@benson Benson That is NOT fact. When you add up the fact that boxers get a much greater share of PPV and are allowed their own sponsorship deals it is not even remotely close, there will be some low ranked boxers making more than some fairly well known UFC fighters because the UFC's business model simply put does not allow the fighters to make as much as they could be.
G UNIT SOILDER they're bitches 😂😂 all theyve ever done is complain about fighting Nate just got luck wit Conor and even nick got lucky dude got GSP and Anderson back to back but all they do is say everyone's scared but then they get a call and go quiet
@@nicktoosaucey8685 Lucky with Conor?? LOL. Please, Conor was lucky to get gifted a decision the second fight. Nate won both times and the guy loses more than he wins. Conor is just hype. He got lucky with Aldo and Alvarez was a shit fighter who should never have been champion..
Good point. But you can't go by the disclosed pay figures. Those are just to make things legit with the commission. But, mma guys are severely underpaid..especially the undercard guys. You can't tell me that it is fair that the entry level UFC contract is $10 grand to show and $10 grand to win..and it used to be 6&6. That is really sad. But that isn't my biggest problem with the UFC. My biggest issue is how Dana White and his Zuffa buddies made him, Dana White, the biggest star in mma. It should be the fighters that the general public think of when they think of mma. But nope, they think of Uncle Fester - Dana White. In boxing, everyone knows who a guy like Bob Arum is. But they don't think of him when someone mentions boxing. During the SEG days in the UFC, no one even know what Art Davey or Bob Marowitz even looked like. But during the Zuffa era, Dana White became the face of the sport (well, the UFC side of it at least). Mr. Sakibara (sp?) didn't do it in Pride....it only happens in the UFC. Disgusting and appalling.
True, but its a double edged sword. If it wasnt for the UFC building and giving the fighter a platform to become a famous fighter, the fighter would be just a normal dude in some other organization.
Paulie is spot on here...not sure why the other guys are defending Dana..I guess it really shows how much power Dana has that even MMA analysts don't want to say anything bad about him. If you want to see how Dana treats his fighters in business just watch the Embedded series of Jones vs Gustaffson 2
acoe Corey R because no body care of two guys are fighting in the street, if you ignore the promotion hand in you making money you are an idiot. We come to pay for the show the commentary the hype not just two guys punching each other.
@@proudtobehere Im not sure that is exactly what paulie is talking about but I didnt watch the whole interview anyways for sure you need promotion but Dana and the UFC treat certain fighters better than others when it comes to getting paid. These fighters did sign the contracts so that is on them for getting thrown in that position. Also I think paulie wants to see fighters getting a better cut for their fights since it is their ass on the line and they only have so long of a shelf life to make that money. Lastly Dana at times ignores promotion. I mean he has Tyron fighting Usman when all the fans want to see Tyron fighting Colby Covington. There is also more back story behind those two.
@@PhightingFilosopher are you fucking stupid? Brock Ronda and Connor KNOW HOW TO FIGHT They've been doing since they were children. Cm punk took up fighting at 38! And thought he was on the same level as the actual fighters in the UFC. That's probably one of the dumbest comments ive ever read congratulations
Deoxyribonucleic acid the money part makes 100% sense. He has a big name and he’s the reason most people were watching that card. Whether or not Dana should have let him fight is another story but the money part is right.
Deoxyribonucleic acid i lost all respect for dana when brock bitchface & rhonda were the biggest draws in ufc on top dollar over someone like mark hunt!!! (A real fuckin fighter 2001 k1 world kickboxing champion? Yeah bt brock got paid more cause he brought in wrestling fans & rhonda brought in more women fans!! To you cm punks a joke bt to me brock, rousey & mcgregor are jokes WHITE HYPES that are full of shit so if you got a problem with punk dana brought him in for bandwagon fans like all you fake ass bitch boy fans
I dont understand why George is almost siding with Dana. He knows these contracts, anybody who is a hardcore knows how UFC PPV works. It was exposed with Alistair Overeem’s contract. Their model is just like the old music model back when ppl bought cd’s and records. U dont get one cent unless the PPV does over 200,000 buys. In Alistair’ case he was guaranteed $1 for every PPV from 200-400,000 buys, $2 for every PPV from 400-600,000 buys and $3 for every buy 600-800,000. These are how the PPV buys are structured in the UFC. Its a complete joke, in boxing the boxer gets money from the very first PPV buy and they get the lion’s share of the $30 the PPV costs. ( PPV actually costs $60 a buy but the satellite carrier or cable provider takes half of it, so that’s why its $30) The Fertittas are non-union business operators, so they used their business smarts to create this model knowing they would get the king’s ransom and basically give the fighers peanuts, while dangling these discretionary bonuses to fighters like carrots. I would estimate in Conor’s case he was able to start at $5-6 instead of the $1 per PPV above 200,000. Anyhow, i just dont get why George is arguing with Paulie.
George is saying Conor made more than $20 million. I train out of a gym in California and one of my partners is close friends with Conor. He said conor made close to $50m too. He apparently got a massive backend. GSP already confirmed he was making $5m per fight and then made close today $10m to comeback and fight Bisping. Pauline is definitely right about the other fighters but not Conor.
@@Insertnamehere287 that doesnt mean half the ppv goes to Conor. The PPV reportedly did 2.4 million buys and that doesnt include the gate and merchandise sales. The fight generated 200m and UFC apparently now only gives around 30 percent to the ppv distributer. So if Conor got around 40m, whatever his cut was whatever the fight generated, that's around 20 percent. 40-45m from the backend plus his base. It makes sense to me. No way Conor would come back without a massive backend profit, he just wouldn't, he made 98m from the floyd fight alone.
benson Benson you’re so stupid if you believe GGG was earning just $300,000 a fight outside of the Brook/Canelo fights 🤦♂️ people like you make my head hurt
Im sure MMA WORLD already has deals with the UFC by now. he's able to use the slot of their media and he's advertises ESPN +. I highly doubt he would bite the hand that feeds him
@Dee Gee let's see you have paulie on an MMA platform. Rogan has had several on his podcast. MMA guys at the big fights and training in their guns. De la Hoya promoting and don't even get me started on the star paychecks boxers get. Take the blinders off broaden your view and quit sounding like an ass kisser. Paulie is this critical with boxing too. Maybe if UFC fighters weren't ass kissers they would get paid too. #bellatorrules
@Dee Gee .. boxers get paid way more for a fight and the sport is not that popular. MMA blew up and still is ! So how is it there getting Paid Less?? Dana is clearly fucking them in Pay.. Now that the Public knows more action can be done for the fighters..
