Max Holloway believes UFC fighters are doing themselves no favors in terms of getting what they\u2019re worth.<\/p>\n
Fighter pay in MMA has been a hot topic for several years. At the center of this argument is UFC, a company that scored a 7-year, $7.7 billion deal with Paramount. Recently, Zuffa Boxing acquired Conor Benn for one fight worth $15 million. It\u2019s led to some top UFC stars such as Sean O\u2019Malley questioning why he hasn\u2019t made a payday as big<\/a> as that despite his popularity.<\/p>\n Holloway appeared in a video on Demetrious Johnson\u2019s YouTube channel<\/a>, and he discussed the topic of fighter pay. \u201cBlessed\u201d thinks fighters have long been doing themselves a disservice, and he mentioned one particular instance involving Derrick Lewis (via MMAJunkie<\/a>).<\/p>\n \u201cOne time that will always stick out to my mind was when \u2013 I love Derrick Lewis, he\u2019s the man, but when Jon Jones said, \u2018I\u2019ll fight Francis, give me $10 million,\u2019 or whatever it was, and the UFC said, \u2018Hell no, we\u2019re not paying you that,’\u201d Holloway said.<\/p>\n \u201cDerrick Lewis I believe was ranked at the time and he said, \u2018What? Jon is doing this for 10, Give me a mil and I\u2019ll fight Francis now.\u2019 We cannot be doing that, brother. You needed to be almost stand in Jon\u2019s corner, and be like, \u2018Yeah Jon, you deserve $10 million, go get that 10.\u2019 Because guess what, if he\u2019s fighting for ten, your base pay probably comes up too. I hope that these new fighters coming in, just know your worth.\u201d<\/p>\n Holloway has long had a solid relationship with UFC. \u201cBlessed\u201d has been booked in numerous high-profile bouts throughout his fighting career, and there are no signs of him slowing down. He will be putting the BMF Championship at stake against Charles Oliveira in the main event of UFC 326 on Saturday.<\/p>\n Do you think UFC fighters are to blame for not getting higher pay? Sound off in the comments below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Max Holloway believes UFC fighters are doing themselves no favors in terms of getting what they\u2019re worth. Fighter…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":514469,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,641,638,82],"class_list":["post-514468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=514468"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514468\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/514469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=514468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=514468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=514468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}