on Twitter, he apparently turned down a job offer that’ll pay him $250K a year to fight full-time.

Today i was offered a full stack developer position making 250,000 / year.