Pauline butthurt His yelling on top of everyone speaking. He mad cause Dana said he got whopped at the sparring session and hes ego is clearly hurt. I find him hilarious and emberrasing. Can't u see why he's so obsessed
UFC fighters should be thanking Paulie. This is the reason the UFC doesn't want anyone even mentioning a Fighters Union, the reason the other major sport athletes get pensions and major portions of gross revenue is because they have representation. The fighters are the product and if they stick together they would receive what they deserve but the way things are they get a pittance of what they should get and if they complain about it they get punished. I know Stipe is a blue collar guy and likely loves the people and being a fireman but he should be making enough money that it doesn't make any sense for him to even think about going to the firehouse. He should have enough money to buy a firehouse for the city and pay for his own health benefits and not need to punch in at the fire department for medical benefits and a little pension. I am sure many other UFC fighters are working regular jobs too.
@@acruzro95 plus you got to include that unlike dentists, athletes have to pay coaches, nutritionists, physical therapists, training, travel etc. It seems to me, making $300k a year may only result in $100-$150k. I'd imagine it's even more costly for year round sports with lots of tournaments, travel, and intensive coaching beyond 8 week camps.
True, but its a double edged sword. If it wasnt for the UFC building and giving the fighter a platform to become a famous fighter, the fighter would be just a normal dude in some other organization.
Paulie is the man. Initially as primarily an MMA fan I was like wtf is this guy? The more I listened to him talk, he’s totally genuine and really likable. Much respect for standing up for what’s right.
Its too bad most MMA die hard fans first experience with Paulie is with McGregor. Paulie has always been someone you got to hear from in the boxing world. Most big boxing fans see him.as arguably the best boxing analyst/commontator out there. Possibly of all time.
True, but its a double edged sword. If it wasnt for the UFC building and giving the fighter a platform to become a famous fighter, the fighter would be just a normal dude in some other organization.
Rarely have I heard a fighter talk the truth for more than 15minutes straight, from the heart whilst intelligently backing up EVERY SINGLE ARGUMENT that he made. Gotta show this man some love people.
The fact that he mentioned Cung Le ( not a well known name in America outside of mma fans ) and Muay Thai (a sport that alot of outside fans confuse with kickboxing ) shows he knows alot about combat sports. I believe he knows what the hell he is talking about when it comes to the industry . He really needs to be on a bigger platform with this
@@seanhurley9216 yeah I know this . I stated those separately . But if you want to get technical , Cung Le was in MMA so he had muay thai training . I know his background in sanda
Dana was great for ufc years ago..did allot for the sport but now I think he is ruining it..Jon Jones finished me, total crap moving the event . Jones should have been suspeneded
Dee Gee who’s de la weirdo? Last time I checked the history books, Oscar was one of THE greatest boxers. Great boxers deserve respect bc no everyone can be a true warrior.
@Dee Gee Oscar was a real boxer and was tired of not making the money percentage he felt boxers should be paid. So id rather trust him than a pure promoter who has never put his life on the line.
@Dee Gee the difference is they give more of the money to the fighters. That was their mission. We don't know if they change up but that was their purpose.
I'm a MMA hardcore I've always loved and respected Paulie for his skill and the way he speaks with passion about changing things to benefit the actual fighters of all combat sports. McGregor hardcore dickriders are the only MMA fans that don't like Paulie.. .and they jumped off his bandwagon until he wins again..so who cares what they think lol
I owe this man an apology he’s 100% right look how everyone in the ufc is not happy about their pay and Dana is like then don’t fight it’s no skin off my back
Dana got the don king blueprint and mastered it . In the 90s don held the heavyweight division to ransom just like the ufc does with MMA . I recall don telling Tyson he had hundreds of millions when he was in prison Tyson looked into his account when he got out of prison and zero . Same with Ali Holmes Witherspoon etc . Expect fighters to go to court about this in years to come . The Ali act was brought in boxing so the non disclosure of pay wouldn’t be allowed . These guys ain’t rich their cars , jewellery ,clothes & homes are rented they live paycheck to paycheck just like normal everyday people & when you’re told your gonna make 80 million and you buy all this shit spending 50 million thinking you’ve still got 30 left & you only get paid 40 then they’ve got you become their slave to fight . Look at all the greats fighting past their prime and getting embarrassed cause their broke .
@@danielperry7874 straight up I wouldn't spend 40 million like a lunatic HOT DAMN!! I'd take maybe 8 fights and retire if I'm making 80 or 50 million straight up
@Bayern 1 Yeah i agree 100% but if there's no way around it, id gladly retire with $40million or $4million.. for a fight? Shiiiiiiiitttttt I'll tape up my hands right now hahahahahaaaa like paulie said "you have to rape me? Fine, but were not friends"
They should start with a mandatory Pension System in the MMA. If the fighters simply let the ownership fathom that they were going to Organize to Strike you’d see changes by 1:00am.
pat agree with you, also 1 of the more honest guys out there,for a 2-time world champion he admitted that of the 2 spars he had with conor the first one gave him alot of problems because of his karate stands...and never denied conor skills ,just that he has bitch and quiet in him,which is true
Hes pretty irritating but brings up valid points. I just dont like how he starts yelling if someone else starts talkin - had to cut the volume down a fat chunk 😂😂
Here we are, almost 2 years later, and fighter pay is still an issue. Chris Lytle, who fought for the UFC, is right there and he doesn't say anything about his experience.
