{"id":703903,"date":"2026-05-30T08:15:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T08:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/703903\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T08:15:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T08:15:08","slug":"dana-white-fighter-pay-comments-spark-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/703903\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White Fighter Pay Comments Spark Debate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dana White has made a shocking statement on fighter pay.<\/p>\n<p>At a time when fighter pay is such a controversial topic in combat sports, especially boxing, the current face of Zuffa Boxing and former mixed martial arts promoter has made a bold statement on the issue.<\/p>\n<p>Dana White On Fighter Pay<\/p>\n<p>During an interview, White questioned why the UFC should pay unproven fighters huge minimums.<\/p>\n<p>White said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/ufc\/490749\/dana-white-scoffs-at-ufc-fighter-pay-compared-to-wnba-players-making-270k-minimum-thats-ridiculous?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">I should pay you $370,000 to see if you belong in the UFC?<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The statement comes after one of Zuffa\u2019s highest-profile signings came by way of Conor Benn.<\/p>\n<p>Benn was reported to have been paid $15 million for his fight against Regis Prograis in Tottenham. He won that bout by unanimous decision back in April, on the undercard of Tyson Fury versus Arslanbek Makhmudov.<\/p>\n<p>Could Dana White\u2019s Fighter Pay Comments Push Fighters Away?<\/p>\n<p>This also comes at a time when Zuffa have made another signing in Ryan Rozicki.<\/p>\n<p>Rozicki is the upcoming opponent for Chris Billam-Smith\u2019s homecoming in Bournemouth on June 6.<\/p>\n<p>Could this statement from Dana White push fighters away, rather than attracting them?<\/p>\n<p>SEO Suggestions<\/p>\n<p>Focus Keyphrase: Dana White fighter pay<\/p>\n<p>SEO Title: Dana White Fighter Pay Comments Spark Debate<\/p>\n<p>Slug: dana-white-fighter-pay-comments<\/p>\n<p>Meta Description: Dana White fighter pay comments have sparked debate as Zuffa Boxing continues signing names including <a href=\"https:\/\/boxrec.com\/en\/box-pro\/750377\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Conor Benn<\/a> and Ryan Rozicki.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dana White has made a shocking statement on fighter pay. At a time when fighter pay is such&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":703904,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":["post-703903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boxing","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=703903"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703903\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/703904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=703903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=703903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=703903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}