I remember when Paulie stepped up to fight a scary animal killer in cotto this is when cotto was a straight up killer . Everyone was shook to fight cotto. Little Paulie stepped up and.won my heart even to this day ...the fella got some.big balls . Even Floyd wouldn't fight cotto back then
I used to not like him but he knows what he's saying ...he just speaking up unlike others who are quiet and just getting a paycheck He don't care what people think ..he lives the sport just doesn't like the snakey fukers in this sneaky game
Paulie makes a lot of good points. Its weird with Boxing & MMA because besides the fact they are both combat sports, the natural evolution of the two sports have evolved into different animals. Boxing is made up of headliners with four major sanctioning bodies (WBA, WBO, WBC, IBF). Because of limited rules, the sport is allowed to be more organized with more proficient rankings. It also evolved since 1800's so it had time from generation to generation to learn from its mistakes. The criticisms of Boxing have been around for ages (best fighters ducking each other, bad judges decision) and will continue to go on for a long time. MMA has evolved into a monopoly due to smart business men who copied the blue prints from Boxing (since they were Boxing guys to begin with who got into MMA). With MMA being more of a dictatorship ran by an greedy ego maniac who has the resources to eliminate and buy out competition so they can be king of the mountain. However MMA is weird in regards to how it is as an entire 'sport' since MMA is made up not of sanctioning bodies like Boxing, but organizations that thrive in different countries. UFC / Bellator for USA. We saw Pancrase, Pride, DREAM, Sengoku, and now Rizin that thrives in Japan with a more pro wrestling rooted production style. While One FC runs Singapore / Asia. M-1 for Russia. Jungle Fight for Brazil. Various orgainzations in Europe, but Europeans have not adopted MMA entirely and have stuck to the tradion of Boxing as their main sport (Klitschko brothers, Anthony Joshua, David Haye, Lennox Lewis, Ricky Hatton, Joe Calzaghe remain Gods of combat sports in UK / Europe). So Boxing splits revenue with Boxers, managers, promoters while MMA is primarily organiztions with their fighters as employees rather than a big part of the revenue split except a few exceptions with really big names (GSP, Conor, Rousey, etc). If you are really deep in combat sports, its difficult to explain where Paulie is coming from to the average joe. But those of us that are into combat sports can see exactly where he is coming from. The problem is there is a term in MMA called 'the evolution of the sport' which progressed from a violent blood event to a legit sanctioned sport with rules, points, judges, etc. And the evolution took the turn to where the money goes to the one promotion - the UFC. It cant be changed tomorrow, the issue will be to continue to evolve into the money going toward the fighter one day. Even if you put Scott Coker, who all of us hardcore fans wish would have the same power as Dana, at the top of the mountain, it still wouldn't completely change tomorrow, but it would be a step forward in the right direction. If you guys are NFL fans, you just saw the New Orleans / Rams no-call which possibly could have cost Saints a superbowl trip. The relation between the two is that sports are not perfect. There are not perfect sports. Things go wrong. Things are not fair. Things are out of the fan's control. But you just have to observe, hope, and if you have any kind of power, do your part into making the sport into what you desire, wheather you want fighters more money or better judging or whatever.....
I hope it never happens, you can't go around saying dudes have no balls when they fight in an art that takes way more balls to compete in than the combat sport you're in and then faced the best to ever do it in your sport and get stopped damn near at the 11th round out of exhaustion. But you yourself don't have the balls to compete in the other man's sport. Literally makes no sense, and no one actually called him out, he saw a 💰 ticket and tried to create drama.
Poteluz He said he has no balls because when he’s faced with adversity, Conor gives up. He gave examples of the past, said that he wouldn’t win the Floyd match because of it, and he wouldn’t beat Khabib for that reason. He has every right to say he has no balls, and he has a valid point. It doesn’t take more “balls” to compete in either sport. Saying it takes more balls to compete in MMA literally makes no sense. A person picks a sport, and trains. Their level of determination is determined based on HOW they compete, not WHAT they compete in. “Making” it to the 10 round isn’t significant either, it’s all about the fight that was put up until then. Which wasn’t much, especially against the smaller guy who isn’t a knockout artist in the first place.
he's absolutely right, unfortunately there are too many ufc sheep out there that for some odd (stupid) reason still believe the bullshit that dana is spewing
@benson Benson WTF are you talking about. GGG has been earning more than $500k for a fight for quite some time. Lots of boxers are getting paid more than $500k per fight.
@benson Benson who were the guys he was fighting though? It was probably just an exhibition for him where as in mma you can get pounded out or broken bones...
Paulie has always spoken from the heart. Even on the rare occasions that he's wrong, he was still speaking his true feeling on a situation. He's always worn his heart on his sleeve.
Love or hate floyd hes right. Be your own boss to get the whole pie. These mma fighters will take decades before making a move to better the pay, by then the OGs will be brain dead wishing they did it first
Nice to hear a bit of the sad truth on a sport I love. Bitter sweet this world is. Thanks for the words Paulie. I hope UFC changes one day. It's sad that the struggling retired fighters had to hear about the multibillion UFC buyout and knowing that it was their hard earned work that was exploited in those numbers. Respect and sincerity to the retired and poor fighters that are in the world right now. It's a sad world
Been a judge with the WBC/NABF for a few years now. Fought in a bunch of the same amateur tournaments as paulie, ever since we were kids, he’s always been a fantastic advocate for fighters. Now as adults, he still bangs the fighters equality drum whether it be boxing, mma, Muay Thai etc. trust me when I say that we’re happy when ANY fighter makes money, we love it, cuz like he says, the organizations will pull quick ones on you and dump you. It’s not a boxing vs MMA thing. It’s a “You’re fucking the fighters” beat and Dana Whites bangin the drum.
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You cant deny paulie makes a lot of sense here
247617 100% havent finished the video yet but so far he hasnt said “BRING YOUR BAWLZZ CANNAR!” Once !!!
@@kinetickhemical1005 FACTS
benson Benson papa dana is that you?
He’s 100% spot on
@benson Benson That is NOT fact. When you add up the fact that boxers get a much greater share of PPV and are allowed their own sponsorship deals it is not even remotely close, there will be some low ranked boxers making more than some fairly well known UFC fighters because the UFC's business model simply put does not allow the fighters to make as much as they could be.
Get Paulie on JRE
The biggest hater on this planet!🤦♂️
Please no
Paulie n joey diaz. Can you imagine how many times the word cocksucka would get mentioned!? Haha
Agreed
Would be funny but it would most likely get Rogan the sack from the ufc haha
nick and Nate Diaz are right to have no respect for Dana white
G UNIT SOILDER they're bitches 😂😂 all theyve ever done is complain about fighting Nate just got luck wit Conor and even nick got lucky dude got GSP and Anderson back to back but all they do is say everyone's scared but then they get a call and go quiet
Sauce God Gio If you believe Dana actually made the call lol AND even when Dana did call he offered them peanuts! They're both smarter than that ugh
Sauce God Gio shut yo bitch ass up
That's too bad because Dana owns their rights and they can't fight any where else.
@@nicktoosaucey8685 Lucky with Conor?? LOL. Please, Conor was lucky to get gifted a decision the second fight. Nate won both times and the guy loses more than he wins. Conor is just hype. He got lucky with Aldo and Alvarez was a shit fighter who should never have been champion..
It's crazy how relevant this conversation is today.Fighters finally calling out dana on his bullshit.
Paulie - "Can I swear "
"Yeah"
Paulie - "Dirtbag"
Asif Arshad LOLd
Ginzaloons have to wind up into the swearing, it starts slow then blows up.
I know right? I thought he was about to drop some F, B, and P bombs. I have a whole new respect for Paulie now!
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Rape is a strong word !!!and too me the wrong word to use Paulie!!!!! Rip off yea say that !! Be careful what you say Paulie ????
Andre Ward gets $6.5 million for a ppv that does 130K buys.
Jon Jones gets $500,000 for a ppv that does 720K buys.
Manny pac just got 10 million
AB 2.5 million
Connor got like 3 million vs nate and did almost 2million ppvs lol
MiscGamingVids yes
Lies. Jon got 2.5M for those numbers
Good point. But you can't go by the disclosed pay figures. Those are just to make things legit with the commission. But, mma guys are severely underpaid..especially the undercard guys. You can't tell me that it is fair that the entry level UFC contract is $10 grand to show and $10 grand to win..and it used to be 6&6. That is really sad. But that isn't my biggest problem with the UFC. My biggest issue is how Dana White and his Zuffa buddies made him, Dana White, the biggest star in mma. It should be the fighters that the general public think of when they think of mma. But nope, they think of Uncle Fester - Dana White. In boxing, everyone knows who a guy like Bob Arum is. But they don't think of him when someone mentions boxing. During the SEG days in the UFC, no one even know what Art Davey or Bob Marowitz even looked like. But during the Zuffa era, Dana White became the face of the sport (well, the UFC side of it at least). Mr. Sakibara (sp?) didn't do it in Pride....it only happens in the UFC. Disgusting and appalling.
Whole ufc fan base needs to watch this video. Paulie has a great point
they are all 12 circle jerking in mommies basement
Real UFC fans, the ones that care already know this. Paulie, love the dude but he is not saying anything new.
Tito said the same thing about Dana. Along with other fighters. People haven't been paying attention
True, but its a double edged sword. If it wasnt for the UFC building and giving the fighter a platform to become a famous fighter, the fighter would be just a normal dude in some other organization.
Whole UFC fanbase needs to learn to read at a 4th grade level first.
Paulie is spot on here...not sure why the other guys are defending Dana..I guess it really shows how much power Dana has that even MMA analysts don't want to say anything bad about him. If you want to see how Dana treats his fighters in business just watch the Embedded series of Jones vs Gustaffson 2
"Who's paying my taxes?" pretty much sold me on boycotting the UFC until Dana is gone. What a shithead.
Schaub is probably the only analyst that has no issue trashing Dana.
Just look at how they treat Tyron Woodley. They just did a new era promo for the new belt and showed every current champion except for him smh.
MightyMac 100 Paulie is 💯 on this... Dana White is the “Don King” of mma...
wow didnt catch that.. smh hate this bitch
dana!!!!!@@SonYaban
Dana " suge night" white running the ufc like deathrow records 😂😂😂
Jones the Pac of the sport 🙏🏿
Nothing like
Awesome comment bro hold this W
Well done
My hate for Paulie Malignacci just went away fast.
The hate wasn't rational.
@@godofthisshit i'm a Filipino, huge Pacquiao fan. Paulie trashed Pac every time everywhere
@@ianosaurus27 so true Paulie be trashing paquio left and right. Lol
@@ianosaurus27 a lot of it is legit!
Mine keeps increasing.
Dude went 12 rd's with prime miguel cotto. Never a big puncher, but a great boxer..
Had a broken orbital bone in that fight as well
He also got knocked down in sparring BY MCNUGGETS LMFAO
@@GoProxi That was after he retired
He was the biggest bum in boxing.Shawn porter nearly killed him
@@SiLoMixMaster man u rly have excuses on deck! Yeah he had been retired for hold up wait for it, *2 months* LOL
Paulie dropping some truth bombs here...
you can say alot about Paulie but he's bringing up valid points here
dlanjobo no he is not
@@proudtobehere why?
As per usual.
acoe Corey R because no body care of two guys are fighting in the street, if you ignore the promotion hand in you making money you are an idiot. We come to pay for the show the commentary the hype not just two guys punching each other.
@@proudtobehere Im not sure that is exactly what paulie is talking about but I didnt watch the whole interview anyways for sure you need promotion but Dana and the UFC treat certain fighters better than others when it comes to getting paid. These fighters did sign the contracts so that is on them for getting thrown in that position. Also I think paulie wants to see fighters getting a better cut for their fights since it is their ass on the line and they only have so long of a shelf life to make that money. Lastly Dana at times ignores promotion. I mean he has Tyron fighting Usman when all the fans want to see Tyron fighting Colby Covington. There is also more back story behind those two.
I lost all respect for Dana when he not only allowed cm prick to "fight" in the UFC, but paid him more than every other actual fighter on the card.
The same as brock, rousey & mcgregor, the draws get the most money, same reason brock & bones are allowed to constantly compete on steroids
@@PhightingFilosopher are you fucking stupid? Brock Ronda and Connor KNOW HOW TO FIGHT
They've been doing since they were children. Cm punk took up fighting at 38! And thought he was on the same level as the actual fighters in the UFC.
That's probably one of the dumbest comments ive ever read congratulations
Deoxyribonucleic acid the money part makes 100% sense. He has a big name and he’s the reason most people were watching that card. Whether or not Dana should have let him fight is another story but the money part is right.
Is that as bad a Mayweather bringing in an 0-0 fighter for his 'final' fight?
Deoxyribonucleic acid i lost all respect for dana when brock bitchface & rhonda were the biggest draws in ufc on top dollar over someone like mark hunt!!! (A real fuckin fighter 2001 k1 world kickboxing champion? Yeah bt brock got paid more cause he brought in wrestling fans & rhonda brought in more women fans!! To you cm punks a joke bt to me brock, rousey & mcgregor are jokes WHITE HYPES that are full of shit so if you got a problem with punk dana brought him in for bandwagon fans like all you fake ass bitch boy fans
I always said Dana is the don king of UFC
Worse than Don I reckon
All these haters in the comments. Paulie is speaking truth. Stop hating. Just listen. 😩
you're absolutely right, they are probably conor fans that don't want to hear the truth about there hero
You don't need to listen to Paulie to know that Dana is a POS
Joshua Allen Key...that is your full name.
Joshua Allen Key the third is your name now my son. @@mainnevent515
@@joshuaking-lambert7540 lol OK sister. 😂
I dont understand why George is almost siding with Dana. He knows these contracts, anybody who is a hardcore knows how UFC PPV works.
It was exposed with Alistair Overeem’s contract.
Their model is just like the old music model back when ppl bought cd’s and records.
U dont get one cent unless the PPV does over 200,000 buys. In Alistair’ case he was guaranteed $1 for every PPV from 200-400,000 buys, $2 for every PPV from 400-600,000 buys and $3 for every buy 600-800,000.
These are how the PPV buys are structured in the UFC. Its a complete joke, in boxing the boxer gets money from the very first PPV buy and they get the lion’s share of the $30 the PPV costs. ( PPV actually costs $60 a buy but the satellite carrier or cable provider takes half of it, so that’s why its $30)
The Fertittas are non-union business operators, so they used their business smarts to create this model knowing they would get the king’s ransom and basically give the fighers peanuts, while dangling these discretionary bonuses to fighters like carrots.
I would estimate in Conor’s case he was able to start at $5-6 instead of the $1 per PPV above 200,000.
Anyhow, i just dont get why George is arguing with Paulie.
very well put, thats exactly how music artist were robbed. mma fighters deserve a lot more money and respect
George is saying Conor made more than $20 million. I train out of a gym in California and one of my partners is close friends with Conor. He said conor made close to $50m too. He apparently got a massive backend. GSP already confirmed he was making $5m per fight and then made close today $10m to comeback and fight Bisping. Pauline is definitely right about the other fighters but not Conor.
One0one Lion the problem is where did 47m come from ? That would mean the UFC gave him half the PPV. Makes no sense.
@@Insertnamehere287 that doesnt mean half the ppv goes to Conor. The PPV reportedly did 2.4 million buys and that doesnt include the gate and merchandise sales. The fight generated 200m and UFC apparently now only gives around 30 percent to the ppv distributer. So if Conor got around 40m, whatever his cut was whatever the fight generated, that's around 20 percent. 40-45m from the backend plus his base. It makes sense to me. No way Conor would come back without a massive backend profit, he just wouldn't, he made 98m from the floyd fight alone.
benson Benson you’re so stupid if you believe GGG was earning just $300,000 a fight outside of the Brook/Canelo fights 🤦♂️ people like you make my head hurt
Everyone push this video around.. let's see if the MMA World starts talking more about it
Im sure MMA WORLD already has deals with the UFC by now. he's able to use the slot of their media and he's advertises ESPN +. I highly doubt he would bite the hand that feeds him
@smoothshot 95 are you upset that boxers are now stars in mma?
@@smoothshot9562 he's relevant because he's a fantastic boxing pundit and commentator
@Dee Gee let's see you have paulie on an MMA platform. Rogan has had several on his podcast. MMA guys at the big fights and training in their guns. De la Hoya promoting and don't even get me started on the star paychecks boxers get. Take the blinders off broaden your view and quit sounding like an ass kisser. Paulie is this critical with boxing too. Maybe if UFC fighters weren't ass kissers they would get paid too. #bellatorrules
@Dee Gee .. boxers get paid way more for a fight and the sport is not that popular. MMA blew up and still is ! So how is it there getting Paid Less?? Dana is clearly fucking them in Pay.. Now that the Public knows more action can be done for the fighters..
Paulie”Tell You Like It Is” Malignaggi..... Hate him or love him, one things for sure, you have to respect him. He has my vote!
Pauline butthurt His yelling on top of everyone speaking. He mad cause Dana said he got whopped at the sparring session and hes ego is clearly hurt. I find him hilarious and emberrasing. Can't u see why he's so obsessed
Respect him lol.get a fkn grip
Yeah now look at these mma fighters now crying
I wasn’t planning on staying here for 23 minutes but I did lol
Paulie is 100% right
UFC fighters should be thanking Paulie. This is the reason the UFC doesn't want anyone even mentioning a Fighters Union, the reason the other major sport athletes get pensions and major portions of gross revenue is because they have representation. The fighters are the product and if they stick together they would receive what they deserve but the way things are they get a pittance of what they should get and if they complain about it they get punished. I know Stipe is a blue collar guy and likely loves the people and being a fireman but he should be making enough money that it doesn't make any sense for him to even think about going to the firehouse. He should have enough money to buy a firehouse for the city and pay for his own health benefits and not need to punch in at the fire department for medical benefits and a little pension. I am sure many other UFC fighters are working regular jobs too.
Think stipe said he works cause he wants to no matter how rich he gets
@blkcandywarez so you support unions at a certain stage?
Dennis Bermudez just retired for a daily job due to fund
@@acruzro95 plus you got to include that unlike dentists, athletes have to pay coaches, nutritionists, physical therapists, training, travel etc.
It seems to me, making $300k a year may only result in $100-$150k.
I'd imagine it's even more costly for year round sports with lots of tournaments, travel, and intensive coaching beyond 8 week camps.
True, but its a double edged sword. If it wasnt for the UFC building and giving the fighter a platform to become a famous fighter, the fighter would be just a normal dude in some other organization.
Paulie is the man. Initially as primarily an MMA fan I was like wtf is this guy? The more I listened to him talk, he’s totally genuine and really likable. Much respect for standing up for what’s right.
Its too bad most MMA die hard fans first experience with Paulie is with McGregor.
Paulie has always been someone you got to hear from in the boxing world.
Most big boxing fans see him.as arguably the best boxing analyst/commontator out there. Possibly of all time.
Dana WHITE is a punk
It amazes me how he continues to rape the fighters money 💰
What percentage of these fighters are retire ? A tiny fraction
Paulie so comfortable right now this is his subject, his domain.
Hahaha his ego so fragile calling Connor a pussy being friends with Dana. Why doesn't he call Jon Jones a pussy
Droo because he has no beef with jon jones so why does he need to call him a pussy?
" Don't brag about taking my side piece!!!"
Classic adrien “about 13 dollars” broner, malinaggi, moment hahah
Paulie is very very right here. he can be obnoxious, ok, but he’s as straight forward as they come
Paulie makes me turn the volume down every time.
Yet you are watching his video?
Because he shout's in the mic you spastics
crazyRPGk1d That’s him.
Samual Fuller
You sound like a Dana White apologist...
The smallest and the loudest, go figure.
been saying this for YEARS...and got kicked off of many ufc boards for saying this. im glad that it is being brought up by a professional.
UFC has so many fixed fight these days
True, but its a double edged sword. If it wasnt for the UFC building and giving the fighter a platform to become a famous fighter, the fighter would be just a normal dude in some other organization.
@@mugshotmarley Isn't it sad how greed can turn people to hurt their fellow human?
Rarely have I heard a fighter talk the truth for more than 15minutes straight, from the heart whilst intelligently backing up EVERY SINGLE ARGUMENT that he made.
Gotta show this man some love people.
Paulie kills me. He's one of the most animated cats out there. And he's pretty accurate about what he saying.
Everything he said actually 100 percent true
Frisco Fatseas don’t understand what he said that isn’t true before this?
The fact that he mentioned Cung Le ( not a well known name in America outside of mma fans ) and Muay Thai (a sport that alot of outside fans confuse with kickboxing ) shows he knows alot about combat sports. I believe he knows what the hell he is talking about when it comes to the industry . He really needs to be on a bigger platform with this
@Omar Mendoza well they both arent mainstream . Even the casual fan wouldnt know who Cung Le is .
He knows what he's talking about but the problem is how he comes across. And he's an easy target to troll, so the trolls are relentless.
Cung Le was a Sanshou fighter, Chinese kickboxing
@@seanhurley9216 yeah I know this . I stated those separately . But if you want to get technical , Cung Le was in MMA so he had muay thai training . I know his background in sanda
Any combat sports fan over the age of 25 knows who Cung Lee is.
Loved every second of the 23 min video. Thank you Paulie.
iransport
you spelled transport wrong buddy
If fighters had a union, Paulie should be the union president.
Ultimate boxing cherry on top. Paulie becomes UFC president
they will buy him out
I luv Paulie Malignaggi!! This cat is the truth. 100% raw and gives it to you straight!! Best Boxing analyst by far!!
Nah Roy Jones jr js the best analyst. More entertaining and a better accomplished boxer. But paulie is close #2
@@al3xx3991 I respectfully disagree!!
Dana was great for ufc years ago..did allot for the sport but now I think he is ruining it..Jon Jones finished me, total crap moving the event . Jones should have been suspeneded
Jepp, fuck that dude
Agreed
The Unforgiven.702 really...your a dumb ass
@@theunforgiven.7028 As a black man, you're an idiot
The Unforgiven.702 i third the two replies above me. you’re an idiot.
Just bacame a Paulie fan
Welcome to the club!
Paulie is hilarious. But is all true.
facts.& that fat dude with the purple shirt is a FUCKING idiot😤
Oscar de la Hoya was right about Dana.
Dee Gee who’s de la weirdo? Last time I checked the history books, Oscar was one of THE greatest boxers. Great boxers deserve respect bc no everyone can be a true warrior.
@Dee Gee Oscar was a real boxer and was tired of not making the money percentage he felt boxers should be paid. So id rather trust him than a pure promoter who has never put his life on the line.
@Dee Gee he and Hopkins made a vow to be a promoter for the fighters, not for the promotion.
@Dee Gee the difference is they give more of the money to the fighters. That was their mission. We don't know if they change up but that was their purpose.
Dana was right about Oscar u mean..when’s oscars next mma event?
Paulie knows what he's talking about, i've Always listened to him.
I'm a MMA hardcore I've always loved and respected Paulie for his skill and the way he speaks with passion about changing things to benefit the actual fighters of all combat sports. McGregor hardcore dickriders are the only MMA fans that don't like Paulie.. .and they jumped off his bandwagon until he wins again..so who cares what they think lol
very accurate and well said
Ever watch MMA with Poppy?
firmly grasp it HAHhah........ it’s not that funny, pay attention to the comment not the name you adhd having fuck
The reason I disliked Paulie was because he kept chasing the McGregor beef 24/7 he'd never shut the fuck up about the guy at some points.
Obviously you. Lol. You know nothing about mma/business. You just a dumbManbraw lol.
Love him or hate him paullie is right here
He's making very good points, sad mma fans won't take him seriously
I'm a huge MMA fan, and I took him seriously.
Yuuuuuup
I owe this man an apology he’s 100% right look how everyone in the ufc is not happy about their pay and Dana is like then don’t fight it’s no skin off my back
Paulie is the Love child of Joe Pesci from "Goodfellas" and Ralph Macchio from "The Karate kid" (1984)
Man😂, this comment is truely underrated!
Paulies so right here, and I'm a huge ufc fan but it's upsetting to see fighters leave to be real estate agents or start a cafe. Smh
Lmao...who became a real estate agent and who opened a cafe? I'm asking unironically btw.
Director of the Notification Squad Al iaquinta became a real estate agent I don't think any one became a cafe owner though
@@SquadDirector Carlos Condit opened a cafe for a while with his own coffee brand but it went away quick and he came back to the ufc.
@@SquadDirector Jose Aldo opened a burger bar
Paulie spitting that truth!! You go Paulie
Dana got the don king blueprint and mastered it . In the 90s don held the heavyweight division to ransom just like the ufc does with MMA . I recall don telling Tyson he had hundreds of millions when he was in prison Tyson looked into his account when he got out of prison and zero . Same with Ali Holmes Witherspoon etc . Expect fighters to go to court about this in years to come . The Ali act was brought in boxing so the non disclosure of pay wouldn’t be allowed . These guys ain’t rich their cars , jewellery ,clothes & homes are rented they live paycheck to paycheck just like normal everyday people & when you’re told your gonna make 80 million and you buy all this shit spending 50 million thinking you’ve still got 30 left & you only get paid 40 then they’ve got you become their slave to fight . Look at all the greats fighting past their prime and getting embarrassed cause their broke .
Luc Llewellyn and the 90s are known as the best era of Heavyweights....
🤔. Not sure I am fit to judge the sports side of these criticisms
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Just 40 mill?? You should be set with 1 million if you know how to invest
@@MichaelP-ke1tm exactly
@@danielperry7874 straight up I wouldn't spend 40 million like a lunatic HOT DAMN!! I'd take maybe 8 fights and retire if I'm making 80 or 50 million straight up
@Bayern 1 Yeah i agree 100% but if there's no way around it, id gladly retire with $40million or $4million.. for a fight? Shiiiiiiiitttttt I'll tape up my hands right now hahahahahaaaa like paulie said "you have to rape me? Fine, but were not friends"
Paulie called it, now Jon Jones, Jorge Masdival and Henry Cejudo have all said pay me. The man knows what he's talking about👏
Exactly!😂
They should start with a mandatory Pension System in the MMA. If the fighters simply let the ownership fathom that they were going to Organize to Strike you’d see changes by 1:00am.
I like listening to this dude.
Good point about the body attack though.
Hahahahahaha I love Paulie lol
Paulie is trash
pat agree with you, also 1 of the more honest guys out there,for a 2-time world champion he admitted that of the 2 spars he had with conor the first one gave him alot of problems because of his karate stands...and never denied conor skills ,just that he has bitch and quiet in him,which is true
Hes pretty irritating but brings up valid points. I just dont like how he starts yelling if someone else starts talkin - had to cut the volume down a fat chunk 😂😂
He’s a fooking tool.
Jesus Christ... No wonder Dana doesn't like Ariel Helwani. Wow a standing ovation for Paulie!!!
Knew Paulie a good portion of my entire life.. He's an amazing person, as well as a great boxer but never really had power. Still awesome 👌😎
Who's this burgerr king guy talking nonsense to paulie
😂🤣😂
100% agree with Paulie.
Here we are, almost 2 years later, and fighter pay is still an issue.
Chris Lytle, who fought for the UFC, is right there and he doesn't say anything about his experience.
Chris lytle is a legend, entertaining fighter and he paid his due in MMA
He fought nick diaz
Paulie would filibuster a conversation with a 4 year old 😂. He's definitely right in what he's saying though
Didn't Colby Covington get paid $30,000 for his last fight. Does anyone think that's enough?
It's enough when you sign a contract saying you'll accept 30k for a fight.
And he actually got $380k. The 30k was a payout he got as part of the Reebok deal. Not what the UFC paid him to fight. But nice try.
CC must have been straight up lying on his decent interview. Fake news
@@KoreanBritish Or he genuinely doesn't know himself that that's what the 30k was from... Which also wouldn't surprise me.
@koreanbritish he said that about the RDA fight, not his last fight.
Paulie Malignaggi always keeping it real! REAL TALK!!!
So McGregor made $80 million on the Floyd fight and Dana White took $40 million, wow.
How? His net worth is over 110 million now. And I thought he made 100 million from that fight.
This speech will go down in history as something that should be taught in every gym
Paulie is a real one. respect.
Dana White is a psycopath. Gotta hold him responsible
I'd say sociopath, Dana has never shown violent tendencies ``from what I can See``
Nyz free thinker being violent is not a necessary trait of a psychopath.
@@SavingSoulsMinistries Yeah he is most likely a sociopath
Looks like one too.
Paulie is right. Sowwwy.
Justin Majewski 👎
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Justin Majewski Yea he is right. I guess these 2 cheeto finger losers with thumbs down don’t want to see MMA fighters get paid more!
Paulie is a loud mouth all talk coke head Sowwwy
benson Benson Wow.... Lol you might want to look up those numbers again kid. 😂
I remember when Paulie stepped up to fight a scary animal killer in cotto this is when cotto was a straight up killer . Everyone was shook to fight cotto. Little Paulie stepped up and.won my heart even to this day ...the fella got some.big balls . Even Floyd wouldn't fight cotto back then
I used to not like him but he knows what he's saying ...he just speaking up unlike others who are quiet and just getting a paycheck He don't care what people think ..he lives the sport just doesn't like the snakey fukers in this sneaky game
Italians are always real talkers. My respect for Paulie went up big time for speakin up like that!
He's the man. We love him in the UK. He commentates over here cos we the best.
@@constantinvaldor3742 whos the best? joshua?
@@aniqshardin we are in general and fury beat wilder if you missed it 😂 😂 😂 robbery much?
Boxers were making $5million in 1960s, ufc dudes are making $200k, let that sink in
dempsey was paid more in the 20s. literally.
Paulie makes a lot of good points. Its weird with Boxing & MMA because besides the fact they are both combat sports, the natural evolution of the two sports have evolved into different animals. Boxing is made up of headliners with four major sanctioning bodies (WBA, WBO, WBC, IBF). Because of limited rules, the sport is allowed to be more organized with more proficient rankings. It also evolved since 1800's so it had time from generation to generation to learn from its mistakes. The criticisms of Boxing have been around for ages (best fighters ducking each other, bad judges decision) and will continue to go on for a long time. MMA has evolved into a monopoly due to smart business men who copied the blue prints from Boxing (since they were Boxing guys to begin with who got into MMA). With MMA being more of a dictatorship ran by an greedy ego maniac who has the resources to eliminate and buy out competition so they can be king of the mountain. However MMA is weird in regards to how it is as an entire 'sport' since MMA is made up not of sanctioning bodies like Boxing, but organizations that thrive in different countries. UFC / Bellator for USA. We saw Pancrase, Pride, DREAM, Sengoku, and now Rizin that thrives in Japan with a more pro wrestling rooted production style. While One FC runs Singapore / Asia. M-1 for Russia. Jungle Fight for Brazil. Various orgainzations in Europe, but Europeans have not adopted MMA entirely and have stuck to the tradion of Boxing as their main sport (Klitschko brothers, Anthony Joshua, David Haye, Lennox Lewis, Ricky Hatton, Joe Calzaghe remain Gods of combat sports in UK / Europe). So Boxing splits revenue with Boxers, managers, promoters while MMA is primarily organiztions with their fighters as employees rather than a big part of the revenue split except a few exceptions with really big names (GSP, Conor, Rousey, etc). If you are really deep in combat sports, its difficult to explain where Paulie is coming from to the average joe. But those of us that are into combat sports can see exactly where he is coming from. The problem is there is a term in MMA called 'the evolution of the sport' which progressed from a violent blood event to a legit sanctioned sport with rules, points, judges, etc. And the evolution took the turn to where the money goes to the one promotion - the UFC. It cant be changed tomorrow, the issue will be to continue to evolve into the money going toward the fighter one day. Even if you put Scott Coker, who all of us hardcore fans wish would have the same power as Dana, at the top of the mountain, it still wouldn't completely change tomorrow, but it would be a step forward in the right direction. If you guys are NFL fans, you just saw the New Orleans / Rams no-call which possibly could have cost Saints a superbowl trip. The relation between the two is that sports are not perfect. There are not perfect sports. Things go wrong. Things are not fair. Things are out of the fan's control. But you just have to observe, hope, and if you have any kind of power, do your part into making the sport into what you desire, wheather you want fighters more money or better judging or whatever.....
I want to see Conor Vs Paulie boxing match now 🥊
I hope it never happens, you can't go around saying dudes have no balls when they fight in an art that takes way more balls to compete in than the combat sport you're in and then faced the best to ever do it in your sport and get stopped damn near at the 11th round out of exhaustion. But you yourself don't have the balls to compete in the other man's sport. Literally makes no sense, and no one actually called him out, he saw a 💰 ticket and tried to create drama.
Malignaggi would whip his ass.
Poteluz He said he has no balls because when he’s faced with adversity, Conor gives up. He gave examples of the past, said that he wouldn’t win the Floyd match because of it, and he wouldn’t beat Khabib for that reason. He has every right to say he has no balls, and he has a valid point. It doesn’t take more “balls” to compete in either sport. Saying it takes more balls to compete in MMA literally makes no sense. A person picks a sport, and trains. Their level of determination is determined based on HOW they compete, not WHAT they compete in. “Making” it to the 10 round isn’t significant either, it’s all about the fight that was put up until then. Which wasn’t much, especially against the smaller guy who isn’t a knockout artist in the first place.
I would LOVE IT!!!!
@Terry J it wasnt 11 rounds it was 9.5 rounds. Exactly when Mayweather said it would end when he tried to bet on himself.
He’s yelling at them like he’s their dad
skubadoobie...He’s not yelling, he’s just Italian.
Lmfao
Rian Johnson lol
Paulie''s the real mvp
Chris little was one of my favorite fighters.
Nice to see he's doing well
Anyone here after the recent Jorge Masvidal/Jon Jones drama?
Is Paulie wrong though ?
he's absolutely right, unfortunately there are too many ufc sheep out there that for some odd (stupid) reason still believe the bullshit that dana is spewing
@benson Benson WTF are you talking about. GGG has been earning more than $500k for a fight for quite some time. Lots of boxers are getting paid more than $500k per fight.
@benson Benson you responded to the wrong guy, pay attention ,don't let all that pasting distract you
@benson Benson i leave you alone,it's just i didn't say anything about ggg
@benson Benson who were the guys he was fighting though? It was probably just an exhibition for him where as in mma you can get pounded out or broken bones...
Paulie as per usual, says it as it is! can't hate him for that.
Paulie has always spoken from the heart. Even on the rare occasions that he's wrong, he was still speaking his true feeling on a situation. He's always worn his heart on his sleeve.
DAMN! Pauli’s went in on Dana. Instead of trolling Paulie these UFC fighters should be hiring him! Dana is about to have a BIG problem.
He's right though
Alot of Bellator fighters make more than UFC fighters
It's why Rory and Mousasi left. I'd give my left nut to see the Rory Woodley rematch
Dennis Bermudez was talking about Trying to be Linesman for an electric company now that's he's retired,,,UFC treats there fighters like Sh×t
They may be old but they get bills payed
Paulie!!!! Spit that fire Paulie, spit that motherrockin' fire!
I respect this dude, “I’ll lose in the cage, but I’ll beat your ass in the ring”
In his annoying loud New York way Paulie is absolutely correct about everything
The Ali act is why all sports athletes get millions
Hardly any ufc fighters are touching an M per fight. Fact.
@@Gematrinator Literally only two. Conor and Khabib.
@@mustafakhan940 Rousey was probably getting that maybe Jones and Lesnar as well, seriously a few
Why is lytle standing.. “ oh Pauli’s arm needs a seat” 😂
Hahah I just noticed that I thought he was just that much taller
Cuz he feels like Paulie is saying some real shit that’s why haha
So in other words , Floyd is Whole Foods and mcgregor isn’t even Great Value brand . He’s Dollar General 🤣😎
Pretty much
Love or hate floyd hes right. Be your own boss to get the whole pie. These mma fighters will take decades before making a move to better the pay, by then the OGs will be brain dead wishing they did it first
Family $
xXAnimaXx facts
Dana White has been talking for years wanting UFC to be accepted as a "legitimate" sport. But he doesn't want to run it as a "legitimate" sport.
Nice to hear a bit of the sad truth on a sport I love. Bitter sweet this world is. Thanks for the words Paulie. I hope UFC changes one day. It's sad that the struggling retired fighters had to hear about the multibillion UFC buyout and knowing that it was their hard earned work that was exploited in those numbers. Respect and sincerity to the retired and poor fighters that are in the world right now. It's a sad world
5:12 I think he's on about Matt Brown.
Matt Brown is a shit head. He said Mike Tyson was the most overrated fighter in the world.
Paulie vs Connor please
Nah feed conor to max
@Elysium lol Max was just a kid then. Today Max beats Connor easy !
@Elysium yeah when he was 21? You know he hasn't lost since then? Conor meanwhile looks for the easy way out
@@jonaslarsson7040 u dom realize that they were both kids?
I actually like Paullie after this interview
Dana White doesn't treat the UFC roster and their fight purses as he should.
Chuck Liddell doing law firm commercials here in Austin Tx. Think about it.
I don't like this guys attitude and talking over people but I couldn't disagree with anything he said.
Don’t like the guy, but he is right on this one
why don't you like him ?? bec he is not a fan of mctapper?? you fucking casual
Stupid casual. Habib smashed ur chicken
Atheist No because he is a loudmouth.
Tariq Miah You are the casual obviously since you constantly link this guy to Conor
@@tee565 lmfao look at this little child getting mad 🤣
MMA fighters shoudve started training in Boxing In the first place
MMA destroys boxing
I listen to this in the car and had to lower it on like five different occasions
Been a judge with the WBC/NABF for a few years now. Fought in a bunch of the same amateur tournaments as paulie, ever since we were kids, he’s always been a fantastic advocate for fighters. Now as adults, he still bangs the fighters equality drum whether it be boxing, mma, Muay Thai etc. trust me when I say that we’re happy when ANY fighter makes money, we love it, cuz like he says, the organizations will pull quick ones on you and dump you. It’s not a boxing vs MMA thing. It’s a “You’re fucking the fighters” beat and Dana Whites bangin the drum.